3Play Media

by 3Play Media

Enterprise captioning, transcription, and audio-description service.

TL;DR

Enterprise captioning, transcription, and audio-description service.

Best for universities, broadcasters, and large publishers that need ADA + Section 508 compliance and audio description. Pricing: paid.

Category
Products
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
paid
Platforms
Web

What it is

3Play Media offers human-grade captioning, audio description, transcription, and translation with strong LMS integrations (Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard) and accessibility-compliance workflows.

Best for: Universities, broadcasters, and large publishers that need ADA + Section 508 compliance and audio description.
Watch out for: Enterprise sales motion; not a self-serve tool.

Install / use

3playmedia.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported25
HIPAA eligibleNo

3Play Media vs Whipscribe

Feature3Play MediaWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingpaidfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
Streaming—No
Languages2599
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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