Going To The Movies While Deaf

[@cayleighmusic]

Actually I take that back, my worst experience with captions was when an old man came up to me in the theater and told me to turn my captioning device off because it was distracting him... I didn't hear him so my younger sister was in the awkward conversation with him trying to explain what it was but he just walked away. Apparently he came back with another employee who had to explain to him what it was and he left the theater.

[@elyselysie2862]

Fuck that guy

[@aneiasl]

(I'm hearing and ASL Teacher in Texas) I just wanted to add to the conversation. I don't know if you've heard but last Dec. Hawaii became the first state to create and pass a law requiring ALL theaters to have two Open Caption times each week for each movie. I would love to see this Law go nationwide!

[@spicygranolabar]

I went to see the Trolls movie with my deaf friend, and the cinema only had the glasses. She let me try them on, and they are pretty cool. The captions are projected in green onto the glasses, and the dialogue and extra sounds that may need to be identified show up on the glasses like normal captions. Though, they were pretty bulky, and it's the only (and most expensive) cinema that offers closed caption services. Otherwise, the experience was fun, and I had a great time learning a little more about the deaf community and their everyday lives.

[@hannahrosereviews5073]

I'm hearing and used to work in a movie theater. I have tried both the glasses and the stick thing and, the glasses are WAY more accurate.

[@rae3775]

I have a mother who has difficulty understanding the spoken language in film. She isn't deaf, however, but English is a language she struggles understanding verbally, unless it's written. Would it be rude for her to ask for one of these? It would help her out a lot.

[@robertcrabtree8835]

Not at all- when I was a theater employee, there was no judgment over who was asking for them. Unless demand far-outstrips supply, they would have no issues providing them.

[@adriennelincoln4988]

In my opinion, there is no reason to worry abt what others think. Unless you are taking the device from people who need them more than you, then it isn’t a big deal. Why should you care abt what others think

[@davidciocoiu3831]

Speaking of subtitles I want to thank you for taking the time to narrate your videos it does help me a lot

[@DavidWillanski]

I'm heading, my wife's Deaf, I used to explain key scenes by texting in the theatre. We've never had Captiview that worked, it's always had a flat battery or it says "Connecting..." for the whole movie, or they can't find it. It's such a big problem here (Adelaide, Australia) that some Deaf people organise open captioned movies every month and it's become a bit of a major event in the Deaf community, usually some of us go out for a meal before or after. Still, it'd be nice to go to the movies whenever we want and both be able to understand what's going on.

[@katelynbendinsky5080]

I apologize for any ignorance on my part but does the caption equipment translate in to text what's being said in real time or does it have to be programmed for every movie? I wasn't sure if people who are deaf could buy them to keep and take wherever they need them to go. Is it more a cost struggle?

[@DavidWillanski]

Someone has to sit there and type out every spoken line (and ideally, descriptions of sound effects and music), and program the timings, for each movie - but once that's done, the file can work for captiview or open captions (displayed on screen). I don't know about buying one, I guess you could if you knew where to get it and how to connect to the cinema's wifi (or whatever system it uses). An update since my original comment - we now have two open captions groups, because some people wanted to go to the movies twice a month instead of once a month.

[@katelynbendinsky5080]

That's really awesome that the groups are expanding! I'd even be willing to pay more for my movie tickets if it meant that some of it was going to aid in technology to make sure everyone could experience the movie in an enjoyable way.

[@grizzley109]

Same problem here in Canada , dead batteries most of the time and only half of the sentences would show up

[@Fallowsthorn]

I've been trying to work up the nerve to ask for the caption things when I go to the movies. I'm hearing, and most of the time I can understand speech, but sometimes someone says something and my brain goes, "That there sure is a collection of sounds???" It seems to happen more with film/TV for some reason.

[@amandab258]

It's always fine to ask for a caption device at the movie theater. They have the devices there for people who can benefit from them. ...if there's a sudden rush on them and not enough to go around, sure, make sure someone else gets it, but I have never seen that happen. I can manage without one, but I get so much more when I use one.

[@kevinmoore2501]

I'm a hearing Coda, and have had the fortune of seeing several movies with my parents with both, open captions, and the cap-view system. I have noticed that other hearing movie-goers occasionally don't take kindly to open captioning, and while I respect that, I disagree as well. I love these videos, even though I'm not deaf. Way to represent the deaf, and hard of hearing community, Rikki.

[@laurenmichelle9678]

The Captiview where I live sucks! I saw Fantastic Beasts, and the captiview was off time, and it only showed half of what was being said, (ex/ if the sentence was, "The weather has been really nice lately." it would show "weather really lately") Which sucked.

[@RoganShannon13]

I'm going to say first that my favorite captioning method is OC (Open Captions, where the captions are directly on the screen, much like you would see on TVs). But I've used both glasses and CaptiView, and there are pros and cons to both. The glasses are nice because they're right there and it doesn't really need much adjusting to get in a good spot to be able to read. But the downside is the captions move with your head so you kinda have to hold your head mostly still for the whole movie. And it's the same green color as the CaptiView, and can be washed out if the screen is very bright. I usually tilt my head down to the black area under the screen so it's easy to read, but I like having the captions overlaid on the movie. Another con with the glasses is that they can be a bit heavy sometimes and a pain to use for a long movie. I'm still not sure which I prefer personally, I don't go to the theaters that often. But I do prefer both of them vastly over the horror that is RWC (Rear Window Captioning system).

