Sound carries a huge amount of a film — dialogue, of course, but also the music, the effects and the off-screen cues that build tension or land a joke. For Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, there are two well-established ways to access all of it: closed captions and sign language.
Closed captions
Closed captions show the dialogue as text, along with speaker labels and descriptions of meaningful sounds — [phone buzzes], [ominous music] — so the full soundtrack is there to read. You control the text size and contrast, and glance down only when you need to.
Sign language
For many Deaf audiences who sign, a fluent interpretation in their own language is the richest access of all — it carries tone, character and emotion that text on its own can't. A signed video track lets you follow the performance, not just the words.
Both, in any cinema
With KinoSync you choose captions or sign language, press play, and your track appears on your phone in perfect time with the screening. There's no special equipment and no dedicated showing — just the film you wanted, at the showtime you wanted, fully accessible.
Read more in our guide to movies for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.