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Audio Description

World Leaders in Audio Description Technology

Customers using our AD products include: Red Bee Media, Sky, Deluxe and ITFC in the U.K. ERT in Greece, Deutsche Hörfilm in Germany and the Substation in Australia.


Also known as Descriptive Video or Video Description – products for creating industry standard ESEF files, producing linear BWAV audio files and 24/25 frame rate conversion.

Audio Description is an additional commentary that describes what is happening on the screen or the stage for people who have difficulty seeing the action, body language, facial expressions, costume or scenery.
Royal National Institute of the Blind – London, UK

We offer a complete product range that will provide end-to-end Audio Description systems, ranging from a single AD authoring workstation through to managed workflow systems for broadcasters implementing automated AD transmission.
Starfish engineers have been involved with the development of AD technology since 1999.


AD Product Overview

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AD Workflow Diagram

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ESEF File Viewer

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Register here to download our free ESEF file viewer application
Please note that QC functionality is limited in the freeware edition. It is included as a demonstration of the capabilities of the fully licensed version.

 

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