The Audio Description Project
An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind
Formerly AD International
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| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| AMI # | Toronto | Video description for movies and television | www.ami.ca 800-567-6755 info@ami.ca |
| Descriptive Video Works | Vancouver | Descriptive video | www.descriptivevideoworks.com
604-542-9894 866-818-3897 (toll free) diane@descriptivevideoworks.com |
| John Hauber Productions # | Toronto | Descriptive video services |
descriptivevideoproductions.com 416-823-5492 john@descriptivevideoproductions.com |
| Sassonique Productions | Montreal | Audio description (French and English), closed captioning, dialogue and continuity transcripts, translation and sub-titling | sassonique.com
514-488-7444 sasharris@sympatico.ca |
| The Media Concierge | Toronto | Descriptive Video / Closed Captioning / Subtitling / Language Dubbing / Conversions and Transfers |
www.themediaconcierge.com (647) 994-3003 trevor@themediaconcierge.com |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Access London Theatre | London | Consolidated listing of all accessible London theatrical performances | www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/access/
020 7557 6751 (recording) |
| Audio Description Association | Romsey | Supports audio describers and the providers and users of audio description |
www.developingaudiences.com/audiodesc.asp 01794 510343 ADSE@hants.gov.uk |
| Beachbog's Audio Description Diary | Edinburgh, Scotland | Database of audio description activity in Scotland |
www.adscot.org.uk bb@adscot.org.uk |
| RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) | London | Everything you need to know about audio description and where it is available |
www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/tvradiofilm/Pages/audio_description.aspx 0303 123 9999 audiodescription@rnib.org.uk |
| Vocal Eyes | 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 enquiries@vocaleyes.co.uk |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Aurix Ltd | Worcester, UK | Speech detection software to assist in audio description | www.aurix.com +44 (0)1684 585101 info@aurix.com |
| European Captioning Institute (ECI) | London, England | Description for DVDs | www.ecisubtitling.com (+44) (0) 207 5800 mail@ecisubtitling.com |
| ITFC, Independent Television Facilities Centre | London, England | Media Access services for Broadcasters, Cinema and DVD distributors both UK based and globally | www.itfc.com +44 (0)20 8752 0352 info@itfc.com |
| Softel Ltd | Pangbourne, Reading, UK | Audio Description soundtrack production equipment | www.softelgroup.com +44 (0)118-9842151 info@softel.co.uk |
| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Association française d'audiodescription | France | General information site about audio description in France | www.audiodescription-france.org (French) |
| Audioscenic | Brussels, Belgium | Audio description of living art performances in the French speaking part of Belgium | www.audioscenic.be
(French) 00 32 473 549 013 info@audioscenic.be (English OK) |
| Bayerischer Rundfunk | Munich, Germany | Audio description for TV, movies, DVDs | www.br-online.de/hoerfilme +49-89-3806-6027 bernd.benecke@brnet.de |
| Media Access Australia | Sydney, Australia | The home of information about audio description in Australia! | www.audiodescription.com.au +61 (02) 9212 6242 info@mediaaccess.org.au |
| Mixwerk | Berlin, Germany | Audio description for corporate movies, elearning, television, dubbing, voiceover in 20 languages | www.mixwerk.com
(5 languages) +49 30 29007959 uweengel@mixwerk.com |
| Natasha Kanakaki | Athens, Greece | Audio description services, closed captioning, and subtitling in Greek and English | +30 210-9341980 k_natash@yahoo.com |
| NCBI Media Services | Finglas, Dublin, Ireland | Audio description production for television, film and theatre |
www.ncbi.ie/services/services-for-organisations/making-print-and-multimedia-accessible-mcs
+353 (0)1 864 22 66 lina.kouzi@ncbi.ie |
| Subbabel | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | Audio description, production, dubbing, subtitling, closed captioning and voiceovers | www.subbabel.com +34 928-352-803 (Eng/Span) info@subbabel.com |
| Syntolkning Nu (Audio Description Now) # | Sweden | Audio description at theatre, cinemas, arenas and for film on DVD |
www.syntolkning.se or
www.syntolkning.nu +46 031-3608445 info@syntolkning.nu |
# means the information has been added, updated, or verified since December 2011