[@caylapasiak8249]

I'm a GM of a movie theater and we carry the captiview devices as well as audio devices for sight impaired people, that can narrate the movie. In the beginning there were major connecting problems with these devices but with software updates they work pretty well. And now a lot of the trailers are coming CC which is pretty cool. The downfall is that not all movies are compatible or made with CC, which they really should. I have a few hard of hearing or deaf customers that come in regularly and they know to call ahead to make sure their movie is CC or they check our website. All in all, the captiview is a crowd favorite. Thank you for your videos and teaching us about the dead community.

[@laurenmcguire2731]

I just got back from the movies lol😂 I went to my first theater that had the glasses and I love them! I'm 14 so I think they feel a little more comfortable than an adult. The cup holder thing bothered me so much

[@laurenmcguire2731]

And I find the glasses very acurate and you can move the glasses which puts the words wherever you look so like if you reach down to grab somthing you don't miss the movie!

[@cyb3rDracul]

Same!

[@cayleighmusic]

do you know if it would still work for deaf people who have glasses?

[@laurenmcguire2731]

Chronically me they are pretty roomy so I think they may. You can also adjust them

[@cayleighmusic]

Lauren McGuire okay thanks for replying! That was my biggest concern since I need my glasses to see but I do want to use them if they're available to me!

[@TheGreenGentlemon]

There's little fliers in the cinemas to get the captiview thing, but I'm always kinda too nervous to ask for it because I hate being a bother... On the topic of subtitle quality, I think the lack of quality subtitles is what drove me into anime 'fansubs' growing up, since those who work on subs there put a lot of work and love into making sure they're accurate.

[@angiedecker8100]

I recently asked for it for the first time, and I was nervous, too. The thing I had to remember was that I'm not being a bother by asking for a service they've advertised about. Once I had the device I was afraid of someone in the auditorium saying something about it, but not even kids were curious enough to ask me about it, and I know that I'll definitely use it again bc it was really helpful.

[@chatswithellein-active3839]

I was the same. I felt sooo anxious asking. Like, I have pretty good speech, are they going to think I don't need them and am I going to have to prove I do? What if people ask about them or make rude comments about the device? Ugh. I don't know. I love the technology, but I think I'm too anxious to do it regularly.

[@snappleandcats2209]

You know, you'd think adding captions to a movie theater, especially since they have a lot of money and resources, would be simple. A little tedious, sure, but really simple.

[@JuustLikeThat]

my boyfriend is deaf/hoh and we love going to the movies. recently we got two free movie passes for a CaptiView not working at all, which is the first time that has happened. Other times they will just link to different theaters near by or freeze. So if they don't always work right (which is only less than half the time, not too bad) employees or management is always apologetic, takes note and accommodates, which is surprising & nice. That being said CAPTION GLASSES ARE THE BOMB.COM. i am hearing but he told me to try them out for a bit once during a movie we were seeing and they're so great. He & I both always hope that the theater has the glasses opposed to the CaptiView. He really prefers them and I totally understand why. They're accurate, comfortable, never had a glitch and honestly just really cool! hope you get to try them out!

[@feroxy]

For anyone in the UK, you can use www.yourlocalcinema.com/ to find times and locations of subtitled showings near you. As someone else mentioned the times aren't always great, but it is still worth a look.

[@markcolfer2722]

Beat me to it! :)

[@hayleekilpatrick5546]

Craig Fisher My favorite visual pun is the word 'bullshit' in ASLZ

[@madisonturner7479]

I know this is a pretty old video but the captiview is my best friend honestly. I'm not deaf, but HOH, especially with multiple noises, happening. I love it and I understand so much more than I did before!

[@robertcrabtree8835]

My experience is colored by the fact that I spent 10 years working in theaters, the last few years of which overlapped with the introduction of the caption glasses. HOH/mainstreamed, for the record. My first preference by far will always be open-captioning. Nothing beats words on a screen. All other captioning technologies compromise my ability to be completely immersed in the story, to forget about the troubles of the day and enjoy a 2 hour reality break. The chain I worked for used to offer open captioned movies at a different location, and I would go on my days off. It was select showings in a specific theater, so scheduling was an issue for most people but not me. I've had extensive experience with the caption glasses, and can say without reservation that they killed the movie going experience for me. Despite getting in for free as a manager, my movie-going dropped from 6/month to about 4/year, if that. At best, the caption glasses get about 90% of the dialogue. Plenty of times, I knew that someone was speaking, but no caption on the lenses at all. Because it was an emerging/new-ish technology, not a lot of management teams were well-versed in them, so plenty of times when I went elsewhere, they weren't working *at all*. I know how to program/set them, but the issue was usually something in the projection booth that I had no power over. So there's that hassle. One location was so epically incompetent with these sets, I refused to set foot in there ever again. It has to be bad if I wouldn't go see free movies there. If they've improved, I'll never know. Then, there's the difficulties with the glasses themselves. Quite frequently, there were issues with the lenses being out-of-sync/mis-matched. One lens may be markedly brighter than the other, or be slower/faster than it should be. Because these are glasses and people don't know how to handle things properly, sometimes there were smudges on one or both eyes. But because of the composition of the glasses, only a special microfiber cloth was to be used on them. Plus, the comfort issue of having the caption glasses over my regular glasses, and my hearing aids hanging on for dear life. All of this on top of my phobia of pink-eye, and issues with shared eyewear. #shudder. I've had limited experiences with the CaptiView, since my chain pioneered the caption glasses. I prefer it, since it is comparable to, if not better than, the accuracy offered by the glasses. The one failing of the CaptiView is that you either need to stay stock-still, or adjust the reader as you settle/move/etc. I recognize they offer vastly more flexibility over the limited shows/movies available in open caption- not everyone can make it to Shrek 3 at 4:15 on a Wednesday. It allows any movie, any showtime, to be captioned. However, where these technologies fail and OC scores a touchdown is there are only so many viewers/glasses to go around. Each unit is really expensive, so probably a maximum of 20 are available at a busy theater (mine had 6 glasses). With OC, the cost of providing captioning to 1 patron is the same for 200 patrons (or your average auditorium). If you're still in NC, you should have several choices in Charlotte itself for caption glasses, as the company I worked for had 5-7 locations there, and a total of 70+ screens, plus a few in the 'burbs.

