Digital:

Digital files: $2.30 per minute.
Medical/legal digital: $2.55 per minute

Video-to-audio conversion: $1/digital minute

Rush/poor audio fees (per person)*:
$5 = up to 15 minutes
$10 = 15 up to 20 minutes
$15 = 20 up to 30 minutes
$20 = 30 up to 40 minutes
$25 = 40 up to 60 minutes
$30 = 60 up to 90 minutes

*Estimates

Audiotape:

60-minute tape = $150
90-minute tape = $225
120-minute tape = $290

There is a half-tape minimum and we bill in quarterly increments thereafter.

Medical/legal rates:

60-minute tape = $165
90-minute tape = $245
120-minute tape = $320

Extra charges may apply for poor quality and/or rush jobs.

Discounts:

Introductory rate for new clients: 25% off first two tapes of any length (except legal and medical). New clients are asked to make a $50 deposit at the start of the job. Large jobs may require larger deposits. Previously delinquent clients may also be asked to make a deposit prior to a new job.

Echo Discount: 10% discount applies to all but the two introductory tapes for members of Echo (minimum of two months) and continues as long as the client remains a member. Please see the Echo website (www.echonyc.com) for more details; participation in this bulletin board is not required, but encouraged (if you can master the arcane Caucus computer commands).

Special academic rate for doctoral students: 10% off each tape or file, after first two introductory tapes/files.

Special academic rate, non-doctoral: 5% off each tape or file, after introductory tapes/files.

Purple Shark Transcriptions reserves the right to refuse service or discounts at its discretion.