Haven't been to the movies because of deafness or hard of hearing? According to a story found on NPR, there will be a special attraction for people with disabilities in theaters nationwide soon. By the end of this month, Regal Cinemas plans to have distributed closed-captioning glasses to more than 6,000 theaters across the country. Not only will these glasses provide closed-captioning for those with hearing impairments, they also have audio tracks with description of the action on the screen for those with vision impairments.
Read the entire article at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/05/12/183218751/new-closed-captioning-glasses-help-deaf-go-out-to-the-movies?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130513
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