Audio description voiceover
Easy Tiger Voices writes, casts, voices and mixes audio description for film, television, streaming and online video. Based in London, we make your content accessible to blind and visually impaired audiences, produced to broadcast spec and to the accessibility standard that applies to your project.
What we deliver
Scripting, casting, voicing and AD mix, managed end to end.
Standards
UK, US and EU: Ofcom, WCAG 2.2, ADA, Section 508, European Accessibility Act.
Formats
Mixed track and separate AD stem, both supplied as standard.
Suitable for
Broadcasters, production companies, streamers, brands, public sector.
Audio description services, UK
Easy Tiger Voices is a London voiceover agency producing audio description for film, television, streaming, advertising and online video. We write the description, cast and record the voice, and mix the finished audio description track as one managed job, which means tighter timing, consistent quality and a single point of accountability for delivery.
Audio description makes content accessible to blind and visually impaired audiences. An estimated two million people in the UK live with sight loss. A described version of your film or programme is what lets them follow what is happening on screen, and increasingly it is what the law, the broadcaster or the funder requires. For multilingual projects, we also handle dubbing and multilingual voiceover from the same team.
What audio description is
Audio description is a narrated account of the visual elements of a film or programme that a blind or visually impaired viewer would otherwise miss. It covers the things dialogue does not tell you: who has walked into the room, the expression on a face, a setting, a costume, an action, a caption on screen.
The description is written to fit the natural gaps between dialogue and important sound, so nothing important is covered up. It is a craft as much as a technical task. The describer applies the criteria of relevance, deciding what to include and what to leave, because a single detail can give away a plot point early or change how a scene lands.
Where the content features foreign-language dialogue or on-screen subtitles, those need a spoken version too. These are called audio subtitles, and we produce them alongside the description, drawing on our multilingual voice roster, so a sight-impaired viewer gets the full picture.
Standard and extended
Standard AD
Standard audio description fits the narration into the existing pauses in the soundtrack. It is the right approach for most film, television, advertising and broadcast content, where there is enough natural space to describe the action without stopping the programme.
Extended AD
Extended audio description pauses the video to allow longer descriptions where the gaps are too short, common in fast-cut content, training video and e-learning where a lot happens visually with little dialogue. WCAG references both, and the right choice depends on the content and where it will be shown.
If you are not sure which you need, send us the content and we will tell you which approach fits and why.
Where it applies
We produce audio description across broadcast, streaming, film, learning and culture, each with its own delivery spec and accessibility driver. Whatever the destination, the described version is built to land there cleanly.
Television & broadcast
Described programming for broadcasters and on-demand services working to Ofcom audio description quotas, delivered as a mixed track and a separate AD stem to channel spec.
Streaming & VOD
Audio description for streaming platforms and VOD catalogues, supplied as a selectable AD audio track to the loudness and file spec each platform requires.
Film & cinema
Described versions for theatrical release and festival screenings, mixed for DCP workflows alongside audio subtitles for any foreign-language dialogue.
E-learning & corporate
Extended audio description for training video, e-learning and corporate content, where fast-cut visuals and dense information need the video to pause for a full description.
Museums & culture
Audio description for exhibitions, galleries, heritage film and public-sector content covered by the Web Accessibility Directive and Equality Act access duties.
Advertising
Described advertising and branded video for inclusive campaigns, voiced to the tone of the spot and delivered to broadcast or online spec.
How we work
01 Script
02 Review
03 Voice
04 Mix
05 Deliver
One team
Compliance
Audio description is governed by different requirements depending on where your content runs. We work with broadcasters and producers in the UK, the US and Europe, and we produce to the framework that applies to your project rather than a single house style.
United Kingdom
Ofcom disability access requirements and audio description quotas for broadcasters and on-demand services, the Equality Act 2010, and BFI and Creative Scotland funder requirements.
United States
The CVAA and FCC audio description rules for television, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act for federal and federally funded content, and the ADA for public-facing video.
Europe
The European Accessibility Act, in force since June 2025, the EN 301 549 harmonised standard, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the Web Accessibility Directive for public-sector content.
