Brigham Young University-Idaho
Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho) was facing major challenges in meeting the needs of deaf and hard of hearing students. Their lack of in-house resources, along with a high demand for services and an ever-growing backlog of inaccessible content drove them to search for a solution.
BYU-Idaho was facing a number of issues that prevented them from meeting the needs of students that depended on text-based audio and visual content.
BYU-Idaho employed 11 transcribers on campus, tasked with covering over 500 hours of transcription per week. High demand for services and too few people to provide them made it impossible to meet students’ needs and recover from a lengthy backlog of requests.
Most in-house transcribers were students who would eventually graduate, leaving the university to hire and train new staff that were less experienced and unable to keep up with rigorous demands.
BYU-Idaho had over 1,000 pieces of audio that were never transcribed or captioned. Activities like tutoring sessions or extra content that took place outside of the traditional classroom setting only added to the growing backlog.
“We chose Verbit because, out of the multitude of companies on the market, they were a perfect fit for us. We stay with Verbit because the people are fantastic. The customer service has been incredible. The turnaround time, the accuracy, the editing time - all of those things are truly best-in-class.”
Cutting-edge automatic speech recognition engine
Network of highly qualified professional human transcribers
Seamless integration to Kaltura and Canvas, BYU-Idaho’s media hosting and LMS platforms
Speedy service was essential for BYU-Idaho to quickly process their massive accumulation of inaccessible content and handle new requests that were coming in.
“With Verbit, we saw a marked improvement in turnaround time! Our previous lead time of weeks, or even months, was trimmed to one week or less, and files were often returned to us in under 24 hours.”
Recognizing that students’ course grades and GPAs were at stake, compromising on quality was not an option. Verbit produced highly accurate results to ensure student success.
“Verbit blasted through my backlog in a matter of weeks with perfect accuracy. I truly haven’t seen anything less than 100 percent precision.”
Keeping costs reasonable without sacrificing speed and accuracy was a top concern for BYU-Idaho. Verbit’s competitive pricing was a distinguishing factor.
“When comparing transcription companies, it just seemed like the services were incredibly expensive with little flexibility. Verbit immediately stood out as the most cost-effective solution.”
“Above all, partnering with Verbit helped us focus on fulfilling their commitment to ensuring equivalent access and supporting academic success for all students.”
