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The Ministry of Information Technology and Communications starts a new cycle of "Movies for EveryoneMovies for Everyone". The project, which is aimed at people with visual or hearing disabilities and their families, brings some news for 2015: films will be screened in new cities and the WhatsCine app will be available in more theaters.
The project offers the audio description service for people who are blind or have low vision, as well as subtitles and sign language interpretation for deaf people. More than 18,000 people have benefited from this initiative. ATmedios, the Colombian company in charge of developing these support systems, follows international accessibility standards in order to contribute to opening new spaces for inclusion.
"Movies for EveryoneMovies for Everyone" started in 2013 in an alliance with Cine Colombia and Fundacion Saldarriaga Concha. Its objective is to reach 60 percent of the 2.9 million people with disabilities in the country, so they can enjoy these entertainment spaces with their families.
Caracol Television will offer the audio description service for people who are blind or have low vision. The documentary "Entre Ojos" will be the first to offer this system starting on Saturday, November 29 at 11:00 p.m.
Read more: Audio description in Colombian television for the first time
WhatsCine is the application for personal smartphones and tablets that allows people with audiovisual impairments to access audio description and sign language or subtitles in movie theatres. The app is already available for the films that are part of the project “Movies for Everyone” in Bogotá, Cali and Bucaramanga, which takes place every second and last Saturday of the month in selected Cine Colombia theaters.
On May 24, 2014 accessibility to audiovisual contents, technology and inclusion will be part of the event "A Week for ICT", which takes place every year at the EPM library in Medellin. This is an initiative led by Fundacion EPM. It is part of a cycle of conferences focused specifically on information and communication technologies.
Read more: Inclusive Audiovisual Productions, a conference during "A Week for ICT"
For the first time, under the project “Movies for Everyone” a Colombian movie premiere was also available for deaf or hard of hearing people, as well as for blind people using audio description and subtitling services.
