Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)

by Apereo Foundation

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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.

Open-source higher-ed LMS with caption integrations via Kaltura and partner ASR.

Web  ·  free

TL;DR

Best for universities running Sakai that need to bolt on caption workflows through Kaltura or third-party LTI tools. Pricing: free.

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Products
Pricing
free
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Web

What it is

Sakai is the open-source higher-ed LMS maintained by the Apereo Foundation, used at several large North American and European universities. Captioning typically rides on integrations with Kaltura Reach, YuJa, or Panopto via LTI rather than a native Sakai feature.

Best for: Universities running Sakai that need to bolt on caption workflows through Kaltura or third-party LTI tools.
Watch out for: Captioning is not native; depends on integrated video CMS.

What people actually do with Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)-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 timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) vs Whipscribe

FeatureSakai (Auto-caption integrations)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

Alternatives to Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)

Frequently asked about Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)

Is Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) free?

Yes. Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) is free.

Does Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) 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 Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)?

There is nothing to install — Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)?

Captioning is not native; depends on integrated video CMS.

Who is Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) best for?

Universities running Sakai that need to bolt on caption workflows through Kaltura or third-party LTI tools.

Is Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) open source?

No. Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) is a proprietary product from Apereo Foundation. 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 Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) desktop app?

No — Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) is browser-only. There is nothing to install and nothing runs on your machine.

Who makes Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)?

Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) is made by Apereo Foundation.

What kind of tool is Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)?

In this directory Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) is filed under lms as a product.

What are the alternatives to Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/sakai-autocap-alternatives comparing Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)-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 Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)?

Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) 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 Sakai (Auto-caption integrations)?

$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 Sakai (Auto-caption integrations) 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.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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