[@annienelson2297]

I've never heard of those devices, but there is one theatre in my area that shows captioned films (the captions are on the bottom of the screen just like on a TV) at certain times, usually the less busy hours/days. The first movie I saw with captions was Eragon. My father-in-law and two of my kids came along, and they were appreciative of the captioning as well even though they are hearing. Anyway, I was just SO thrilled to be able to understand the entire film! It's so good to know there are other options now. I will definitely ask for a CaptiView the next time I go to a movie. Thanks for the review!

[@SurgerBabyCakes]

everytime my bf (he's HOH) and i go to the movies it's always the glasses i didn't even know captiview existed until this video. usually he's ok with the glasses but there's been sometimes where the captions from the movie next door show up instead which is kinda a bummer since he has to leave my side and go figure it out. sometimes he forgets to get the glasses and if the theater is loud enough he doesn't mind. i would say that I don't like the glasses because it's hard to gesture or speak into his ear and if something happens in the movie that i wanna talk with him about i cant so usually it's easier to just watch netflix for that sense of companionship.

[@AnAspiesPOV]

i used to work at AMC and we had Rear-Window captioning which honestly sucked because only one of our 15 theatres was accessible. you had to plan your movie-going experience around when the movie you wanted to see would be showing in that one theatre.

[@tjranumable]

Thank you Rikki. When I started losing my hearing I went to a few movies and it sucked. I didn't realize there were devices like these until I watched this. Now I can enjoy the movies again!

[@NikkiScatch84]

I wish they'd put cc in the movie theaters ! I haven't gone to the movies in years. I just wait for the film to come out on Netflix. Anyway I have tried the headphones but they don't work for me either. The theaters here don't seem to have the glasses or mini screen.

[@amandab258]

I recently ran into a problem with Netflix. I was living abroad for a few months and the movies there, while they would have English audio, only sometimes had English closed captioning. If the CC exists, why can't they put it on?? Who cares what market it is. You'd think they'd have CC for the original language. I simply couldn't watch some movies because of it.

[@Painofaninnocent]

I'm hard of hearing and I actually work at a movie theatre here in Canada. I've never tried the CaptiView myself (I get free movie admission with my job anyway, so I just kinda live with missing a third of the jokes in Deadpool), and my theatre doesn't see d/Deaf/HOH guests very often. We have CaptiView (though not the glasses), but we also play Asian films in Tagalog, Punjabi, Hindi, Mandarin, etc with English subtitles so I do know of some regular guests who specifically watch those movies for the subtitles. One man who is a regular normally watches the Indian films, then one day decided to try the CaptiView on an English film, and I didn't get the chance to ask him how he liked it, but the next time I saw him back he was watching an Indian movie again so I guess that answers that. :P

[@JaxonRon]

The caption glasses are better than nothing but they have a lot of flaws. First of all the captions are very dim. You can push buttons on them that say it's brightness controls but when I tried it I didn't see them getting any brighter. You also have to keep adjusting them because if they aren't lined up right you can't see the captioning. So if they side down your nose the captions disappear. They aren't very comfortable either. Especially after an hour or so your nose will start to hurt. The absolute worse are when using them at a 3D movie. They have there plastic lenses that go over the normal lenses that are basically just the kind of lenses that you need you see the 3D. But they just hang on there like those lenses people put on their eyes glasses to turn them into sun glasses. But they aren't pressed against the normal lenses so you have to adjust the normal glasses so you can see the captions and adjust the clip on lenses you see the 3D. It's very hard to get them aligned so you can see both the captions and the 3D at the same time. It's to bad they have all these flaws because if they didn't they'd have one advantage that I do like which is that no matter where you look the captions are still visible. In other words the captions move to wherever your head is pointing.

[@cyb3rDracul]

Out of all the movie theaters that I've gone to, they all carried the glasses and wearing those glasses were cool but they leave a mark on your nose, as if you were wearing a heavy glasses for an hour. But I hate it when you don't know whether if the captions work until you got to the movie and end up having to miss part of the movie while having to change them

[@LReBe7]

You'd probably LOVE Belgium or the Netherlands! We watch almost all(kids movies are shown dubbed and original) English movies with translated subtitles, everyone is used to captions, nobody minds if you want to turn them on. Personally I LOVE captions - translated or not - they're a great way to learn a new language (if you don't have hearing problems).

[@RuthJackson]

Hi, Rikki. Personally, I prefer the CaptiView, though the glasses are nice. However, the glasses gave me a headache 20 minutes into the movie. The part that goes over the ears hurt!! They aren't adjustable. CaptiView can be annoying, I will admit. Many times, I have had to hold it in place while watching the movie. I grew up like you did and wear hearing aids. Like you mentioned, having headphones in some situations just makes the noise louder not clearer. Depends on the headphone quality, I think.

[@denielleeverson3447]

At home I use CC because I have auditory processing issues, so I can double check what was said. But I have an eye condition and have a hard time with screens and movement, so I actually use the Discriptive audio at the theater. Out of the 4 movies I've used it on its malfunctioned twice. But my theater has been very apologetic and gives me free passes.

[@emmacarolinereads]

I've never heard of those devices but then again I don't know if there are available over here in the UK. Some of our cinemas do show subtitled films but my sister and I have found that a lot of them are on at night and at cinemas we can't get to. Now we just don't go. If there is a film we want to see together, we wait for the DVD to come out. Also just out of curiosity how are the glasses accessible for those who wear glasses on a daily basis too?

