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title: Price Caption and Transcript Work Before You Commission It — Free
description: Paste your video lengths and quoted caption rates, and read cost per minute, per video and per audience before ordering.
category: accessibility
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published: 2026-09-20
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reading_time_minutes: 4
tags: captions, transcripts, budget, accessibility
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# Price Caption and Transcript Work Before You Commission It — Free

Paste your video lengths and quoted caption rates, and read cost per minute, per video and per audience before ordering.

**Free and complete.** This guide is a standalone free tool — no account, no card, anywhere. The only paid option is one optional extra outcome: $6 one-time. Nothing in the free tier is gated.

## Who it's for

Anyone seeking practical 100% free AI workflows — no paid API keys, credit cards, or subscriptions

## What's free

- one complete strip
- cost per minute and per video
- state link for a producer

## Optional paid add-on

**$6 one-time.**

- three vendors kept on this device
- printable commissioning sheet with turnaround times
- CSV of video, length, rate, cost

## Sources & verification

- Tool: GratisAI local-first instrument (no key, no account)
- Primary source: the free tool itself (local-first, no external dependency)
- Last verification: pending (marked unverified, not assumed current)

## Use it

- Interactive guide: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/articles/caption-budget-planner.html
- Companion app: https://gratis-ai.pages.dev/apps/caption-budget-planner.html
- This machine-readable mirror: /mirrors/caption-budget-planner.md

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