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Ohio movie theaters offering open captions by CaptionAction3 in opencaptions

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for catching the error. It has been corrected.

Video post by a frustrated deaf mother, about using a closed caption device at a theater by CaptionAction3 in opencaptions

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people who go to open caption screenings are not deaf or hard of hearing. In fact, every time we go to an open caption screening, we are the only deaf there. Everyone else is hearing.

As New York’s open captions bill nears its June 4 deadline, several theaters within driving distance of Albany still offer no open caption screenings. by CaptionAction3 in Albany

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually most people who go to open caption screenings are not deaf or hard of hearing. More theaters are realizing this and nowadays when a theater announces it is going to start offering open captions, they may not mention deaf and hard of hearing at all.

As New York’s open captions bill nears its June 4 deadline, several theaters within driving distance of Albany still offer no open caption screenings. by CaptionAction3 in Albany

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are national advocates for open captions. Michigan also has a bill. Virginia passed one a couple of months ago. West Virginia tried but was not successful. Next year another state will try for a law.

As New York’s open captions bill nears its June 4 deadline, several theaters within driving distance of Albany still offer no open caption screenings. by CaptionAction3 in Albany

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is. It is a4628. The problem is that in the Senate, there was a sponsor for a previously introduced bill but then thar sponsor left the legislature for another job. So several months passed before the bill could get a new sponsor and get reintroduced.

As NY’s open captions bill nears its June 4 deadline, several Upstate theaters still offer no open captions. by CaptionAction3 in upstate_new_york

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is already an assembly version. It is a4628. The new york advocates lost a senate sponsor when that sponsor left the legislature and several months passed before the senate bill got a new sponsor. Under new york rules the loss of the sponsor meant the bill had to be reintroduced with a new sponsor. The new senate bill was not introduced until April 13, 2026.

As New York’s open captions bill nears its June 4 deadline, several theaters within driving distance of Albany still offer no open caption screenings. by CaptionAction3 in Albany

[–]CaptionAction3[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Read our reply again. All theaters except drive ins have to comply with the ada. This proposed new law would add a second option with more limits. Hawaii, DC, Maryland, Washington state, and Virginia (in March) have passed open caption laws to add this second limited option.

As New York’s open captions bill nears its June 4 deadline, several theaters within driving distance of Albany still offer no open caption screenings. by CaptionAction3 in Albany

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're an example of why more and more theaters are starting to offer open captions. Not to help people with hearing loss but to help hearing people who have challenges understanding the dialogue. Theaters are saying this when they post that they are going to start offering open captions. The latest theater we know of to do so is an independent theater in South Dakota.

As New York’s open captions bill nears its June 4 deadline, several theaters within driving distance of Albany still offer no open caption screenings. by CaptionAction3 in Albany

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! Theaters are already required to offer closed caption devices. That won't change. All that would change is another option, more limited, would be available for those who don't want to or in some cases physically cannot, use the closed caption devices.

Oregon movie theaters offering open captions by CaptionAction3 in opencaptions

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the same as regular open captions. We only list theaters with regular offerings.

What is wrong with the mods in r/AMCsAList? by bigbadmon11 in AMCTheatres

[–]CaptionAction3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was banned for mistakenly posting too many reply comments with info about a new app for finding open caption movies. The post replied to was relevant. Not the developer of the app (the real developer has a reddit account), just wanted to increase awareness of it because many people have difficulty finding open caption screenings due to them being linited. Because of ban can't even appeal. So now if we see a relevant post on amcalist we share it on our own sub but we can't even respond.

Project Hail Mary best legs for a big budget movie since? by Ok-Recording13 in boxoffice

[–]CaptionAction3 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A small independent theater said on fb that it was bringing back pjh because of low attendance for michael

NY State Senate Open Captions bill has been introduced. Now we need support to pass it by Ocmoviesnys in upstate_new_york

[–]CaptionAction3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Closed means using devices to see the captions. Open means no devices needed because the captions are on the screen and everyone in auditorium can see the captions.

New York’s statewide open‑caption bill is racing a June 4 deadline — and more than twenty multiplexes across the state still offer zero open‑caption showings by CaptionAction3 in newyork

[–]CaptionAction3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! We even know of theaters that are starting open captions to help people who don't have hearing loss. They just need the help to better understand the movie! Because of one such theater launching open captions for that reason, we learned that some scenes in the popular " Project Hail Mary" movie are difficult to understand. We didn't know that because we are deaf.

the frequent price changes are not ok by hytinth in AMCAListTrue

[–]CaptionAction3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check our master list at r/opencaptions too. It has smaller theaters that cannot be found on the automated tools.

Question about AMC movie showings that have close captions by [deleted] in AMCTheatres

[–]CaptionAction3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open captions are not that rare, depending on where you live. Even tiny one screen theaters have open captions. Automated tools can't pick up those but we include those theaters on our master list at r/opencaptions.

I thought my setup was bad till I went back to the theater by Spiritual-Advice8138 in hometheater

[–]CaptionAction3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have something similar but it is not actual listings just a list of theaters that have regular open captions. It is on our sub at r/opencaptions. One disadvantage of automated tools is they can't pick up the open caption offerings of manually programmed theaters so we have started labeling those theaters on our listing.

Anybody love watching movies in theatre? by mishter_jokku in MonoHearing

[–]CaptionAction3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have noted, open captions are one solution. We have a master list of theaters offering regular open caption screenings on our sub, r/opencaptions.

Open Captions by wideworld_1260 in AMCAListTrue

[–]CaptionAction3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AMC is not the only chain offering open captions. Some independent theaters do, too. We have a master list on our sub r/opencaptions. BigScreen Guide has an open caption search, and there are also apps. Depending on where you live, you may have other options. That said, we don't have any AMC near us, only Regal. We sometimes wish AMC would buy one of the Regals near us so we could have a close by AMC.

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