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Earcatch

A Dutch audio description app that plays a description track on the viewer's own phone in sync with the film, so a blind or partially sighted customer can attend any screening.

CategoryTicketing and software
HeadquartersNetherlands
Sells intoEurope
Typically fitsSingle screens and independents · Mid-size circuits · Large circuits
PositioningMainstream
Known forAudio description app
Websiteearcatch.eu

Earcatch works on the same principle as other app-based accessibility: the description track lives on the customer's phone and synchronises to the film, so the customer chooses the screening rather than the venue scheduling a special one.

That distinction matters more than the technology. A monthly dedicated accessible screening tells a blind customer they may attend at a time that suits the venue. An app-based track means they can come to any performance, with friends, on a Friday night — which is the actual point.

For a cinema the practical work is not installation but communication: making clear on the website and in the app which titles have tracks available, so the customer knows before they travel. That is a content problem in your own booking journey rather than a hardware purchase.

Filmgrail has no commercial relationship with Earcatch and this listing is not an endorsement. It is here because a cinema evaluating its supply chain should be able to see the whole of it in one place. Details change — check anything decision-critical with the supplier.