From:	Damo Barrett 
Sent:	Saturday, 28 November 2009 8:57 PM
To:	disabdis
Subject:	Movies with Captions for Deaf / Hard of hearing etc..

Importance:	High

Good day,

My name is Damon Barrett

 I currently live in Perth, Western Australia. I am deaf and I attend Hoyts in Cannington to access 
movies with subtitles, that are only available for three sessions a week.

However, I have recently been informed about the exemption under DDA Section 55, It is very wrong 
to do that, as the percentage of access comes down to only 0.3%

I have watched films at Hoyts many times and quite often I have felt a lot of disappointment such as 
subtitles aren’t working, delayed time, wrong movies etc..

I am aware that if the subtitles are not working I am refunded my ticket cost, however what about the 
time I have set aside to watch the film, and the travel time I have wasted? As there is only 1 captioned 
movie provider in the Perth area there are many Deaf people who travel far out of their way to watch 
those films, this also is unacceptable.

For example; one time the caption machine broke down during the movie, and It was sent for repairs. 
They informed us it will take about 2 weeks, but it was 2 months! Very disappointing!!

Also, I would rather if there is one theatre room at the big company like Hoyts to have lots of different 
movies in one week with subtitles and audio to choose from.
 
There is lack of people attending Hoyts in Cannington because of the LACK OF SUBTITLES, lack of 
options for the film, and the captioning not working.

Also sometimes we have to wait a lot longer to watch blockbuster films, this isn’t fair, sometimes they 
don’t even release the film in subtitles at all, or very few are subtitled.

I would also like to mention the fact that if more subtitled films were on offer, more people would be 
likely to come and watch those films. We are the only people who have no choice as to what movie we 
want to watch and when!

Please respect deaf/hard of hearing as they are in needs for their enjoyments to watch those popular 
movies.

I am looking forward to hear from you in the near future.

Kind Regards

Damon Barrett