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Fulfilling all Needs of Audio Description Services

  • Highly trained Professionals create the Audio Description Scripts
  • Affordable Prices-Best in the market
  • Fully Compliant with SEC 508
  • Both Extended and Standard Audio Description Services
  • Professional Voice Narration
  • Compliant with Audio Description Coalition Standard
  • Compliant with American Foundation for the Blind Standard

Learn How Audio Description Works

Know More About Audio Description Service

Audio Description Services are a type of accessibility service, audio description consists of an audio file that can be played simultaneously with a film or program, where a narrator describes visual elements of the video that provides an audio track that describes the visual content for the blind or visually impaired people.

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Elements of Audio Description

The audio description service supplements the existing audio of a program or film by providing additional information about the visual elements such as

  • Actions
  • Body language
  • Facial expressions
  • Scene changes
  • Significant visual details

At CaptioningStar, we write the AD scripts with the help of the right professionals and record with a Professional Voice Artist/Preferred Voice Artist in the required language or accent.

Following All Accessibility Guidelines

ADA

WCAG

CVAA

Section 508

Types of Audio Description

Standard Audio Description

  • Brief Narration
  • Focuses on the Key Visual Elements
  • Provides Adequate Context Explanation
  • Describes the Objects

To enhance the original content rather than detract from it, it is important to keep them concise enough to fit into the allocated time for standard Audio Description.

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Extended Audio Description

  • Detailed Narration
  • Focuses on Nuances and Detailed Elements
  • Inclusive Explanation of Minute Details
  • Delves Deeper into the Surroundings, Colors and more details

Extended audio description temporarily pauses the audio and video to allow critical information to be delivered.

All Post Production Services in a Single Package

  • Audio Description Script Writing – Voice Over Recording – Editing/ Mixing – Audio Engineering & Restoration.
  • Foreign Language Dubbing and Layback Services.
  • DVD Mastering and Blu-Ray Mastering & Formatting.
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Audio Description Workflow

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We Go Above and Beyond

Comparing the other captioning providers, we go the extra mile to fulfill your requirements. With others, you would have to burden yourself with 70% of the processes like integration, uploading and post-production.

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Utilize the saved time to improve your business.

We cater to all kinds

Events

Films & Series

Explainer Animations

TV Shows

Corporate Videos

Museum Exhibit

E-Learning Courses

Gaming & Simulation Videos

Theater Art Videos

Documentaries

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Needs Audio Description?

The primary goal of this service is to make content accessible through description. Persons with visual disabilities and low vision benefit from Audio Descriptions to educate themselves and experience the content in the video.

What are the Types of Audio Descriptions?

There are two types of audio description services.

  1. Inline Audio Description or Standard Audio Description
  2. Extended Audio Description

What is an Inline Audio Description?

Inline Audio Description is also called Standard Audio Description, with Standard Audio Description, the video’s run time will not be changed while describing. It provides limited information by filling the gaps in the video.

What is an Extended Audio Description?

Extended Audio Description pauses the video and describes the content elaborately to provide more context to the viewers. This results in extending the run-time of the video. Thus, Extended Audio Description.

Just Count on Our Five Stars

We are a fortune 500 company and recently contracted out to Captioning Star for the past few months now and their service is impeccable. Audio to transcripts turnaround is done quickly. Communications with the Production and Support team has been outstanding. Highly recommend!

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Heather Linkfield

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Captioningstar provides excellent transcription tools for film documentaries.
It’s online system streamlines the process of obtaining accurate and timecoded interview transcripts that are critical to the story editing process.

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Salvatore Salvia

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Great final deliverable and great communication. We needed VTT files created from transcripts and their team did a wonderful job. We got a sample file early on to test and they delivered the full file set earlier than expected. I’d definitely recommend Captioning Star.

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Erik Nielsen

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