NC State has established a convenience contract for transcript and caption creation. Anyone at NC State can use the providers listed below, but you must reference Contract 63-JGD10298 to receive the pricing.
For purchases of $5,000 or more, any of these providers may be used without going out to bid.
The providers can also be used for purchases under $5,000, but for purchases in this price range you may also go with any provider you would like.
Providers
The providers are listed in alphabetical order. For questions, contact accessibility@ncsu.edu.
Captioning synchronization: $.90/minute (you provide the transcript)
Prices are for English, French or Spanish
Same-day service is only available for English.
Content that is untranscribable due to excessive noise or music may be rejected. In this case, the user will be notified and there will be no charge.
There is no additional charge for multiple speakers. However, poor quality audio may lengthen the time required to transcribe or prohibit transcription altogether.
Live Captions
Type
$ Per Hour
Billing Increment
Minimum Charge
Remote Text Interpreting
$60.00
30 minutes
1 hour
Remote Foreign Language Hybrid
$100.00
30 minutes
1 hour
Remote CART (English)
$110.00
15 minutes
1 hour
Remote CART (Spanish)
$150.00
15 minutes
1 hour
Graduation Captioning
$125.00
15 minutes
1 hour
Sports Captioning
$125.00
15 minutes
1 hour
Notes
Jobs that are cancelled with less than 24-hour notice are billed for the total scheduled time.
Some sessions require extra setup time, which will be added to the beginning of the session. Adobe Connect sessions require an extra 15 minutes, and graduation or commencement sessions require an extra 30 minutes.
Audio Description
Type
$ Per Minute
Billing Increment
Minimum Charge
Extended Audio Description
$8.50
1 minute
1 minute
Static Text Alternative
$4.00
1 minute
1 minute
Notes
Audio description is available in English and Spanish.
A static text alternative will be supplied when the video content is relatively static, such as with “talking head videos.” In this case, a single text description that applies to the entire video is returned.
