English Subtitles on ALL DVDs

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We the undersigned are asking you the producers of DVDs to continue to include English subtitles on your DVDs.

The D(d)eaf community rely upon subtitles to follow the dialogue in a film. If you have ever tried watching a film with the sound off, you will realise that it is impossible to fully understand what is going on when you can not hear what the characters are saying. DVD is the first medium to give D(d)eaf people equal access to the film industry and many D(d)eaf people have invested in DVD players in order to take advantage of this.

Please understand the importance of subtitles to the D(d)eaf community and continue to put English subtitles on the DVD's you produce.

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  • Amanda Masterman
  • Sophie Chater
  • Alison McCann
  • Michaela Hillier
  • Matthew Lewis-Adams
  • susannah donnelly
  • Neil Berry
  • Richard Lay
  • Sarah Jones
    • Comments
    • KEEP THE SUBTITLES!!!!!!!!
  • Cheryl burgess
    • Comments
    • I am hard of hearing and rely on subtitles to get what is said.
  • rebecca dandridge
    • Comments
    • I am profoundly deaf- love films especially reley on subtitled dvds very valuable to all people who are deaf!
  • Andy Mell
  • Paul Spratley
  • Afshan Jamil
  • Svenja Wurm
  • Michael P Gallagher
  • Holly Hicks
  • Daniel Clark
  • rachel franey
  • Debbie Shephard
    • Comments
    • Appalled to think that you are considering stopping this service.
  • charlotte dodwell
  • Amanda Edwards
    • Comments
    • need english subtitles on all DVDs
  • tav
  • Diane Mennell
  • Iain Locke
    • Comments
    • provision of subtitles onto DVDs should be standard practise. The technology is available, so why discriminate against those who would get the benefit (e.g. deaf/hard of hearing people, etc)
  • madeleine macmahon
    • Comments
    • i can't imagine having no sense of hearing-but i'm sure i'd be grateful of anything that would make my life as close to "normal" as possible.
  • Heather Tait
  • Pascal Johnson
    • Comments
    • Once again we the deaf suffer with missing subtitles.very important that we have straight forward clear information.
  • Ian Nicol
    • Comments
    • I support this action completely.
  • Lauren Molloy
  • Leigh Mastermanl
  • Suneet Sandhu
  • hans malhi
  • Vijay Maistry
  • louise palmer
  • Tracey Lewin
  • Jo Atkinson
    • Comments
    • Subtitles are vital for full enjoyment of films for deaf people.
  • Rebecca Atkinson
  • Greg Baker
  • Glen Ward
  • ALAN PAYNE
  • Nesta Carr
    • Comments
    • My husband was deaf and if he had not had closed captioning on the T.V. it would have been a very lonely life for him. You can NOT deny anyone with a hearing loss the opportunity to enjoy any form of entertainment. That includes English subtitles on DVDs..
  • Karen Segal
    • Comments
    • Disabled people in whichever capacity have a human right to be able to enjoy.
  • Mike Handley
  • Debra Morgan
    • Comments
    • This seems to be an eminently easy and sensible way to include people suffering from such a difficult handicap into the enjoyment of film.
  • Bill Page
  • Yvonne Kirtlan
  • John Bentham
  • Louise King
  • Dickon Brough