Anthology Ally
by Anthology
Renamed Blackboard Ally, the accessibility + caption layer across Anthology's LMS portfolio.
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TL;DR
Best for institutions on Blackboard Learn Ultra or Anthology's broader LMS family that need cross-content accessibility remediation. Pricing: contact-sales.
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Products
License
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Pricing
contact-sales
Platforms
Web
What it is
Anthology Ally is the current branding for the accessibility platform formerly known as Blackboard Ally. It scans course content, scores accessibility, surfaces remediation guidance to instructors, and generates captioned or alternative formats for uploaded video and audio.
Best for: Institutions on Blackboard Learn Ultra or Anthology's broader LMS family that need cross-content accessibility remediation.
Watch out for: Often sold as a separate line-item; instructors still author alt text manually for non-trivial assets.
Watch out for: Often sold as a separate line-item; instructors still author alt text manually for non-trivial assets.
Features
| Speaker diarization | No |
| Word-level timestamps | No |
| Streaming / real-time | No |
| Languages supported | None |
| HIPAA eligible | No |
Anthology Ally vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Anthology Ally | 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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