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PositionSTATELINE - Open captioned films - Brief article

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Despite progress in captioning technology, only about 1 percent of movies in the U.S. are shown with captions, according to the National Association for the Deaf. Hawaii wants to change that. Lawmakers passed a first-in-the-nation law last year that requires companies with more than two theaters to show open captioned films at least twice a week, when available. Open captioning means the...

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