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Audio Description Services to Enhance Accessibility for All Media Audiences

Get affordable audio description services with fast delivery, 24/7 support, and guaranteed accuracy for various media formats and industries.

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Our Core Values : Quality

At Vanan Captioning, our process goes through various quality checks to ensure supremacy in precision and accuracy. Our captioners are professionals who have a great hold over their work structure and analyse every step of the captioning process. We prefer to deliver 100% quality and timely delivery over anything else.

What Are Audio Description Services and Why They Matter?

Audio description services are essential for making visual content accessible to individuals with visual impairments. By offering descriptive audio services, we ensure that every visual element is captured through detailed narration, enhancing accessibility. This service is vital in promoting educational outreach, creating an enhanced visitor experience in museums and exhibitions, and ensuring greater inclusion in the entertainment industry. Vanan Captioning adheres to the highest standards, including compliance with the Audio Description Coalition and American Foundation for the Blind standards, making our services reliable and accessible.

Audio description services originated in live theater in the 1980s, where narrators provided real-time descriptions of on-stage performances for visually impaired audience members.

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Over time, this practice expanded into film, television, and digital media to ensure wider accessibility. Our professionals bring years of expertise to every description, ensuring accurate and engaging narratives.

Related captioning services

Close captioning

The princess where a text version of the spoken words in the video are being displayed on screen is called Closed captioning. It is highly useful for those who have hearing impairement or are hard of hearing. It stipulates uninterrupted video watching for all kinds of people without any disturbance or discrepancy.

Broadcast captioning

Broadcast captioning is perhaps a real time captioning procedure where captioners work on the news text that have to be accurate for the readers. This is mostly done based on the language that is needed and to acquire the news without confusion.

Offline captioning

Offline captioning is basically when teh captioning work is done usually after an event or on pre recorded shows. Vanan Captioning is the exclusive provider of offline captioning for prerecorded programs. Our offline captioners are experienced in handling shows such as interview, speech, debate or discussion.

Open captioning

The process of capturing and displaying all sounds and words that are heard during a video is called open captioning. This is very similar to closed captionig. Open captioning although does not have the option of turning off the captions when not necessary.

Youtube captioning

Captions on YouTube videos generally help in ranking systems making your video visible to a lot more audience. The text on the video makes it accessible and increases your SEO chances of audience engagement even with people who are hard of hearing.

Video captioning

Video captioning helps in converting audio content of a video into a text and then synchronizes the text that is transcribed to the video. The text gets displayed in segmanets within a timely gap that aligns between words and the video. It helps many people who are unaware of the language in understanding better.

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Key Components of Professional Audio Description Services

Vanan Captioning’s professional audio description services include several key components: script quality, efficient production, and professional voice narration. Our highly trained professionals, including dedicated in-house AD scriptwriters, ensure that every moment of the visual story is captured with accuracy. We comply with ISO standards, ensuring the highest quality service. Our team of voice artist audio description specialists provides clear and engaging narratives that comply with all accessibility regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Audio description requires more than just narrating what’s on-screen. It involves carefully selecting and timing the descriptions so they fit into natural pauses in dialogue or action.

This requires an intricate understanding of pacing, storytelling, and sound design to avoid disrupting the flow of the original content. Our team crafts audio descriptions with precision, keeping the viewer's experience seamless and immersive.

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Enhanced Accessibility to the Visually Disabled with Audio Description

Our services enhance accessibility for individuals with visual impairments by providing detailed and accurate descriptions of visual content. This service promotes the cause of the American Foundation for the Blind, helping us to share stories with every audience. By supporting age-related visual impairments and providing educational outreach, we offer greater inclusion for individuals who would otherwise be excluded from enjoying films, corporate videos, and exhibitions. Contact us at 1-800-230-7918 today to request a free quote!

While traditional audio description is concise and to the point, extended audio description allows for more elaborate descriptions, especially in visually complex scenes. This option is particularly useful for films or shows with fast-paced visuals that require more context. We offer extended audio description services for deeper content engagement and clarity.

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File formats

Accepting and delivering in the file format of the customer’s choice is our top priority. Choose from any of our formats and get delivered accordingly.

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Types of Audio Description Services for Different Media Formats

We offer a wide range of audio description services tailored to various media formats, including films, ads, corporate training materials, and presentations. Our services ensure enhanced content engagement by providing detailed descriptions for visually impaired audiences. Whether in the entertainment industry, educational settings, or museums and public exhibitions, we help organizations create accessible content that complies with ISO standards and other accessibility regulations. Here is a list of content that we cover:

  • Advertisement Audio Description Services
  • Film Audio Description Services
  • Corporate Video Audio Description Services
  • Training Materials Audio Description Services
  • Public Presentation Audio Description Services
  • Theatrical Performance Audio Description Services
  • Museum and Exhibit Audio Description Services
  • Television and Broadcast Audio Description Services
  • Extended Audio Description Services
  • Multilingual Audio Description Services

Platforms we do

Since we concentrate on all platforms, our Captioning Services are also provided and available for customer use in the following major platforms, we also extend our service to other 50+ platforms. Chat with us to know more.