[@laurenmcguire2731]

When I wear them they have a pretty big gap but I don't wear glasses but it may not be too bad

[@yourazombie2318]

At the movie theaters around me they usually have one or two timeslots for each feature film that have closed captions each day

[@Grizzly_Lab]

Wow, I didn't knew about those devices. I guess the (possible) troubles are related to the fact that them are a limit of characters in the display, but probably the captions came from a track on the movie and are "the same captions that will go on the final home edition dvd/blueray", so sometimes you have a caption saying "yes sir", but some other times there would be something like "I thought you were going to the beach with all your friends together" but the device is only capable of showing up to 'yo' and 'ur friends together' is lost because there's actually no room left on the display... However this is still very interesting, so thanks for sharing ;) I'm pretty happy I've discovered your YT channel via Tommy Edison ^_^

[@natashaheath8402]

Here in Britain, I've never seen/heard of either

[@AlehCemy]

I remember when I watched Wolverine in the US, during a trip. And since then I have been missing the CaptiView. Unfortunately, even with the Accessibility law here in Brazil, there are still foreign movies without subtitles (without the original audio, it's dubbed in portuguese) or few time slots with subtitles. The biggest problem are the animated movies, those doesn't have subtitles at all in pretty much every city. Maybe the bigger cities have them. And if by any miracle they have subtitles, it will be only 1 time slot for 1 day, and usually it's the last time slot, so it's like the 22pm which is super late. I think the last time I watched a animated movie with subtitles, I was like 10 years old.

[@JessicaKMcIntosh]

I never thought about those before. I'll have to give them a try next time I go see a movie. I have a hard time understanding speech, even more so when the volume is so high it is distorted. I usually have to wear ear plugs so I don't get a headache from the loudness which makes it all worse. My wife gets sick of me constantly asking what people said. I love your videos. I'm learning so much. :)

[@Irreverent_RVer]

The one on the stick drives me crazy because it won't fit into the cupholder. I finally gave up and never see movies anymore. I wait until they come out later and I can watch at home with CC.

[@maraschinom]

I'm deaf and I have tried both. Cc glasses are more common here with my area. I like the cc glasses, they are more accurate but the nose part is uncomfortable after awhile and kinda feel awkward. I can't do 3d with those, makes me dizzy. I like the captiview, a little frustrating for me since I have to bend the stick just right and the cc isn't always accurate, but these are better than nothing so I still appreciate them. :)

[@csaavedra91]

my wife is deaf/hoh and i usually deal with the people at the theaters and i have to say both systems are CRAP! its about a 50/50 chance that the captiview boxes even work to begin with no matter which theater we go to. The glasses are just very awkward to use since you have to keep your head completely still and at a very precise angle to have the captions be where they would normally be at home on TV. I cant tell you how many times we would go to the movies, buy our concessions, find the perfect seats, wait 45mins to an hour for the movie to start (with a captiview box, there is NO WAY of telling if it will even work at this point), and i always look to see if the box is working. If not then i either have to go back to the lobby, wait for someone to help me and miss the first 1/4 of the movie... There really just needs to be open captions again until theaters can have reliable captions..

[@juliette5197]

you're so lucky you have those things. here in France we don't have anything for the deafs/hoh. so I only go and see movies in English (luckily there are tons of them with all of the US movies that we import) bc they are often in English with subtitles (I'm hoh). I plan on living abroad when I graduate, in Canada maybe and I just realized I won't have the cc on a regular basis anymore. so I'm glad to hear about these devices that simply don't exist here, hopefully they'll get better at it!

[@catloverKD]

My mom has started losing her hearing in the last few years and she finally started using the caption glasses and LOVES them. She can hear noises if they're loud enough, but can't understand dialogue and can hear you talking, but can't understand what you're saying. It's seriously frustrating for both of us.

[@spenceranderson9642]

I work at a movie theatre. We recently got the captioning glasses, which I tested out as a hearing person and found to be a bit uncomfortable and obstructive. There's not a lot of room at the top of the glasses where the captions are and it strains your eyes a bit to look up. But the captions are pretty accurate. When in standby mode, the caption marquee tells you fun movie facts! I hadn't heard about the CaptiView until now. Maybe I should ask my boss to look into it. It seems a lot more usable.

[@wanderingokamikitsune]

only 100 theaters were given captionglasses from Sony, who made them. this was back when Iron Man 3 came out as I was living in Las Vegas Nevada and the IMAX had those captionglasses. first time I actually understood and enjoyed a movie. usually I have very much hard time to understand them. do not no if Sony had made more to give to more theaters since then though... think Iron Man came out in 2013, that's when I was introduced to the captionglasses. I was signing to my boyfriend about getting something to drink when one of the concessioist saw me signing and asked us if I was deaf. bf mentioned I was hoh and she got the manager and then they gave us the captionglasses for the movie. that IMAX theater was nice and very accommodating to the deaf and hard of hearing people. never tried the captionview, it looks too bulky to me, theater here in Morris has those along with audio device with headset. I use my hearings to connect to the device instead of using their crappy headset. I have the phonak compilot 2 bundle along with the TV link 2. Captionglasses rules!!!!

[@eliser4431]

Our cinemas have a little screen you can read that goes in the drink holder. Unfortunately being deaf/partially sighted. I can't read them...

