Re: Costs of Accessibility?

I think we should look at what the costs are for a good job.   Not what the costs can be as high as. 

Also we need to think about what the costs will be going forward.   I expect these costs to drop dramatically with new technologies -- and international crowd-sourcing.  

Gregg
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Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D.
Director Trace R&D Center
Professor Industrial & Systems Engineering
and Biomedical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison

On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:04 AM, John Foliot wrote:

> Sailesh Panchang wrote:
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>> If the site contains many audio-video presentations,
>> captioning and transcription may add to the cost and time.
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> Having a fairly good handle on this topic, I could suggest that with
> sufficient volume, today's cost for transcription(*) to synchronized
> transcripts is averaging about $1.25/minute - however small purchases can
> run as high as $120.00/hour. (volume and stability/predictability in this
> area is critical, as currently much of the work-force is on
> stand-by/temporary availability)
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> (* at November, 2010)
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> JF
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