The Audio Description Project
An Initiative of the American Council of the Blind
Formerly AD International
On this page we list all the individual, organization, and corporate services that we know about in the USA that are involved with audio description. 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.
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| Organization | Location | Services | Contact |
| Access-USA * | Clayton, NY | Production of all types of alternative format media | www.access-usa.com 800-263-2750 info@access-usa.com |
| Accessible Arts | Columbus, OH | AD primarily for local movies |
www.accessibleartsinc.org 614-470-4777 AJWestlund@insight.rr.com |
| Alice Austin * | Portsmouth, NH | Description Services for live theatre, museums, presentations, events, video, DVD, and film. Will travel for all or work remotely for video/DVD. |
617-513-5373 DXER@comcast.net |
| Arts Access ## | Raleigh, NC | AD primarily of Triangle-area live theatre, plus education and information statewide | www.artsaccessinc.org 919-833-9919 info@artsaccessinc.org |
| Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences | Seattle, WA | AD services for local organizations |
www.artsvia.org 206-323-7190 aviaboss@artsvia.org |
| Arts for All | Tucson, AZ | AD primarily of local live theatre |
www.artsforallinc.org 520-622-4100 execdirector@artsforallinc.org |
| Audio Description Access ## | Cincinnati, OH | Audio description for live performing arts | Mike Snyder snyder1944@aol.com 513-703-0355 |
| Audio Description Associates * | Takoma Park, MD | AD for museums, perf. arts, and describer training worldwide | www.audiodescribe.com 301-920-0218 jsnyder@audiodescribe.com |
| Audio Description Colorado ## | Denver, CO | Lists audio description in the Denver area | www.audiodescriptionincolorado.weebly.com |
| Audio Description Solutions * | New Oxford, PA | AD for video, multimedia, museums, and exhibits, plus trains describers |
www.AudioDescriptionSolutions.com 717-624-8496 info@AudioDescriptionSolutions.com |
| Audio Eyes, LLC # | Northridge, CA | Providing video description for commercial and nonprofit media projects (employing people with disabilities) | www.audioeyesllc.com 818-678-0880 sales@audioeyesllc.com |
| Audio Reader Service * | Lawrence, KS | Provides trained Audio Describers for live theater events in Kansas City and Lawrence |
reader.ku.edu/description.shtml 800-772-8898 (Jennifer) |
| AudioVision, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | Provides AD consultation, description, and training for film, TV, theatre, etc. |
www.audiovision.org katiemags@aol.com didisalvo@msn.com |
| B-Creative Audio Description Services ## | Denver, CO | Provides AD for live theatre | 970-785-6481 BonnieJBarlow@aol.com |
| Bridge Multimedia * | New York, NY | Description and captioning for television, digital media, and educational technology -- all languages; full audio production capabilities, HDCAM-SR, NTSC/PAL | www.bridgemultimedia.com
212-213-3740 mkaplowitz@bridgemultimedia.com |
| CaptionMax * | NY, DC, Los Angeles, Minneapolis | Audio description for television, webcast, and DVD; DVD authoring,
including talking menus; Multi-language Closed Captioning and Subtitling |
www.captionmax.com
612-341-3566 services@captionmax.com |
| Cultural Access Consortium (CAC) | Boston, MA | Provides AD for live theatre & museums plus training for AD |
www.culturalaccess.org 617-357-1864 info@culturalaccess.org |
| Descriptive Audio for the Sight Impaired (DASI) | Asheville, NC | AD for all main stage productions at Asheville Community Theatre and other venues upon request |
www.ljrsandbox.com/DASI
wstanko@charter.net 828-253-8781 |
| Descriptive Video Works # | Los Angeles, CA | Descriptive video for media and live audio description |
www.descriptivevideoworks.com 888-998-9894 info@descriptivevideoworks.com |
| DICAPTA / Closed Caption Latina * | Longwood, FL | Video description, closed captioning, and CART in English and Spanish | www.dicapta.com 407-389-0712 info@dicapta.com |
| Disability Rights & Resources | Charlotte, NC | AD services for local organizations | 704-537-0550 Julia Sain or Becky Williams |
| HAI Describe! (Hospital Audiences Inc.) |
New York, NY | Offers AD at various Broadway and Off Broadway shows |
HAI Describe! 212-575-7663 THennessey@hospaud.org |
| Hollywood Access Services # | Burbank, CA | Audio description and captioning for movies, television programs, exhibits and online content |
