WCAG 1.2.2 · 1.2.5
Captions, transcripts and audio description scripts
Captions and transcripts for recorded video, corrected by a person, and written audio description scripts. Captioning and audio description are different jobs with different scopes, so they are quoted separately.
Starting price $1.50 / minute (captions)
Who it is for
- Agencies with client video: marketing films, training material, product demos and recorded meetings.
What we need from you
- Video files or links, and the total running time.
- Speaker names and any specialist terms or spellings.
- The caption file format you need.
Work included
- Captions: machine captions corrected by a person to a 99%+ accuracy target, with speaker identification and timing.
- Transcripts of recorded video.
- Audio description scripts that describe important visual information for recorded video.
Deliverables
- Caption files in the format you specify, such as WebVTT or SRT.
- Transcripts as documents.
- Audio description scripts as documents, ready for voicing or text-based delivery.
Testing approach
- Captions are reviewed by a person against the video for accuracy and timing.
- Audio description scripts are reviewed against the visual content of the video.
Automated tools find only part of the barriers WCAG covers, so every delivery also includes the manual review listed above.
Starting price
Captions from $1.50 / minute. Captions start at $1.50 / minute. Audio description scripts are a different job and are quoted separately (published starting rate: $9 / minute). Not every media service costs $1.50 / minute.
Standard delivery is the listed price. Express (+25%) and Overnight (+50%) are available only where shown under delivery options, subject to confirmed scope and availability.
Not included
- Live captioning.
- Voice recording or mixing of audio description, unless agreed.
- Languages are confirmed in the quote.