Woodford met with equipment and ticket booking software manufacturers. She was able to test Sony's Entertainment Access Glasses in a cinema setting and see USL's caption viewing options of glasses and personal seat-mount screen. USL is the only company currently offering both technologies.
The questionnaire was designed to pinpoint technical issues that affect the quality of the access feature delivered that could possibly be fixed during the post-production phase of a movie. It was hoped that answers could also point towards issues around specific cinemas which could be addressed.
There were just 51 complete responses to the questionnaire. 41 were around captions and the remaining 10 for audio description. Due to the small number of responses, the results cannot adequately identify the post-production issues that may be present.
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Village Cinemas has completed installing accessible screens across its national circuit, including the recent and last inclusion of Albury Regent Cinemas on the Victorian and New South Wales border.
The new locations for the Hoyts circuit are Northland in Victoria, Stafford in Queensland and Wetherill Park in New South Wales. Hoyts has a larger circuit nationally but is expected to complete its installations by the middle of the year.
Overseen by an advisory group convened by the cinema companies and on which Media Access Australia sits, the plan is the only one of its kind in the world.
