It's one of the most common questions about cinema accessibility: if a film is a visual medium, how does someone who can't clearly see the screen follow what's happening? The answer is audio description — and the experience is closer to everyone else's night out than most people assume.
The story, narrated
Audio description adds a spoken narration that describes the visual action — who's there, what they're doing, where they are, and how the scene looks — slotted between the lines of dialogue. You hear the film's own soundtrack and the description together, so nothing important slips past.
At the cinema, today
For years, access meant rare, awkwardly-timed special screenings. A companion app changes that. With KinoSync, you choose audio description, press play, and the narration stays in time with the film on the big screen for the whole feature — in any cinema, in any seat, at the showtime you actually wanted.
On your terms
Because the description plays to your own earphones, you set the volume that suits you, and nobody around you is affected. You're at the same showing as your friends and family — sharing the same jokes and the same gasps, at the same moment.
Want the detail? Read our guide to movies for blind and visually impaired audiences, or find out what audio description is.