NPR makes transcripts free
NPR used to charge $3.95 for a transcript of one of their programs. You can now get them for free.
“We made a decision to go ahead even though NPR pays a considerable amount of money to produce transcripts on deadline,” said Soto-Barra. “Transcripts are posted six hours after the shows air, except for Morning Edition’s transcripts which are posted four hours after the show is broadcast. We have offered free audio for a long time and we felt that free transcripts were long overdue.”
The transcripts can be found with their associated story on the NPR website.
Now, all you have to do to get a story’s text is visit www.NPR.org and click on the transcript link to the right of the audio button, located just below the story’s title.
No doubt this will bring joy to the hearts of bloggers everywhere.
-Hat tip: Jim Romenesko