WCAG 2.2
Success criteria 1.2.3, 1.2.5 and 1.2.7 covering audio description and extended audio description for prerecorded video, referenced across UK, US and EU regimes.
If your deliverable has a written accessibility specification, send it over and we will produce to it.
Delivery
We deliver audio description ready for the destination, whether that is a broadcaster, a streaming platform, a website, a learning system or a cinema screening.
Mixed track
The full programme audio with description mixed in, ready to play.
Separate AD stem
An isolated description track that can be switched on and off, for platforms that handle AD as a selectable audio option.
Audio subtitles
Spoken versions of foreign-language dialogue or on-screen subtitle text, supplied alongside the description.
Broadcast and platform spec
Files delivered to your loudness target and format, for broadcast, VOD, web and DCP workflows.
We provide both the mixed track and the separate stem as standard, so you are covered whichever way the destination handles audio description.
European languages
Audio description does not stop at English. As a multilingual voiceover agency we script and voice described tracks and audio subtitles across the major European languages, each written and performed by a native describer and voice artist, not translated and read by a non-native. It is what makes a described version work for audiences in their own language, and what the European Accessibility Act increasingly requires across EU territories.
For multi-territory European releases we produce the English audio description and the localised versions together, so timing, tone and delivery spec stay consistent across every language. Common requests include French, German and Dutch, alongside Spanish, Italian and the wider European roster on our multilingual voiceover page.
Why Easy Tiger
Audio description done well is a production job, not an admin one. The description has to be written by someone who understands picture, voiced by an artist who can carry it, and mixed by an engineer who can place it under the soundtrack without losing a word. That is the difference between a described film that works and one that gets in the way.
Voice is what we do. As a voiceover agency we cast the describer and the AD voice to the content, not whoever is free, and we manage the job from script to delivered stem. The result is described content that sits naturally with the programme and meets the spec it has to meet.
Cost and turnaround
Audio description is priced on the running time of the content, the type of programme and how much description it needs. Fast-cut drama needs more describing than a steady piece to camera, so run time alone does not set the price. Turnaround depends on length and complexity, because the scripting stage is the work. If you already have a dialogue list, the script stage is faster and the cost is lower.
Get a quote
Send us the running time, the type of content, where it will be shown and your deadline. Include the delivery spec or accessibility requirement if you have one, and we will come back with the right approach and a costed quote.
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FAQs
Audio description is a spoken narration of the visual elements of a video, fitted into the gaps in the soundtrack, so blind and visually impaired viewers can follow what is happening on screen. It covers actions, settings, expressions, costumes and on-screen text that the dialogue does not convey.
Standard audio description fits into the existing pauses in the audio. Extended audio description pauses the video to allow longer descriptions where the natural gaps are too short. Extended AD is common in fast-cut content and e-learning. We advise which one your content needs.
Yes. We script, cast, voice and mix audio description end to end. The description is written by an experienced audio describer, recorded by a voice artist from our roster and mixed against the soundtrack by our engineers, managed as one job.
Yes. We produce to the standard that applies to your project, whether that is WCAG 2.2 for digital content, Ofcom disability access requirements for broadcast and on-demand, the Equality Act, or BFI and Creative Scotland funder specifications. Send us your spec and we produce to it.
We supply both a mixed track, with the description already mixed into the programme audio, and a separate AD stem that can be switched on and off. Files are delivered to your broadcaster or platform spec. Both versions are provided as standard.
Yes. Where content has foreign-language dialogue or on-screen subtitles, we produce audio subtitles, spoken versions of that text, alongside the description so a visually impaired viewer gets the complete picture.
Pricing is based on the running time, the type of content and how much description it needs. A dialogue list, if you have one, lowers the cost because it speeds up the scripting stage. Send us the detail and we will return a costed quote.
Yes. We produce to US requirements including the CVAA, FCC television rules, Section 508 and the ADA, and to European requirements including the European Accessibility Act, EN 301 549, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and the Web Accessibility Directive, alongside UK Ofcom and Equality Act standards. Tell us the territory and the spec and we produce to it.
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