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.
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NOTE! "Location" is rarely important. Most providers work remotely. |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| AMI 20 | 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 |
| 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 20 | Vancouver | Descriptive video |
www.descriptivevideoworks.com 604-542-9894 866-818-3897 (toll free) Email Descriptive Video Works |
| Difuze Inc. 19
Entry awaiting verification Apr '22 |
Toronto | Descriptive Video / Closed Captioning / Subtitling / Language Dubbing / Conversions and Transfers |
www.themediaconcierge.com 416-778-5500 Email Defuze (Supplied email invalid Apr '22: try [email protected]) |
| Forest Arts 20 | Ontario | Audio description for live theatre and events, video, galleries and museums |
forestellarts.wixsite.com/forestell-arts 613-484-7488 Email Michelle Dorey Forestell |
| JDescribe 20 | Toronto | Provider of Described Video/Audio Narration service for Broadcast programming. |
www.jdescribe.com 416-997-7267 Email JDescribe |
| John Hauber Productions 20 | Toronto | Descriptive video services |
descriptivevideoproductions.com 416-823-5492 Email John |
| Live Describe 20 | Toronto, Stratford, ON | Live on-location Audio Description for theatre, dance, opera, live events, conferences and any other form or medium | www.livedescribe.ca 416-879-3416 Email Live Describe |
| Sette Postproduction 19
Entry awaiting verification Apr '22 |
Montreal | Descriptive video / Closed Captioning / Subtitling / Translation / Dubbing | www.sette.com 514-380-8503 Email Sette Postproduction |
| Superior Description 20 | Toronto, ON | Descriptive Audio including Audio Description, Described Video 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 Arts20 | Vancouver | Provides live description of theatre, arts and cultural events |
www.vocaleye.ca 604-364-5949 Email VocalEye Descriptive Arts |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Access London Theatre 20 | London | Consolidated listing of all audio described London theatrical performances |
officiallondontheatre.com/access/audio/ 020 7557 6751 (recording) |
| Go Phrazy Studios 20 | 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 |
| Prime Focus Technologies 20 | London | Audio description and captioning services. |
www.primefocustechnologies.com +44 20 3794 3344 Email Prime Focus UK |
| Red Bee Media | Multi-country | See details below ... | |
| RNIB - Royal National Institute of Blind People 20 | London | 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 20 | 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] |
| VocalEyes 20 | London | Provides access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people through both live and recorded audio description |
www.vocaleyes.co.uk 020 7375 1043 Email VocalEyes UK |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Association française d'audiodescription 20 | France | General information site about audio description in France | audiodescriptionfrance.wordpress.com (French) |
| Audio Described Aotearoa Ltd 20 | 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 +64 210 358513 Email Audio Described Aotearoa |
| Bayerischer Rundfunk 20 | Munich, Germany | Audio description for TV, movies, DVDs, and streaming |
www.br.de/hoerfilme +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 20 | 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 Jess |
| 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 |
| Prime Focus Technologies 20 | Mumbai, India | Audio description and captioning services. |
www.primefocustechnologies.com +91 22 6178 5555 Email Prime Focus India |
| Red Bee Media 20 | UK, Spain, France, Netherlands, Australia | Provides audio description, pre-recorded captioning and live captioning services for broadcast and online |
Red Bee Media +44 (0)20 8495 5000 Email Form for Red Bee |
| RuFilms 20 | Moscow, Russia | Audio description (described video) for film, television and web content, closed captioning, translation and subtitling | www.rusubtitles.com [email protected] 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! 19
Entry awaiting verification Apr '22 |
The Netherlands | Live audio description for theatre and circus shows. Description equipment + audio describers. |
www.komthetzien.nl +31 513 650 681 Email Stichting Komt het Zien |
| Syntolkning Nu (Audio Description Now) 20 | 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] |
19 = listing
information verified in 2019
20 = listing information verified
in 2020
21 = listing information verified in 2021
22 = listing information verified in 2022
