3Play Media + Virginia Institutions
Four Things You Should Know
1. There’s a contract already
3Play Media has a contract with Virginia Association of State College & University Purchasing Professionals (VASCUPP) for discounted pricing on captioning, transcription, and audio description. This contract covers all higher education institutions, public school systems, and executive branch agencies within the state. Set up an account using the button below and you will be opted into the discounted pricing.
2. The prices get lower as you do more captioning
This contract has a tiered pricing model. This means that the more captioning you do with 3Play Media, the lower your per-minute rate will be. The good news is that this deal works across all participating Virginia institutions – everyone benefits when more schools use 3Play.
3. 3Play Media guarantees 99% accuracy – no matter what
3Play Media provides premium quality captioning, with a guaranteed 99% accuracy rate regardless of complex content, accents, or audio quality. In fact, our measured accuracy over millions of files is 99.6%.
4. You can integrate 3Play Media with your video platform
3Play Media integrates with dozens of major video platforms, players, and lecture capture systems. This means that in most cases, you can submit videos for captioning directly from your video platform. Examples include Kaltura, YouTube, Mediasite, Panopto, Vimeo, and more.
5. You can get started right now!
To get started with 3Play Media at the special Virginia rates, simply complete the get started form and one of our account managers will reach out to set you up. Because you’re part of the Virginia contract, there are no minimum commitments – you can just dive right in.
Tiered Pricing for Virginia Institutions
Live Captioning
- A tiered pricing structure that covers the aggregate spend of all services across all participating institutions during the life of the contract (2 years):
- After the first $100,000, the live professional captioning price will automatically drop to $2.20/min going forward.
- After the first $1,000,000, the live professional captioning price will automatically drop to $2.00/min going forward.
- After the first $1,000,000, the live professional captioning price will automatically drop to $2.00/min going forward.
- Prices are prorated to the exact event duration (rounded to the nearest second)
- The minimum charge is for 1 minute.
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Live Professional Captioning and Transcription (both) |
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| Human live captioning/transcription |
$2.30/min |
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Live Automated Captioning and Transcription (both) |
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| Real-time captioning using automatic speech recognition |
$0.40/min |
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Clean up recorded version to 99% accuracy |
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10-business day cleanup |
$1.20/min |
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4-business day cleanup |
$1.35/min |
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2-business day cleanup |
$1.65/min |
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1-business day cleanup |
$2.15/min |
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8-hour cleanup |
$3.35/min |
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2-hour cleanup |
$6.35/min |
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Change turnaround to calendar days/hours (10 calendar days, 4 calendar days, 48 hours, 24 hours) |
add $0.05/min |
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Always Included with Live Captions |
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| Captions and transcripts (both) within minutes after the event |
Included |
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Integrations with YouTube, Zoom, Facebook, Brightcove |
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30+ supported workflows via RTMP/CEA-608 protocols |
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Unlimited Technical Support |
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Library of Terms |
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Speaker Labels |
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API |
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Post Production Captioning & Transcription
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A tiered pricing structure that covers the aggregate spend of all services across all participating institutions during the life of the contract (2 years):
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After the first $100,000, the post production captioning and transcription prices for all turnarounds will automatically decrease by $0.10 per minute from the starting rate going forward.
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After the first $500,000, the post production captioning and transcription prices for all turnarounds will automatically decrease by $0.20 per minute from the starting rate going forward.
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After the first $1,000,000, the post production captioning and transcription prices for all turnarounds will automatically decrease by $0.30 per minute from the starting rate going forward.
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- Prices are prorated to the exact event duration (rounded to the nearest second).
- The minimum charge is for 1 minute.
| English 10-business day turnaround | $1.60/min |
| English 4-business day turnaround | $1.75/min |
| English 2-business day turnaround | $2.05/min |
| English 1-business day turnaround | $2.55/min |
| English 8-hour turnaround | $3.75/min |
| English 2-hour day turnaround | $6.75/min |
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Change turnaround to calendar days/hours (10 calendar days, 4 calendar days, 48 hours, 24 hours) |
add $0.05/min |
| Always Included (No Additional Charge) | |
| Captions and transcripts | Included |
| 40+ integrations | |
| 99%+ accuracy with two rounds of human QA review | |
| 50+ output formats | |
| Retroactive processing of emerging formats | |
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Speaker identification |
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Any number of speakers |
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Caption editor |
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Interactive transcript and video plugins |
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Library of terms |
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Indefinite storage of captions and transcripts |
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API |
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Extremely difficult audio (i.e., poor recording, loud background noise) |
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Non-English - Post Production
| Spanish captioning and transcription | add $1.35/min |
| Dual Spanish and English captioning and transcription | $4.30/min |
| Captioning/transcription in 20+ languages | Available upon request |
| Translation to 40+ languages | Available upon request |
Transcription Only- Post Production
| 10-business day turnaround | $1.30/min |
| 4-business day turnaround | $1.45/min |
| 2-business day turnaround | $1.75/min |
| 1-business day turnaround | $2.25/min |
| 8-hour turnaround | $3.45/min |
| 2-hour day turnaround | $6.45/min |
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Change turnaround to calendar days/hours (10 calendar days, 4 calendar days, 48 hours, 24 hours) |
add $0.05/min |
| Always Included with Transcription Only | |
| 99%+ accuracy with two rounds of human QA review | Included |
| 10+ output formats | |
| Speaker identification | |
| Any number of speakers | |
| Transcript editor | |
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Library of terms |
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Extremely difficult audio (i.e., poor recording, background noise) |
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Audio Description
- A tiered pricing structure that covers the aggregate spend of all services across all participating institutions during the life of the contract (2 years):
- After the first $100,000, the audio description prices for all turnarounds will automatically decrease by $0.25 per minute from the starting rate going forward.
- After the first $500,000, the audio description prices for all turnarounds will automatically decrease by $0.50 per minute from the starting rate going forward.
- After the first $1,000,000, the audio description prices for all turnarounds will automatically decrease by $0.75 per minute from the starting rate going forward.
- Prices are prorated to the exact event duration (rounded to the nearest second).
- The minimum charge is for 1 minute.
| English 5-business day turnaround (standard AD) | $7.00/min |
| English 2-business day turnaround (standard AD) | $9.00/min |
| English 1-business day turnaround (standard AD) | $11.00/min |
| Extended audio description | add $4.00/min |
| Spanish audio description | add $1.00/min |
| Always Included | |
| Platform integrations | Included |
| Audio description plugin | |
| Text-based and media-based outputs | |
| Merged caption + description outputs | |
| Audio description editor | |
| Synthesized voice with multiple voices and speeds | |
Other
| HIPAA workflow | $0.25/min |
| Rendered video with open/encoded captions and audio descriptions on/off encoded or mixed with source audio | $10 per file |
| Captioning only (upload an existing transcript with a video) | $0.80/min |
| Automated caption placement | $0.25/min |
| Human caption placement | $0.50/min |
| API | Included |
| Account creation | Included |
| Unlimited technical support | Included |