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We Move Fast and Fix Things,
as Accessibility Experts,
Ensuring Compliance, Usability

Investments in Inclusive Media Pay Off

Public places should be fully accessible to all people. Access Hound opens doors of your public attraction to larger audiences, by robustly training staff members about media accessibility, conducting thorough site evaluations, identifying and prioritizing high-impact problems, suggesting clear solutions, and then helping to realize the potential of those opportunities.

We have been trusted to improve access to many high-profile public attractions, including in 200+ National Park Service sites, such as Yellowstone National Park, The White House, the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, and Yosemite National Park. We have improved inclusion in 49 of 50 U.S. states (Oklahoma, you're next!). We have shared our AD techniques around the world, including in formal presentations in 15+ other countries, including in Canada, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Kenya, Norway, Spain, South Africa, and Wales.

Findability, accessibility, and usability are what everyone wants, including visitors, site managers, and people who write laws about the required inclusiveness of public attractions. But gaps in such basic accessibility still are commonplace, especially for people who are blind, who have low-vision, who are print dyslexic, and who are audio-oriented learners. This gap includes the often substantial differences between what can be seen at a place and what can be heard and touched.

Our people-centered production processes always include contributors who are blind or who have low-vision in significant, impactful, and credited roles. We collaborate with clients on innovative, customized, and actionable plans aimed at improving workflows, eliminating backlogs, enhancing public-facing products, and developing volunteers and staff members, at all levels, in terms of skills and expertise in making and sharing accessible media.


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DESCRIBING: A vertical color photograph. DESCRIPTION: Inside a Pearl Harbor National Memorial exhibit space, from left to right, volunteer Anthony Akamine touches a tactile display of a World War II airplane bomber while Research Assistant Haruka Hopper plays Audio Description about the bronze object. In the background, on a wall-sized illustration, the same type of Japanese airplane can be seen dropping a torpedo into Pearl Harbor. Hopper has a Go Pro camera strapped to her body, with the camera facing forward and capturing Akamineʻs reactions to the media heʻs being provided at this location. Hopper also holds her smartphone in her right hand, about chest level on Akamine, just a few inches away from him, so he clearly can hear the description. Akamine is holding his white cane in his left hand and is touching the model airplane with his right hand, looking down toward the model.

Inside a Pearl Harbor National Memorial exhibit space, from left to right, volunteer Anthony Akamine touches a tactile display of a World War II airplane bomber while Research Assistant Haruka Hopper plays Audio Description about the bronze object on her smartphone.

Why Choose Us?

Access Hound has a proven track record and an unmatched network in the world of Audio Description.

We do not guess.
We research and test.
You get data-driven insights.
You make better decisions.

We have trained more than 1,000 people, including describers in more than 10 countries around the world.

We are experts in accessibility and emerging technologies, including GenAI, mobile media, and location-based services.

We serve your project's needs, whether that is a new idea or a legacy project that needs remediation.

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