Why does NPR charge for transcripts?

Providing text transcripts is an important public service and is a way to extend the value of the programming we produce. Because turning our audio programs into text transcripts is a very labor-intensive process, we use a professional transcription service and incur significant expense to do so. To cover the cost of having our shows transcribed - and to enable us to continue to provide transcripts of NPR programs and stories -- we must charge a fee. All of the fees collected cover the cost of transcription and support NPR programming and services.

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