www.hollywoodaccessservices.com 818-333-5087 info@HollywoodAccessServices.com |
| Karla Pederson | Fargo, ND | AD for local theatres | 218-233-2677 kp7181@yahoo.com |
| Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts ## | Louiville, KY | Provides AD for live theatre, museums, films, and custom recordings. | 502-562-0111 access@kentuckycenter.org |
| LHH Consulting * | Rochester, NY | Audio description consulting and training | www.lhhconsulting.com 585-328-7491 lhoffman@lhhconsulting.com |
| Mary Lou Fisher # | Greenbelt, MD | Audio Description for live theater, movies, meetings, cultural events, museums and multimedia presentations in the Metropolitan Washington, DC and Baltimore. MD areas | 301-351-4025 MaryLFisher@comcast.net |
| Maryland Arts Access # | Baltimore, MD | Provides AD of live theatre and other events | 410-252-7239 mdartsaccess@comcast.net |
| Media Access Group, WGBH * | Boston, MA | Video description, captioning, more | access.wgbh.org 617-300-3700 access@wgbh.org |
| Media Movers * | New York, NY | Audio description dubbing, subtitling, voiceovers, & production in all languages |
www.media-movers.com 646-233-2226 info@media-movers.com |
| Metropolitan Washington Ear | Silver Spring, MD | Provides AD for live theatre, museums, films, training; Radio Reading Service; Dial-In Newspaper and Magazine Reading |
www.washear.org 301-681-6636 information@washear.org |
| Mhairi Steenbock * | Los Angeles, CA | Freelance audio describer with 5 years experience working in film and TV for ITFC in London. Now based in LA. Writes and voices audio description and will work remotely for film/TV. | 310-308-0867 mhairisteenbock@gmail.com |
| Mind's Eye Audio Productions * | Madison, WI | Enhanced Audio, Description, voiceovers, languages, more | www.mindseyeaudio.com 608-438-4178 kelly@mindseyeaudio.com |
| Narrative Television Network * | Tulsa, OK | Video description for TV and movies |
www.narrativetv.com 800-801-8184 info@NarrativeTV.com |
| National Captioning Institute (NCI) Described Media | Chantilly, VA | Description for TV, DVDs, Film, Gov't | www.ncicap.org
703-917-7600 mail@ncicap.org |
| PA Cultural Access Project of VSA PA | PA | Stimulates statewide growth of AD and regional access coalitions, and provides AD equipment, training, consultation, and free solutions for accessibility and audience development |
http://www.vsapa.org/ 814-777-0669 (Ermyn King) efk103@gmail.com |
| Rick Jacobson | Bloomington, MN | Provides AD services for theatres primarily in the Bloomington / Minneapolis / St Paul area | jakemn1@yahoo.com |
| Softel-USA * | Norwalk, CT | AD soundtrack production equipment | www.softel-usa.com
203-354-4602 sales@softel-usa.com |
| Taping for the Blind | Houston, TX | Provides AD for live theatre, museums, films, rodeos, parades; custom recordings, plus Radio Reading Service |
www.tapingfortheblind.org 713-622-2767 info@tapingfortheblind.org |
| TDF/TAP (TDF Accessibility Programs) |
New York, NY | Offers audio description and discount tickets, among other accessibility services. Read articles about their work at TDF1 and TDF2. |
TDF/TAP access@tdf.org (Fran Polino) |
| View Via Headphones (via Sight-Loss Support Group) |
State College, PA | Provides AD for live performing arts, museums, and other cultural events, plus consultation and training | www.slsg.org 814-238-0132 slsg1@verizon.net |
| VITAC | Canonsburg, PA | National providers of video description and closed captioning for broadcast and non-broadcast media | www.vitac.com
724-514-4000 sales@VITAC.com |
| VSA Arizona ARTability Program |
Tucson, AZ | Audio Description services for live performances, meetings and art museums. Coordinates and trains qualified describers. | 520-631-6253 artabilityaz@hotmail.com |
| VSA Arts of Georgia * | GA | Provides a list of local audio describers | vsaartsga.org/index/technical_services/SL |
| VSA Minnesota * | Minneapolis, MN | Assists and publicizes AD, ASL, and other access services at MN arts events | www.vsamn.org 612-332-3888; 800-801-3883 jon@vsamn.org |
| VSA Texas | Austin, TX | Provides AD for live theater, dance, art events and first run feature movies in Austin, and promote AD in San Antonio through ACCESS San Antonio |
www.vsatx.org 512-454-9912 info@vsatx.org |
| * = listing information verified in
2010 ** = listing information verified in 2011 # = listing information verified in 2012 ## = listing information verified in 2013 (send yours in to the webmaster today!) |
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