Estimating
The cost for Earize depends on many factors. Here is a laundry list of factors considered when setting a price:
Volume of business
Naturally the price per event is less for series of daily events than for a one time news conference.
Audience size
As the audience size increases, additional servers are brought on-line to handle the load. Therefore, the cost will reflect the audience size.
However, audience size has only a very small effect on the price for a series of frequently reoccurring events like daily and weekly radio shows or briefings.
Length of the event
Earize can change staff without any interruption to the smooth flow of text. Ideally, staff reporters should work for only 30 to 60 minutes at a stretch to avoid fatigue induced errors. Therefore, the cost may reflect additional staffing needs for longer events.
Additional staffing is built into the price for one day or longer events, so no premium is charged for length. In fact, you can get a discount for multi-day events.
Likelihood of a strong patois or accent
Text accuracy is very important. Events featuring speakers who are difficult to understand make the perfectionists at Earize strain and struggle to give you the best text possible.
On the other hand, events with speakers to whom Earize staff have become accustomed will have a lower price.
Audio quality
Informal events outside, such as a ribbon cutting ceremony, commencement, or political gathering tend to have highly variable audio quality. Sometimes wind noise and conducted noise make it difficult to hear. While the Earize staff will gladly make the effort to give you the most accurate text possible, extra staff may be made available to prevent fatigue. By the same token, studio quality audio from well spoken presenters can increase the accuracy rate of the event.
Event Topic
Earize has staff trained to handle highly technical material. This specialized staff commands a premium to do the advance work necessary to cope with terms of art and jargon.