Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)

by Instructure (LTI partners)

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Caption tools from the Canvas LTI partner ecosystem (3Play, Verbit, Cielo24, AI-Media).

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TL;DR

Best for canvas-using institutions standardizing on a single LTI caption partner for instructor video and uploads. Pricing: contact-sales.

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What it is

Canvas Captions is shorthand for the LTI captioning ecosystem around Canvas LMS. Caption vendors (3Play Media, Verbit, Cielo24, AI-Media, Rev Education) plug in as LTI apps to caption instructor-uploaded video, Canvas Studio recordings, and external embeds.

Best for: Canvas-using institutions standardizing on a single LTI caption partner for instructor video and uploads.
Watch out for: Not a single vendor — buyers must pick a partner (3Play, Verbit, Cielo24, AI-Media) and price per-minute.

What people actually do with Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) vs Whipscribe

FeatureCanvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)Whipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)

How much does Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) cost?

Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.

Does Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) runs in the browser, so it works on any desktop OS with a modern browser, and on phones and tablets.

How do I get started with Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)?

There is nothing to install — Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)?

Not a single vendor — buyers must pick a partner (3Play, Verbit, Cielo24, AI-Media) and price per-minute.

Who is Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) best for?

Canvas-using institutions standardizing on a single LTI caption partner for instructor video and uploads.

Is Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) open source?

No. Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) is a proprietary product from Instructure (LTI partners). If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Is there a Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) desktop app?

No — Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) is browser-only. There is nothing to install and nothing runs on your machine.

Who makes Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)?

Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) is made by Instructure (LTI partners).

What kind of tool is Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)?

In this directory Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) is filed under lms as a product.

What are the alternatives to Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/canvas-captions-alternatives comparing Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)?

Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem)?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Canvas Captions (LTI ecosystem) category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

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