Audio Description Project
Audio Description Project
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On this page we list all the individual, organization, and corporate services that we know about outside the USA that are involved with audio description, provided the organization has validated the information in the previous three years. The commercial companies typically employ professional audio description personnel who write the description for movies, DVDs, and other media, while the organizations tend to provide audio description services via trained describers for local events. Listing on this page does not imply an endorsement of any kind from the American Council of the Blind or the Audio Description Project, and we reserve the right to not list or remove a listing that we feel false or misleading in any way. Note: We list phone numbers the way they are given to us, so you may need to adapt to where you are calling from.
Want to be listed here or update/verify your
information? Contact the webmaster! Latest Update Aug 29, 2023.
The following companies who did not respond to 2 notices to verify 3-year old entries were removed Apr 1, 2023:
(Access Theatre London, Prime Focus Technologies, VocalEyes)
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NOTE! "Location" is rarely important. Most providers work remotely. |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
AMI 23 |
Toronto | Video description for movies and television | www.ami.ca 800-567-6755 Email AMI |
| Beyond Description Sound Services 22
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Vancouver, BC | Audio Description/Descriptive Video for all media including television, movies, theatrical releases and online content. |
beyonddescription.ca |
| Caption Easy 23 | Mississauga, ON | Providing described video / audio description, closed captions, foreign subtitling and transcription services. | www.captioneasy.com 647-646-0783 [email protected] |
| CCS Inc 21 | Kingston, ON | CCS provides high quality accessibility services, for live and or pre-recorded content with closed captioning, CART, subtitling and described video, transcription and translation. We provide services in English, French and Spanish. We can train in-house employees for a variety of services. | www.closedcapserv.com |
| Described Video Canada 21 | Hamilton | Audio description (described video) for film, television and web content, in English and French |
www.describedvideocanada.com 905-818-9414 Email Described Video |
| Descriptive Video Works 23 | Vancouver | Described video / audio description in English and 17 other languages. We work on television series, movies, streaming service programs, corporate videos, live television events, video games, and more. |
www.descriptivevideoworks.com 866-818-3897 Email Descriptive Video Works |
| difuze 23
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Montreal & Toronto | difuze is a leader Industry in Postproduction, Versioning and Distribution of Audiovisual Content. We offer multiples services like Distribution, Versioning, Subtitling & Access Services, Content Management & Delivery & Postproduction - Image and audio. |
www.difuze.com 514-939-5060 Email difuze |
| JDescribe 23 | Toronto | Provider of Described Video/Audio Narration service for film and television. |
www.jdescribe.com 416-997-7267 Email JDescribe |
| Superior Description Services 23 | Toronto, ON | Descriptive Audio including Live Audio Description, Described Video, Verbal Descriptions and Audio guides. | www.superiordescription.com Email Superior Description |
| Valerie H Productions 21 | Toronto | More than a decade of providing audio description (described video) for TV, movies, and web content. Creator of the Movies For the Blind podcast. |
www.valerie-h.com Email Valerie Twitter: @movies4theblind |
| VocalEye Descriptive Arts 23 | Vancouver | Provides live description of theatre, arts and cultural events |
www.vocaleye.ca 604-364-5949 Email VocalEye Descriptive Arts |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Go Phrazy Studios 23 | London | Audio Description, captioning, and other services, specializing in cultural adaptation for media content in 150+ languages. |
gophrazy.com +44 (0)20 3514 2432 Email Go Phrazy |
| Red Bee Media | Multi-country | See details below ... | |
| RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People 23 | Offices across the UK | Everything you need to know about audio description and where it is available |
www.rnib.org.uk 0303 123 9999 Email RNIB |
| Screen Language 22 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Audio descriptions, caption, subtitles, translation. Born to service the independent and documentary film sectors, also experienced in academic, corporate and government videos. Supporters of multilingualism, diversity and accessibility for all. Interested in and promoter of technological developments to enhance access to the arts. |
www.screenlanguage.co.uk |
| Sensor Media 23 | London | Audio description, voiceover, and subtitles across all platforms, from TV, Film and DVD to live theatre and corporate video |
