Caption budget strip
Paste your video lengths and quoted caption rates, and read cost per minute, per video and per audience before ordering.
1 · Paste each quote with its rate and turnaround
FIRST-LOAD
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the caption strip: your quotes and video lengths stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Perspective: Before: the reader accepted a bulk quote. After: they can see a $4.20 a minute rate against a $1.80 alternative for the same turnaround.
2 · Read the caption strip
Paid layer: the commissioning sheet
one-time step · the free reading above stays complete
Free tier
- one complete strip
- cost per minute and per video
- state link for a producer
What $6 one-time adds
- three vendors kept on this device
- printable commissioning sheet with turnaround times
- CSV of video, length, rate, cost
On 180 minutes of video, a $2.40 a minute difference is $432 — 72× the price; the comparable it undercuts is a captioning marketplace fee of 15–25% on top of each order.
Local history (this device)
- No saved runs yet — your first run files here.
Your purchase is handled through secure checkout. When you return, your extras are ready on this device — no account, no fuss, and your work stays private in this browser.
Boundary and sources
This caption strip works only on the caption quotes and video lengths you paste you paste. It does not judge caption accuracy, does not certify a vendor, and does not order the work for you. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with your accessibility lead or the audience affected before settling for auto captions before you rely on it.
- Every figure comes from the caption quotes and video lengths you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
- Method: cost per minute is read from each quote; per-video cost = minutes × rate for the vendor selected
- Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.
Mechanism: competence-autonomy-loop