3Play Media Higher Ed
by 3Play Media
3Play Media's caption services positioned for university accessibility offices.
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TL;DR
Best for universities standardizing on a single caption vendor across Panopto, Kaltura, YouTube, and Brightcove. Pricing: contact-sales.
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Products
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Pricing
contact-sales
Platforms
Web
What it is
3Play Media is one of the longest-running U.S. caption vendors, with deep higher-ed adoption. Their higher-ed offering covers ADA-grade captions, audio descriptions, and live captioning across the major lecture-capture and LMS platforms.
Best for: Universities standardizing on a single caption vendor across Panopto, Kaltura, YouTube, and Brightcove.
Watch out for: Per-minute pricing; turnaround tiers gate cost; not a lecture-capture provider itself.
Watch out for: Per-minute pricing; turnaround tiers gate cost; not a lecture-capture provider itself.
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
3Play Media Higher Ed vs Whipscribe
| Feature | 3Play Media Higher Ed | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | Not verified | $4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup |
| Speaker diarization | Not verified | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Not verified | Yes |
| Streaming | Not verified | No |
| Languages | — | 99 |
| Platforms | Web | Web, API, MCP |
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