Is the figure what I will actually pay?
It is an estimate at today’s rates for the hours and languages you entered. You
are charged for the time the session actually runs, so a shorter event costs less.
Estimate
Work out the cost of your event.
Put in how long your event runs and how many languages your audience needs, and see the figure. No sign-up, no quote to wait for, and the rates are the ones you would pay today. Price the same event anywhere else and compare.
The short answer
Captions cost A$1.05 per hour, for each language. A two-hour event in one language is A$2.10, and each extra language adds the same again. Spoken translation is optional and charged on top at A$0.04 per minute of audio. There is no monthly fee, no minimum and no charge per person. Put your own hours and languages in below.
Work out the cost of your event
Shown in
- Captions
- Spoken audio
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An estimate for the whole event, at today’s rates. Spoken audio is estimated for the full duration in every language you tick for it. Tax, where it applies, is added when you buy credit.
Try it freeFour events, worked out
The same arithmetic the calculator does, for events people run every week.
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A two-hour event, two languages
Two hours, two languages — A$4.20. On the screen at the front, over the stream and on every phone in the room, for one price.
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A full day, four languages
Eight hours, four languages — A$33.60. Add spoken audio in one language for two hours of keynotes and that is A$4.80 more.
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A ninety-minute meeting over the stream
Two languages — A$3.15, covering the people in the room and the people watching online.
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A two-day conference, six languages
Sixteen hours, six languages — A$100.80. Delegates who arrive for one session and leave cost nothing extra.
What the figure is made of
Captions are charged per hour, for each language that is running. Spoken audio is optional and charged per minute of audio produced, on top. Nothing is charged per person, per device or per month, and there is no minimum.
The calculator takes the hours you enter in full and every language you tick, so it is an estimate for the whole event. Spoken audio is estimated as running for the full duration in every language you tick for it; what you pay is the minutes actually produced. Tax, where we have to collect it, is added when you buy credit.
Before your event
A few good questions.
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Talk to usDoes the number of people change the price?
No. Fifty people or five hundred, the figure is the same.
What if we add a language on the day?
Add it and it is charged at the same rate for the time it runs. Nothing has to be
booked in advance.
Is there a minimum charge?
No. You are charged for the time the session actually runs, so a seventy-minute event is seventy minutes. There is no minimum event, no rounding up to the hour and no monthly fee.
Is spoken translation in the figure?
Only if you switch it on in the calculator. Captions are the default. Spoken translation is optional, charged per minute of audio produced, for each language while at least one person is listening to it — not per listener.
Do I pay for a language nobody is reading?
No. A language is charged only while somebody is actually using it. The calculator counts every language you tick for the whole event, so it shows the most the event could cost, and the real figure is the same or lower.
What happens if the credit runs out during an event?
A running event is not cut off. The balance can go below zero and the next top-up clears it. The next event needs credit to start. With a card on file and automatic top-up on, which is the default, the card is charged for you when the balance falls below the mark you set.
Does the figure include tax?
For organisations in Australia, the prices shown include GST. Organisations elsewhere are not charged tax. The currency follows the country on the organisation’s address.
Does credit expire if the next event is months away?
No. Credit stays on your account until you use it, however far apart your events are.
There is no monthly allowance that resets.
Which currency is this in?
The one matched to where you are. Switch it on the rate card; the rates are set in
each currency, not converted.
Run the real thing for free.
Your free credit covers a few ordinary events. No lock-in contract, no monthly fee, and no fee hidden behind the figure above.
A$10 of free credit when you sign up, no credit card needed. Credit never expires — use it this week or next year.