[@WakeWolfASL]

I am been Deaf since birth, I want to share my experience with you. I prefer caption glasses over capiview. Reason: Everytime I went to theater and got this CapiView, sometime caption is not clear, or some people walked the caption from back of the audience. Even one tall guy sat in middle of audience and blocked the caption. Also, CapiView is not very stable as it keep dropping down,, I had to hold up through whole movie. Caption Glasses are good but I still don't like it because everytime movie is over, I had headache because my eyes did too much work with focus. I watched the movie that is more than twenty feet away from my eyes while caption is only inch away from my eyes. There are third options and it is my favorite: Open Captioned, some theater (like Regal 14 in Washington DC) offered opened caption where you don't need any devices to watch with caption. The caption is actually on movie, just like you watch movie at home. Horror movies are my favorite to go the movie theater because I can feel sound virbate when there are something will come. Made me fell deeper into the movie. :) sorry about grammar, I refreshed accidently and lose the whole paragraphs I wrote with good grammar. I had to start over and type too quick without being careful what I write. Hope this comment will help you out! Look up Open Captioned Movie Theater if you want!

[@pianobooks42]

Cool! Similar to the headphones they give us blindies that have audio description! ...only it exists for any movie whereas the audio descriptions have to be recorded making them nonexistent in some places or on some movies. Like as you said with the Captiview, the audio description earphones are very spotty. They will sometimes not work at all! I think it's because they aren't used often and are rarely tested. So if there are issues brought up, they aren't brought up often and therefor aren't a priority.

[@zoeware6926]

In the city closest to me where we go to see movies, one theater has the glasses, which I used first. The other has the CaptiView. The glasses are kinda awesome because they project the green captions on to the screen. On the other hand, they are heavy and super uncomfortable (I wear glasses already...I'll have to try with my contacts soon). The other theater has the CaptiView, which is more comfortable, but can be harder to switch between reading the captions and watching the movie. As for accuracy, I'm not real sure. We had issues with the technology not working at both places, but the customer service was good at fixing the problem and the one with the CaptiView gave us a free pass to another movie.

[@FabledThunder]

My mom used the glasses once, she said it a little uncomfortable.

[@sarahpreston4558]

So cool and informative! Also, your hair and eyeliner are gorgeous!

[@agarcia4659]

Im from Houston Texas....we dont have that here. I feel bad for the ones that can't watch a movie because they are deaf. Its sad that most deaf people have to wait until the movie comes out so that they can see it at home. 😣 Anyways, Great video! 😊💕

[@silversleeper1193]

Unfortunately I haven't gotten to use any of the options because my theatre doesn't have them (this despite having them in other locations for their chain). When I've complained to them they say that they do have open captions during their "sensory showtimes." These are little kids movies with low sound and lights on for families with children who have cognitive or behavioural needs and can't sit quietly through a whole movie. I mean seriously? Who actually thinks that's an appropriate solution for deaf/hoh people?

[@taylorboulton177]

there's also a rear window captioning system. You're given a glass device to put in the cup holder, and the captions are scrolled on the wall behind you. THe glass thing reflects the scrolling captions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window_Captioning_System

[@eileenlograno9785]

I've tried both Captiview and the Glasses. I can honestly say they both have pros and cons. The glasses can be manipulated to fit your view of the screen so that you can see the captions either at the top of the screen or at the bottom of the screen. However, it can be a pain adjusting it whenever you move. Also, the glasses are very heavy because they have some type of thing on the sides that makes it bear down on the nose. If you're watching a movie for over an hour it can get really uncomfortable. The captions themselves are usually on target - I've not had a problem with understanding everything when I use the glasses. It's a total tradeoff. For as much as I'm OK with the captiview i didn't like the fact that it can be a pain to adjust it to fit your view and then I felt like I could barely move from my seat because the weight of the thing would top over from my cupholder. I haven't had a huge problem with captions. All in all I would probably stick with the glasses. I would LOVE for them to fix the issue with the heaviness of them. Hope you can try them out sometime! Thanks for making this video - it makes me happy to see i'm not alone in feeling like our options in the theatres suck!!

[@petribean]

I have a regal theater near my house so we go to that one all the time, they have the glasses so that's what I use whenever we're there, the glasses are pretty spot on with captions but they're heavy on your nose and sometimes they get tangled in your hair, it also has a little box that has to be around your neck to connect the glasses to the battery, however if the battery is too far away from the glasses it cuts out in the middle of sentences and it's really annoying. I also was able to use the box with captions, it's soooo much better than the glasses because you don't get tangled and it's easier to use. With the cutting out in the middle of sentences it's probably the theater you go to, sometimes the people in charge of the caption devices forget to charge them, that's happened to me multiple times with the glasses. Overall I like the box better because you don't get weird looks like you do with the glasses.

[@aquamarinediamondeye8896]

First movie I ever saw in a theater with captions was Finding Dory. The captions were spot on! (I used a Captiview. They didn't have the glasses :( and this theater is the only one close to my home that has CC devices). This was the best experience and most fun I had ever had at a movie theater! I didn't even have to ask what was said or what was going on. :)

[@willowholman7381]

The last time I went to the movie theater they gave me the Captiview but I couldn't get it to work. It was so frustrating that I haven't bothered to go back to a theater since then. I sat through the movie since I was with my family and they were enjoying it. If I'd been alone I would have just left. I think what bothers me the most is the cost. If I'm going to pay SO much to see a movie in theater, I'd like to be able to understand it. If I were only paying a few dollars, I doubt I'd care so much. Maybe I'll try again sometime. If it doesn't work, I guess I can just pretend that it's the olden days and I'm watching one of those Silent Films. 🙂 Perspective.

[@JustAnotherHuman]

I've never heard of either of those devices. Here in Puerto Rico the movies are subtitled due to the fact that not everyone knows English or Spanish. Depends if you're American but moved to PR or if you're Puerto Rican but never learned English or it is not your strong suit.

