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Pricing Information for E-Text Conversion

The Digilife pricing schematic reviews each item to be converted and considers it from several aspects. These include:

  • Source material (hardcopy print, image PDF, photocopy of original, etc.)
  • Format of source material
    • Low Format = clean source materials with little or no need for editing or cleansing, minimal graphics suitable for black and white or greyscale output
    • Medium Format = source materials with greater numbers of images, multiple columns, side bars and boxes
    • High Format = source materials with many images, side bars, pull-out boxes, multiple columns, glossy paper, and other hazards
    • Additional charges may apply for source materials on glossy paper, those requiring color output or input, used or marked items, etc.
  • Desired output format

Digilife can covert your source materials into the following output formats:

  • Image PDF
  • Text-Based Documents suitable for use with a wide variety of text-to-speech programs and screenreaders, including
    • Rich Text Format (.rtf)
    • Microsoft Word (.doc)
    • Open Office
    • Plain Text (.txt)
  • Accessible (tagged) PDF
  • MP3 Audio
  • DAISY Talking Book

 Digilife’s Per Page Pricing anticipates every step of the conversion process, including (as appropriate):

  • Receipt of materials from customer
  • Removal of bindings and preparation
  • Scanning of materials
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Editing and Formatting
  • Proper Pagination [Using our exclusive Digilife Paginator software program] 
  • Conversion to output format
  • Quality control
  • Delivery to customer
  • Storage of materials as backup

Per Page Pricing ranges from 0.25-cents per page to $2.00 per page and we will never charge extra for any of the above steps. We can also offer discounts for volume work and contractual arrangements Please contact us directly for more information.