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.
The term "Services" under an organization name indicates what services they provide according to the folllowing table.THIS IS A NEW ADDITION AND UPDATES ARE CURRENTLY (Nov '24) IN PROCESS!.
| (F): Companies that can handle the full range of AD production -- writing the AD script, voicing it, editing the audio, and providing a final integrated AD track. Full service companies are not duplicate-listed in other categories unless they also offer Training or Local services. |
| (W): Companies and individuals that can write an AD script for your video. Included in Full Service. |
| (V): Professional voiceover artists (sometimes called AD Narrators) that are experienced in voicing AD scripts. Included in Full Service." (ADNA Credits" refers to a listing of their work on the ADNA website.) |
| (A): Companies or individuals who can do Audio Engineering -- record voiceover
artists, edit the recording, and integrate the AD with video. Included in Full Service. |
| (T): Companies, organizations, or individuals offering training on audio description writing and/or voicing at least once per year to the public. |
| (Q): Comapies or Individuals (often but not necessarily blind) who offer Quality Control: critique and evaluate AD scripts and voiceovers or offer consulting services on AD. |
| (L): Organizations or individuals that provide AD primarily for local theatre organizations or events in a specific geographical area. |
Want to be listed here or update/verify your information? Contact the webmaster! Latest Update Nov 29, 2024.
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NOTE! "Location" is rarely important. Most providers work remotely. |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Beyond Description Sound Services 22
Services: F |
Vancouver, BC | Audio Description/Descriptive Video for all media including television, movies, theatrical releases and online content. |
beyonddescription.ca |
| Caption Easy 23
Services: F |
Mississauga, ON | Providing described video / audio description, closed captions, foreign subtitling and transcription services. | www.captioneasy.com 647-646-0783 info@captioneasy.com |
| CCS Inc 24 | 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 24 |
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 24 |
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
Services: F |
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 |
| Power of Babel 24
Services: F |
Toronto | Audio description for films, TV shows, educational content and advertising, in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and other languages. |
www.powerofbabel.com |
| Superior Description Services 24
Services: FL |
Toronto, ON | We work with clients to create Described Video / Audio Description on shorts, trailers and all media including television, theatrical and bespoke releases. We provide live description for performing arts and descriptive audio guides and verbal descriptions of visual arts. We also create podcast experiences. | www.superiordescription.com Email Superior Description |
| Valerie H Productions 24
Services: F |
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 24
Services: L |
Vancouver | Provides live description of theatre, arts and cultural events; also hosts weekly online Almost Live accessible arts adventures and monthly Describer Cafes. |
www.vocaleye.ca 604-364-5949 Email VocalEye Descriptive Arts |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Adtext 24 | London | Closed captions, subtitles and audio description | www.adtext.tv socialinclusion@adtext.tv |
| Ginger & Blue 24
Services: F |
London | I provide audio description and voice overs for television and film in the UK. | www.gingerandblue.com +44 7949 732053 Email Ginger & Blue |
| 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 |
| Iyuno 24
Services: FQT |
Multiple locations globally, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA; contact in UK | Iyuno (formerly SDI Media) has been a leader in global media localization since 1974. Among its many services, Iyuno provides Audio Description (AD) mainly for TV, theatrical and VOD platforms. Shak has been the company’s AD Manager since 2013 and is based in the UK. | www.iyuno.com +44 7764 498 036 shak.yousaf@iyuno.com |
| Mind's Eye Description Services Ltd 24 | Manchester | Mind's Eye, established and led by Anne Hornsby in 1992, was one of the pioneers of audio description provision in the UK. We provide live, written, and recorded Audio description, and voiceover, across all platforms, primarily theatre and museums and galleries but also including Film, and video. A recent project included the concert for King Charles' Coronation. We work across the UK and sometimes internationally. Anne Hornsby is an accredited Audio Description Trainer. |
mindseyedescription.co.uk (44) 7889232438 Email Minds Eye X: MindsEyeArts Instagram and Threads: mindseyedescription |
| Red Bee Media | Multi-country | See details below ... | |
| RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People
24
Services: Q |
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 Language24
Services: F |
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 24
Services: FCTQ |
London | Audio description, voiceover, and subtitles across all platforms, from TV, Film and DVD to corporate video . |
sensormediahub.com +44 (0) 7961 430393 Email Sensor Media |
| Tim Bick Voiceover 24
Services: V |
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 tim@timbickvoiceover.co.uk |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Amanda Heggestad 24
Services: W |
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 |
| Amnet ContentSource 24
Services: F |
USA, UK, India | Amnet provides end-to-end digital accessibility services: See USA Listing. | |
| 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 info@artis-project.it |
| Association française d'audiodescription 23 | France | General information site about audio description in France | audiodescriptionfrance.wordpress.com (French) |
| Audio Described Aotearoa Ltd 24
Services: WVTQL |
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 24
Services: F |
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
Services: F |
Australia | Freelance AD provider for local and international film, TV, web content and live events, trained to UK standards and with over 20 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 24
Services: W |
Munich, Germany | Audio description author for film and television. Fluent in US English and German. American Translators Association (ATA) Certified Translator. More information provided on request. | licustranslation.com/audio-description/ Email Kristina |
| Mixwerk 24
Services: F |
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
Services: F |
Moscow, Russia | Audio description (described video) for film, television and web content, closed captioning, translation and subtitling | www.rusubtitles.com <= Trouble Connecting Email RuFilms |
| scribit.pro 24
Services: FT |
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). Samples: https://scribit.pro/en-gb/example-videos. |
www.scribit.pro +31 702210166 info@scribit.pro |
| ShazaCin Accessible Media 24
Services: FTQL |
Durban, South Africa | We create AD for film, tours, commercials and illustrated books. Download our app describeAT from the Google play Store. | www.shazacin.com Email ShazaCin Accessible Media Phone: +27 83-2639870 |
| Stichting Komt het Zien! 23
Services: L |
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) 24
Services: F |
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 24 | 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 sales@thesubstation.com.au |
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