[@taclark1013]

have used the caption glasses, they worked very well. I have never seen the captiview before. I'm located in NY. though one bad part is that only regal cinemas owned theatres has them.

[@annasato3687]

I like the Captiview :) I think it's most convenient since wearing glasses for 2hrs will give me a huuuuuge headache. I live in Missouri and it's always been spot on for me.

[@therealalli571]

My home theater have neither 😑. The headphones are really old and gross to me.They don't help much either. The manager always tells me to sit in the front and lip read. (I don't lip read in general when i do it's really spotty) so I don't go to the movies a lot.

[@lauraraymond651]

The cinemas where I live don't always have captiview but they do always seem to have the glasses. I honestly don't have a problem with either. The last time i used a captiview a guy walked by and bumped it out of the cup holder. I will say that's one problem I haven't encountered with the glasses

[@destyniiskywalker]

Do you have to purchase/pay for the closed captioning devices or are they included w/ the ticket? I actually miss a lot of what is said in movies at the theatres. I'm not hard of hearing (to my knowledge) but I've a difficult time processing words verbally (vs. visually). For example, I couldn't really understand anything in audiobooks (w/o reading the book) and i always have to have caption on for anything i watch at home (or rewind dialogue i've missed multiple times). I also frequently have to ask people to repeat parts of conversation again and again. I'd hear them say something the first time through (my hearing is actually super sensitive-I can often pick out sounds from far away or through multiple walls/floors (e.g. what a family member is doing in the basement when i'm upstairs or who's whispering on the opposite side of the library)), but i just don't catch the specific words said [especially if there's background noise]. So the closed captioning devices would actually help me a lot too if they are available to the public-just not sure if they are something i may request. :/

[@Uukio6464]

destyniiskywalker What you are describing is APD (Auditory Processing Disorder). I would recommend looking into that and asking your doctor, and don't worry it's not a bad thing :D

[@jgottardo4799]

Anyone is allowed to use it if they have it- no charge

[@grizzley109]

I found that the batteries in the captiview were crappy and always went dead

[@DeafPunkk]

The theater in my town has the Captiview, and it never EVER works.. it's either dead, or not synced up, or whatever. There's a theater in the town near me that has the glasses and they are my DAMN FAVOURITE THINGS IN THE WORLD. HOLY JESUS. They look ridiculous and it's hilarious, but... for real. Every time i use them I'm like "Rikki and I need these IRL. For every day use." lmao. They're magical! Come back to CA I'll take you to a movie with the glasses. :P

[@thompm77]

been using CaptiView , works great if you got great seats. however the last 2 times I've went, we were stuck at the front row. That's a lot of eye shifting to watch the enormous screen that close to you and looking at the CaptiView. There has been some previews that do have captions that work, but that was a hit and miss. I hope the glasses will come soon and would be a better experience. The biggest downside of CaptiView is bugging your SO for our pop because you can't put it on your own side with the CaptiView.

[@xopurplegirlxoify]

my mom used the glasses. they kinda suck. the words are not that clear and moves around wherever you look. so they're not always at the bottom of the screen. for instance, if you look at the person next to you, you see the captions on them. also what if you need to wear regular glasses? it's not very comfortable and don't look very "cool" if you worry about that. I'd really like to experience captiview sometime! I wish movies could just turn on captions when requested. (1 movie I went to did that, but we hadn't asked someone else did)

[@NinaTexas04]

In USA, we have to be very limited. Not every movie has caption. We are forced to wear glasses and other devices. It is not 24/7. Hearing people get to enjoy the movie anytime. They don't have to wear glasses or use other devices. Why not open-captioned on every movie. Then we would be 100% equal access.

[@achiinto]

Nina Moore in Hong Kong you don’t even get English caption unless for non English movie. There is no device to help. Although you get Chinese subtitle for most English movie. Imagine how the English deaf or hoh community feels. USA is also pretty advance on this.

[@tia-8802]

I used the captioning glasses for the very first time last Friday. We went to see Star Trek: Beyond. The glasses worked great. There were only two lines of dialogue that didn't display. The only problem I had was trying to wear them over my own prescription glasses AND hearing aids I ended up taking the aids off. I would love to try the CaptiView. Then my glasses and aids wouldn't be in the way.

[@littleBIGrobots]

Hey I was curious so I asked my favorite theater which services they provide. They are the Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin, (they are a chain as well) and they are great if you like comfy chairs, tasty dinner, drinks, or snacks while you eat and they have like special events every week. Here's what they said on Twitter: "@Beau_Hindman Hey there! We host CC shows every week of first-runs and have assisted listening devices available at all our box offices!" So -- is it more common for theaters to have screenings every week instead of the glasses, etc? With the tech we have now, it's amazing that we don't have better solutions for people who need the tools. I can hear but could imagine it must be pretty frustrating to have only a few options. Great vids! :)

[@ameliaduplessis4253]

Captioning glasses is amazing Thanks for good captioning on your channel I have you on 100 volume and i can hear a bit... but i can red CC and I can lip read you

[@thedeafgenius]

I have not had an issue in the USA. We use sony glasses and the only thing I would complain about is the weight of the glasses and cushion of the nose rest piece.

[@shawnamorgan8955]

my worst experince with captiview is the device not being charged

[@brendanurre1517]

Do you ever have a problem with the people around you being rude about how it's "in their way"? Or having them staring over your shoulder? If so how do you handle it? Personally I wanted to smack the crap out of the people behind me at the last movie 😉for breathing down my neck, they even got popcorn in my hair!

[@brendanurre1517]

Great ....so we only have rude people here ;) Still new at learning how to adapt with the 2% hearing I have left, but thank you for the tip! I will definitely stick to the back of the theater from now on.