Understanding the Professional Audio Description Process

The professional audio description process involves capturing every moment of the visual story, from scriptwriting to voice-over recording. Our dedicated in-house scriptwriters craft detailed narratives, ensuring script quality that complies with the Audio Description Coalition Standard and the American Foundation for the Blind Standard. Our highly trained voice artists bring the scripts to life, ensuring a professional audio description process that is efficient, engaging, and compliant with ADA regulations.

Audio description can enrich more than just visual media. It's now being used in museums, art galleries, and even live sporting events to help visually impaired visitors experience exhibitions, artifacts, or live action in a more vivid and meaningful way. Our audio description services can enhance accessibility across a range of public spaces and events.

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Audio Description Services for Films: Enhancing the Movie Experience

Our audio description services for films help make the movie experience accessible for all audiences, including individuals with visual impairments. By adhering to ISO standards and promoting greater inclusion, we provide detailed verbal descriptions that capture every visual element. This service not only enhances accessibility but also supports our mission of sharing stories with every audience, including the elderly population and individuals with age-related visual impairments.

The process of audio description often involves multiple experts, including scriptwriters, sound engineers, and voice artists, who work together to ensure that the description is clear, engaging, and aligns with the content's emotional tone. Our team collaborates closely to deliver high-quality audio descriptions that resonate with every listener.

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Audio Description for Ads: Make Your Commercials Accessible to All

Our audio description services for ads ensure that commercials are accessible to everyone. By providing descriptive audio services that capture the essence of your ad, we enhance content engagement and comply with accessibility regulations. This service promotes greater inclusion and ensures that your advertisements reach a broader af udience, including visually impaired individuals, while adhering to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Major streaming platforms such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime are increasingly offering audio description tracks for their original content, making shows and films more accessible to audiences with visual impairments. We provide audio description services that meet industry standards, ensuring full accessibility for your digital content.

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Corporate Training Materials: Improved Learning with Audio Description Services

Our audio description services for corporate training materials help make learning accessible to visually impaired employees. We provide detailed descriptions of visual content, ensuring compliance with ISO standards and accessibility regulations. This service promotes educational outreach and enhances the training experience, ensuring that all employees can fully engage with the content, regardless of their visual abilities.

Corporate Videos with Audio Description: Effective Communication for All

Corporate videos enhanced with audio description services improve communication and inclusion within the workplace. We provide descriptive audio services that make corporate content accessible to visually impaired employees and clients. Our services enhance overall content accessibility and compliance with ISO standards.

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Presentations Enhanced with Audio Description for Greater Accessibility

Our audio description services enhance presentations by providing greater accessibility for visually impaired audiences. Whether in educational settings, corporate environments, or museums, we ensure that every audience member can engage with the presentation content. Our services comply with all accessibility regulations, enhancing visitor experience and promoting greater inclusion in various settings.

Audio Description Script Writing: Crafting Detailed and Accurate Narratives

Our dedicated in-house AD scriptwriters craft detailed and accurate narratives that capture every visual element. We ensure script quality and adherence to ISO standards, providing compliant and engaging descriptions. Our team works across various industries, from the entertainment industry to corporate and educational sectors, ensuring that each script is tailored to the specific needs of the content and audience.

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Voice Over Recording for Audio Description: Delivering Clarity and Quality

Our professional voice-over recording services ensure clarity and quality for all audio description projects. Our voice artist audio description specialists are highly trained to deliver engaging and precise narrations that meet the needs of visually impaired audiences. We ensure compliance with accessibility regulations and deliver voice-over recordings that enhance the overall content experience, whether for films, ads, or corporate materials.

Extended Audio Description Services for In-Depth Narratives

Our extended audio description services offer in-depth narratives for more complex content, such as films and museum exhibits. We provide clear, concise descriptions that go beyond the basics, capturing every detail of the visual story. These extended services enhance content engagement and ensure compliance with accessibility standards, making them ideal for educational settings and public exhibitions where detailed descriptions are essential.

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Multilingual Audio Description: Spanish, English, Russian & More

Our multilingual audio description services are available in Spanish, English, Russian, and many other major languages. This ensures that visually impaired individuals from diverse linguistic backgrounds can engage with films, corporate videos, and other visual media. We work with highly trained professionals to deliver accurate, high-quality audio descriptions in multiple languages, ensuring greater inclusion and global reach.

Features of Our Audio Description Services

  • Compliance: Adheres to ADA, ISO, and Audio Description Coalition standards.
  • Professional Team: Our team includes dedicated in-house AD scriptwriters and highly trained voice artists.
  • Comprehensive Coverage: We offer services for films, ads, corporate materials, presentations, and exhibitions.

Significant languages we deliver

We trust that every customer needs to have access to the language of their choice. Vanan captioning supports 100+ languages such as Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, French and more where we work only with native captioners to give you the best language support possible.

Our Services Extend Further Than The Languages Mentioned Below

Spanish - English
Japanese - English
French - English
German - English
Arabic - English
Chinese - English

We extend our services to our clients in fulfilling requirements with our wide range of native translator community across languages.

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