sensormediahub.com +44 (0) 7961 430393 Email Sensor Media |
| Tim Bick Voiceover 21 | London | Voiceover for audio description on TV and the web with many years of experience doing everything from "friendly professional corporate reads" to characters and accents and "voice of God" narration. With a professional home studio, I have clients all over the world. |
timbickvoiceover.co.uk +44 7515 992173 [email protected] |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Amanda Heggestad 23 | Aalst, Belgium | I am a freelancer specializing in the creation of English-language audio description scripts, as well as English subtitling and captions for English and Dutch/Flemish media of all sorts. | Website +32 473.49.19.63 Email Amanda |
| Artis-Project 23 MovieReading CulturAbile |
Viterbo, Italy | We are a company specializing in : audiodescription, subtitling/captioning, real-time captioning (stenotyping and respeaking) for TV, cinema, home video, all VOD platforms, theatre, web. We also manage contents on the MovieReading (www.moviereading.com) platform. | www.artis-project.it Facebook: www.fb.com/artispro Email [email protected] |
| Association française d'audiodescription 23 | France | General information site about audio description in France | audiodescriptionfrance.wordpress.com (French) |
| Audio Described Aotearoa Ltd 23 | Auckland, NZ | Live, written and recorded audio description in English and Te Reo Maori including short film, museum, gallery and outdoor tours, civic events, theatre, ballet, contemporary dance, music events, floor plans and conferences. |
On Facebook Website under development +64 210 358513 Email Audio Described Aotearoa |
| Bayerischer Rundfunk 23 | Munich, Germany | Audio description for TV, movies, DVDs, and streaming |
br.de/s/1Jldbhv +49-89-5900-26027 Email Bayerischer Rundfunk |
| Fran Mathey Description Services 22 | Australia | Freelance AD provider for local and international film, TV, web content and live events, trained to UK standards and with over 15 years experience across a diverse range of media. |
Fran Mathey Description Services +61 (0)427 773 317 Email Fran Mathey |
| Jess Curtis / Gravity 23 | San Francisco, CA, serving Berlin, Germany | Provides audio description and haptic access tours, specializing in live dance performance. Also provides service in Berlin, Germany. |
www.jesscurtisgravity.org/access Email Germany Email USA |
| Kristina Cosumano 23 | Munich, Germany | Qualified audio describer, professionally trained to write audio description scripts and can voice them as well if needed. American residing in Germany with 20+ years experience in music and theater, fluent in both English and German. American Translators Association (ATA) Certified Translator. I work remotely on pre-recorded media using video and audio editing software. More information provided on request. | licustranslation.com/audio-description/ Email Kristina |
| Mixwerk 21 | Berlin, Germany | Audio description for corporate movies, elearning, television, dubbing, voiceover in 20 languages |
www.mixwerk.com
(5 languages) +49 30 29007959 Email Mixwerk |
| Red Bee Media 23 | US, UK, Spain, France, Netherlands, Australia | Provides audio description, pre-recorded captioning and live captioning services and sign language interpreting for broadcast and online. |
Red Bee Media Email Form for Red Bee |
| RuFilms 23 | Moscow, Russia | Audio description (described video) for film, television and web content, closed captioning, translation and subtitling | www.rusubtitles.com Email RuFilms |
| scribit.pro 21 | Den Haag, Netherlands | Online software to create and publish your own audio descriptions with the use of synthetic speech. Online services to create AD, captions and transcripts by professional Training tool. Specifically designed for online video (YouTube, VIMEO); see an example of our YouTube widget at https://scribit.pro/en/european-blind-union/. |
www.scribit.pro +31 702210166 [email protected] |
| ShazaCin Accessible Media 21 | Durban, South Africa | Audio Description Services |
Email ShazaCin Accessible Media Cell: +27 83 263 9870 WhatsApp: +27 83 407 9480 |
| Stichting Komt het Zien! 23 | The Netherlands | Live audio description for theatre, circus, events, leisure and weddings. Description equipment + audio describers. |
www.komthetzien.nl +31 513 650 681 Email Stichting Komt het Zien |
| Syntolkning Nu (Audio Description Now) 23 | Sweden | Live, written and recorded Audio description, voiceover, and subtitles across all platforms, from TV, Film and DVD to live theatre and corporate video. As a nonprofit organization we arrange live out- and indoor AD all around Sweden. |
www.syntolkning.se www.syntolkcentralen.se +46 (0)31-360 8445 Email Syntolkning Nu In Swedish on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter |
| The SubStation 21 | Australia | Provider of audio description and captioning services for TV, cinema, DVD/Blu-ray, streaming and online platforms. |
thesubstation.com.au +61 2 8065 2602 [email protected] |
21 = listing information verified in 2021
22 = listing information verified in 2022
23 = listing information verified in 2023
