Aberdeen Closed Captioning

YouTube Ready Captioning

PRICING & SERVICE OPTIONS for YouTube:

Sample Video showing different captioning service options. (click CC button on player to change options)

Premium Captions for YouTube

Rates: $70 for videos up to 10 minutes OR $7/minute for videos over 10 minutes
(Rates apply for English to English & Spanish to Spanish captioning - no translation)

• Aberdeen’s caption editors manually create a time-coded text of your video (delivery format: .srt for YouTube)
• If desired, client review, correction, and approval process is offered
• Captions carefully placed for desired reading rate
• Text is broken up for pop-on captions per DCMP guidelines for YouTube
• 100% customer satisfaction guarantee—we will make any changes needed until you are satisfied at no extra cost
• 24- & 48-hour turnarounds offered at no extra cost

Budget Captions for YouTube

Rates: $50 for videos up to 10 minutes OR $5/minute for videos over 10 minutes
(Rates apply for English to English & Spanish to Spanish captioning - no translation)

• Aberdeen’s caption editors manually create a time-coded text of your video (Delivery format: .srt for YouTube)
• Text is broken in basic pop-on caption blocks
• No sounds effects or speaker ID included in captions
• Transcript & caption timing have an accuracy rate of 99% or higher

Transcription for YouTube (text with no time codes)

Rates: $25 for videos up to 10 minutes OR $2.5/minute for videos over 10 minutes
(Rates apply for English to English & Spanish to Spanish - no translation)

• Aberdeen provides you with a verbatim transcript to your video (Delivery format: .txt with no time codes)
• YouTube’s captioning technology syncs the text (English ONLY) with your video to create timed captioning
• 24- & 48-hour turnaround available at no extra cost

Multi-language Captioning for YouTube

Rates: $200 minimum rate per multi-language project - call for a firm quote

• Aberdeen translates the original (source) language of your video to the desired translated (target) language(s)- (source/original language is not limited to English)
• See our language list: http://abercap.com/multi-language-subtitling.html
• We provide a time-coded translated text of each desired language (Delivery format: .srt for YouTube)
• A professional, experienced translator native in target language performs translation
• If desired, client review, correction and approval process is offered
• 100% customer satisfaction guarantee—we will make any changes needed until you are satisfied at no extra cost
• Click here for a client's multi-language YouTube video we completed (translation by client's volunteers).

THE YouTube PROCESS:

Client

• Choose the appropriate captioning service to suit your needs or call an Aberdeen Account Expert at (800) 688-6621
• Make payment arrangements with Aberdeen Account Executive
• Log in to your YouTube videos page, select your video, and choose Download MP4
• Upload MP4 to Aberdeen using our simple web based delivery service (click here)

Aberdeen

• Perform requested service (time coded text (.srt) or straight text without time codes (.txt))
• Email client the .srt or .txt for YouTube

Client

• Log into YouTube account, choose the corresponding video, click captions, and add your caption file (.srt for YouTube) or text file (.txt with no time codes). For help, go to YouTube’s Help Center.
• Send a link of captioned video to clients and friends or embed in website