Our Rates
Uppercase Transcriptions’ charges are calculated per recorded audio or video minute which means that you can calculate the fee before submitting your recording.
Rates Summary:
| Single speaker – speeches, presentations, podcasts and dictations: | £81 per recorded hour £1.35 per recorded minute |
| Two speakers – interviews, discussions: | £96 per recorded hour £1.60 per recorded minute |
| Three or more speakers – interviews, discussions, focus-group meetings, conferences, question and answer sessions, PACE interviews, and inquests: | £114 per recorded hour £1.90 per recorded minute |
| Video transcription with image or action descriptions (for further information, please see below): | £135 per recorded hour £2.25 per recorded minute |
| Copy typing: | £0.65 per 100 words |
| Document production: | £16 per hour |
| Bulk purchase (five hours of recordings or more). Bulk purchases may be paid for in advance and used when needed: | 15% discount. |
| Students: | 15% discount (20% for bulk purchase). |
| Urgent work not booked in advance (for further information, please see below): | Please add 30p per recorded minute. |
| Difficult recordings – poor sound quality, or speech not clearly enunciated: | We may charge an extra 30p per recorded minute. We will discuss this with you in advance. |
Urgent Work
Transcriptions are usually returned within a week, and often within two or three days, depending on the prevailing work schedule.
If you need to have the completed transcription by a specified time, we can offer two options:
- For urgent work (not booked in advance), please add 30p per recorded audio or video minute; or
- if you know when the recordings will be available, you can book a time-slot and avoid paying the additional 30p per recorded hour. The fee will remain as shown in the table above. We may require a 25% deposit.
Please contact Uppercase to discuss your requirements and to confirm that we will be able to deliver your work on time.
Video Transcription
Video transcriptions are charged at the same rate as audio transcriptions if speech only is to be transcribed.
If you also require image or action descriptions, the fee is as set out in the table above.
Poor Quality Recordings
Uppercase will contact you if we think the sound quality is too poor to enable an acceptable transcription. (For more information on sound quality, please see the sound quality guide on the Essentials page.)
New Clients
New clients may be asked for a deposit of 25% of the estimated cost.