[@cayleighmusic]

I would talk to the manager or wait until they complain to the manager and the manager handles it. that or tell them that if it bothers them that bad they could find another spot.

[@Loafsandfishes]

Make sure to go to a Regal theatre we have tons of options for deaf people!!! 💕

[@colbsi]

Never seen the caption glasses, but we do have the CaptiView here in Australia, most people who had experience with it, called it CraptiView. Because they had bad experience with it. I don't mind it, but I still find it frustrating at times. I prefer Open Captioned films or foreign films, thankfully once a year around late July/early August I volunteer for Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). I get to see films on my shifts!

[@peters4144]

The glasses are pretty amazing. Unfortunately, the majority of smaller theater's and smaller towns do not have them.

[@woofiegrrl]

The glasses are available at Regal cinemas, I think. I prefer them for 3-D movies especially, because they give you an overlay and the caption glasses become your 3-D glasses too. (I don't like 3-D movies generally, but if a friend wants to go, I insist on Regal.)

[@tac6557]

Regal hates me. I went their, I complained that the glasses and the other option (headphones) were basically a steaming pile of horse shit. They told me, "To Bad" so yea.

[@thedrunkenbanana8393]

In my town (England) the movie will be on at least twice and once has tot captions

[@thedrunkenbanana8393]

*one

[@peterpiperpencil]

love you rikki!!!

[@laceylorae4196]

I've never tried either! I never knew they existed! I'l probably see if they have the captiview at my theatre next time I go.

[@footmax5230]

Captioning glasses may not be perfect but at least you have something in the US (I'm pretty jealous :p) . Here in France cinemas don't care at all about us, the only thing they have are induction loops, but they sometimes don't work at all (even though I asked for it) and it's such a half-assed solution (I want to understand what the characters are saying, not hear them louder... and what about the deaf/HOH who don't have hearing aids like you ?). Thankfully I can still enjoy Hollywood movies in the few cinemas that show them with french subtitles/english audio.

[@jonathansalazar7298]

Hey rikki,Ive used the glasses b4 they're pretty accurate i'm a d/D person my hearing is going and i'm only 25. the sounds come an go. i'm getting hearing ids in 3 weeks. my asl teacher went to Gauladette.

[@GamingandMore95]

I'm hearing but have learned to sign. I don't think the movie theater near me offers anything like that. I wish they did because I know of quite a few Deaf people in the area that would love it.

[@babymonster-nn6um]

My theater doesn't have either one of these :( so i kinda always feel odded out with going to the movies.

[@cayleighmusic]

(when the words are cut off from the caption screen) I KNOW RIGHT?? Actually most of the time it works fine where I live, but I HATE it when the captions would get cut off, or if the device would die during the movie. I would tell one of the workers about it and they usually say "sorry it didn't work" and that was about it really, but the next few times I would get better. I think its partly the captioners (or whatever the person who puts the captons in is called) fault. They probably just type it and don't check to see how it work, but I don't know how they do it. The worst experience for me actually was when the website show that the movie has captions but when we get to the theater the people would tell us that there was no captions available. It was frustrating, but it hasn't happened too often.

[@alexysautumnelf]

While I haven't used the glasses, I have used Rear Window Captioning and the Capti-View. I hate Rear Window personally, because it's like the Capti-View in that you stick it in your cup holder, but then you need to adjust it to the projector in the back, like a mirror, The words end up in white on this translucent background, so it sort of tried to emulate OC, but if anyone on screen was wearing white or light colors or whatever, you just can't see what's being said at all. It's really bad. Capti-View is awesome. Mine screwed up once by totally not working in the 3D theater for some stupid reason when I went to go see Suicide Squad. They offered me the glasses, but those didn't work at all in that theater either, so we got a refund and we also got to see the next (non-3D) showing of it, where the Capti-View did work. I have had really good luck with the Capti-Views here, so I am honestly a little scared to try the glasses simply because I don't want to have them be complete crap, you know? I remember OC movies. We had it a few times in Chicago, but it was really rare and only like one theater, one movie, one time only, so if you happened to miss it, or didn't want to watch that movie, you were waiting about 3-6 months before you could see another. As a note though: I have seen "Screenings" that were not captioned, and I know that I asked about the new YuGiOh movie, because my fiance wants to see it and the response I get is "You can always wait for it to come out to DVD, but we don't have captions for it, so we can't accommodate you." I tore into one of the theater managers after one showing, because it was opening the next day with captions and my fiance told me he reprimanded the presenter. "Next time you bring in a movie, you need to make sure that you have captions with it. This is a theater and we need to accommodate EVERYONE, so bring in audio description tracks and caption tracks next time or you won't be here again!:" That theater is really really good at having accessibility for all though, so I don't take it as the norm.

[@wanderingokamikitsune]

Allysin Vally oh you live north of me, I'm over in Marseilles, south of you! I go to what was Carmike Cinemas over in Morris. they only have audio device and caption cup that sits in the cup holder. Carmike Cinemas got bought by AMC Theaters last year. I really like the captionglasses I used over in Las Vegas. I just use the audio device instead since I can hook up my hearing aids to it. I'm completely deaf in the movie theaters, they're so loud, the surround sound system in them is so high or the bass is so low that the room just vibrates and the voices are so muffed. I hear sound effects but not voices. rural areas have hard time to accommodate to deaf and hard of hearing people I think. cities have it somewhat easier, few are lucky enough to get those captionglasses.

[@alexysautumnelf]

Krystal Marrietta Actually you are probably Northeast of me. I am in San Diego. I went to mainstream HS for junior/senior in Waukegan, but that was ages ago.

