Transcription for Accessibility & WCAG Compliance

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 require that all pre-recorded audio and video content include captions and transcripts. For organizations with existing content libraries, this creates a significant challenge: hundreds or thousands of hours of video need captions, and the deadline pressure from legal requirements like the ADA, Section 508, and the European Accessibility Act continues to grow.

Traditional captioning services charge $1-3 per minute and take days to deliver. For a 500-hour video library, that means $30,000-90,000 and weeks of waiting. Many organizations delay compliance simply because the cost feels prohibitive, exposing themselves to legal risk and excluding users who depend on captions to access content.

PlainScribe offers a fundamentally different approach. Our AI-powered transcription generates accurate captions in minutes at $0.067 per minute, reducing the cost of that same 500-hour library to roughly $2,010. The captions are exported in standard SRT and VTT formats, ready for any video player. And because PlainScribe uses pay-as-you-go pricing with no subscription, you can tackle your backlog at your own pace without ongoing commitments.

PlainScribe bridges the gap between compliance requirements and practical implementation. Instead of choosing between expensive human captioning services and unreliable free tools, you get AI-powered accuracy at a fraction of the cost. Our transcription engine achieves 95-99% accuracy for clear audio, and our built-in editor makes it easy to review and correct any errors before publishing your captions.

For organizations managing large content libraries, PlainScribe's bulk upload feature lets you queue dozens of files at once. Each file is processed independently, so you can start reviewing completed captions while others are still being transcribed. The result is a streamlined workflow that turns compliance from an overwhelming project into a manageable, ongoing process.