Podcast shorts in 3 markets: 20 clips a month, $12.80 on Sume

A podcast that publishes 4 episodes a month, with 5 clips per episode captioned for 3 markets, is 20 clips and 60 caption jobs, which costs $12.80 a month on Sume at list rates. Index-Translate's listed free public API does the translation.

Assumptions: video episodes of 30 minutes or less, clips of up to 60 seconds, one transcript per clip, and captions only, not a dub. Rates are from the Video trim docs, Video captions docs and pricing page, read 2026-10-05.

The monthly bill

Captions are 94 percent of it, so the number of markets drives the cost.

Cut the cost without cutting reach

• Start with the two markets where the show already has listeners; add a third after you see the first month.
• Caption the clips that earned the most first in the English feed.
• Reuse the transcript for every market; pay speech-to-text once per clip.
• Keep clips at or under 60 seconds, the length the caption price is stated for.