[@dancingpianofairy]

I don't go to the movies very often. I've had the glasses once, CaptiView twice, and some rear window captioning once. CaptiView is my favorite overall, although what's with the extra, unnecessary material around The captions and between the lines? I had the inaccuracy, lines cutting out, stuff once. The glasses were accurate, but gave me a migraine. The rear window was cool because it was see through and it didn't block any of the movie, but having to adjust my depth of field constantly was exhausting.

[@beautifulunicorn4712]

I have not seen the glasses here. But I have used the captavew please forgive my spelling. I am not very good. And the one that I use was very good. They don't do preview either.

[@TheMagnay]

your spelling is fine, so no need to apologise for that. though we don't have glasses around here either but i have seen the captiview but never used it and i was wondering how they are.

[@saveourlastsharks]

Hi Rikki! Hello from Australia! When CaptiView is not available for the movie I would like to watch, I use Subtitle Viewer app for both iPhone and iPad. It's not perfect and it might be uncomfortable - you have to hold the phone during the movie and you have to start the subtitles as soon as the movie starts - but at least it helps me to understand what is going on in the movie. I am very intrigued about the glasses... would love to try them as well!

[@endlesswonders5798]

There is D-Box the kind that chair move and shake, but the problem is that cup holder for captview make it difficult to read the lines! Actually I haven't experienced it. Other thing that you got a drink and captview and Deaf friend who has same thing how does both go to where?! Captions glasses are good so you can move head around, rather than eyes flicker every seconds.... For me little uncomfortable since I'm using my glasses that are heavy.

[@ivyk5796]

In the Nederlands most movies are in their org. Lang. Then they are always subs!

[@HelenavV_]

Then they have*

[@MDE128]

The glasses were good but the problem is that it sometimes doesn’t show up and you have to worry about the battery. I hate it when the battery loses power in the middle of film. Also, it can be uncomfortable wearing them too long especially if you have glasses. I prefer the glasses than the stand up one because it’s easier to watch the action and read the captions the same time while on the other device, it’s hard to view the movie and read the same time.

[@thatoneguy-zb9bt]

((the caption glasses at my local theater just don't work, i've tried to get them to fix the problem but they haven't so i don't go to the theater anymore))

[@1darkironman1]

as far as I know only Regal entertainment has those glasses. I like those but it hurts my nose and sometimes it would skip or not work. so, we started to watch open captioned movies as a group monthly. we talk to the theater then they call the studio to get approval then we have a single watching and we don't need a large number of people. I'd used captiview and I hate it! I heard some used rear-view captioning which is rare (I think). there's a upcoming app that will caption it for you and I don't mean auto-captions.

[@nazann]

You look like Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger games!

[@charliemackenzie-nash5707]

I didn't know these were a thing! I have auditory processing disorder, so even though I can hear everything I just don't understand what's going on and it all gets lost. I always watch things with captions, and just kinda avoided going to the cinema because I'd just leave stressed and overwhelmed by the noises. This seems like it might actually be helpful, though I think I'd still prefer to watch the film in my own home with captions haha

[@janelkisner]

I've never used the glasses although there is a theater in the Columbus area that uses them. I think they are unhygienic because many people share the device- face oils and all that crap. Yuck. Most of the other theaters in the Columbus area that provides captions uses the CaptiView. I think the 4 closest big-name theaters have all movies captions for all screening times, and uses CaptiView. That said, my favorite theater is hit or miss with them. The UltraScreen always works with the Captiview, but the smaller theater rooms are hit or miss. Sometimes they work, other times they don't. When it doesn't, they have to reset the system, which means I miss 10-30 minutes of the movies. I have learned to figure out in advance before the movie even starts if this will be the case because the the device will say "device not connecting" or something like, which is a good indicator there is no signal and needs a reset. When it works, the captions are usually spot on. Only once did I notice a problem with the lines syncing up but it corrected itself shortly. So, I just time my visits to go during new releases and watch on the UltraScreen so to reduce frustration. Personally, I prefer open captions and wish all movies were open captioned but a lot of (hearing) people dislike that. CaptiView is a decent replacement- when it works.

[@tac6557]

In NC? Damn, the one that's like 20 mins away that's IN NC, doesn't give shit. So I'm like, FUUCKKK U. Inner rage control please. I'm really just about going to find a theatre catered to deaf and HoH people. I'm honestly about to say, Nope to movies. With that the rude ass staff, the self ignorant people who WON'T STFU in the movie while watching if, I'm like COME ONNN. It's just ridiculous. Funny enough I know it's highly just my luck that this has happens to me. (Maybe some karma) honestly. Fuck it, movies aren't for me. Sorry for the rant, but it had to be said.

[@tia-8802]

Ugh, I never thought about the glasses being unhygienic. I will take wipes with me next time. Thanks for bringing that up!

[@Strawberrycream100]

They usually wipe them down afterwards

[@eileenlograno9785]

If you want to try to use the glasses go to any REGAL movie theatre - they usually have them!

[@Macusercom]

I don't even think that you have the ability to use captions in movie theatres here in Austria oO I never really thought about that :o

[@joolzzenda]

Most UK cinemas will have one or two screenings a week for each film with subtitles on the screen but they are rarely at popular times, so basically if you need the subtitles you can't go to the cinema on the weekend. I have no idea if any similar gadgets are available here but I've never seen any information about them. I feel like cinemas are making an effort to be more inclusive but obviously there's still a lot of room for improvement. For example my local cinema has autism friendly screenings when the sound isn't as loud, the lights don't go so dark and it's fine to talk and make noise which is pretty fantastic. However they only seem to do this about once a month so it's basically 'this is the film we are allowing you to watch.' Also, has anyone ever complained when you use the captiview? I'm assuming the screen is lit up in some way so has anyone ever thought you were on your phone or something?