What's the difference between T3 Pro and T3 Essential?

How soon will I receive my T3

PRICE:  $24.95 per month

Activating any T3 account allows one reporter AND one scopist access to the T3 system. Both reporter and scopist do NOT have to pay the monthly fee.  If you need more than one reporter and/or scopist, please purchase additional stations.  Each T3 account can add up to five additional stations only, making a total of seven users per account, before moving up into the Agency Pricing structure.

Choosing a one-year account will place an immediate charge of $24.95 on the card you use.  After the first month, your credit card will be automatically charged $24.95 per month until the account is terminated by the account holder.

All software and licenses will be delivered via e-mail within 24 hours of purchase.

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Price:  $274.45 (one month free!)

Activating any T3 account allows one reporter AND one scopist access to the T3 system. Both reporter and scopist do NOT have to pay.  If you need more than one reporter and/or scopist, please purchase additional stations.  Each T3 account can add up to five additional stations only, making a total of seven users per account.

Choose a one-year outright account to receive one month free!  T3 will place an immediate charge of $274.45 on the card you use (paying monthly amounts to $299.40).  After your one year account expires, you will be contacted by T3 for renewal.

All software and licenses will be delivered via e-mail within 24 hours of purchase.

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PRICE:  $9.95 per month

Activating any T3 account allows one reporter AND one scopist access to the T3 system. Both reporter and scopist do NOT have to pay the monthly fee.  If you need more than one reporter and/or scopist, please purchase additional stations.  Each T3 account can add up to five additional stations only, making a total of seven users per account, before moving up into the Agency Pricing structure.

Choosing a T3 Essential account will place an immediate charge of $9.95 on the card you use.  After the first month, your credit card will automatically be charged $9.95 per month until the account is terminated by the account holder.

All software and licenses will be delivered via e-mail within 24 hours of purchase.

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PRICE:  $109.45 (one month free!)

Activating any T3 account allows one reporter AND one scopist access to the T3 system. Both reporter and scopist do NOT have to pay.  If you need more than one reporter and/or scopist, please purchase additional stations.  Each T3 account can add up to five additional stations only, making a total of seven users per account.

Choosing a T3 Essential One-Year Outright will place an immediate charge of $109.45 on the card you use.  After your T3 Essential One-Year account expires, you will be contacted by T3 for renewal.

All software and licenses will be delivered via e-mail within 24 hours of purchase.

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PRICE:  $49.95 one-time setup fee, $4.95 per successful transfer

Activating any T3 account allows one reporter AND one scopist access to the T3 system. Both reporter and scopist do NOT have to pay the monthly fee.  If you need more than one reporter and/or scopist, please purchase additional stations.  Each T3 account can add up to five additional stations only, making a total of seven users per account.

The $49.95 setup fee is a one-time fee (*see hibernation policy) and covers the setup of one reporter and one scopist.  A $4.95 charge will be placed on the account holder's card at the beginning of each month for each successful transfer that occurred in the previous month. A "successful transfer" is defined as files successfully uploaded and successfully downloaded.  Returning transcripts from scopists to reporters DOES NOT count as a transfer and WILL NOT be charged as a transfer.

T3 HIGHLY ENCOURAGES PURCHASERS OF THE PAY PER USE PROGRAM TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THE PAY PER USE ACCOUNT. T3 WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, DEVIATE FROM THESE TERMS DUE TO A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THESE TERMS. PLEASE FULLY QUERY T3 BEFORE PURCHASING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHATSOEVER.  PAY PER USE ACCOUNTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF T3'S HIBERNATION POLICY.

Please be aware that T3 DOES NOT TRACK WHAT EXACTLY IS SENT BETWEEN REPORTERS AND SCOPISTS! All T3 sees is whether it was successfully uploaded and successfully downloaded. Whether you send a text file of 1 MB or a 200 MB audio file, T3 will view both as a successful transfer and will charge accordingly.  

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Price:  $24.95

Once an account has been purchased, you may purchase an additional station.

Feel free to choose either an additional scopist, an additional reporter, or an additional assistant station.  Carefully follow the instructions on the purchase page for proper handling.

All software and licenses will be sent electronically within 24 hours of purchase.

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Price:  $99.95

Once an account has been purchased, you may purchase a 5 additional station package.

Feel free to choose either 5 additional scopist stations in order to add five new scopists, 5 additional reporter stations in order to add 5 additional reporters, five assistant scopist stations in order to add five assistant scopists, or a mix of any of the 3 station category.

You do not have to use all your stations immediately.  You can purchase 5 additional stations even if you only need one or two right now.  Carefully follow the instructions on the purchase page for proper handling.

All software and licenses will be sent electronically within 24 hours of purchase.

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There are three primary differences between T3 Pro and T3 Essential.

Optimize for Speed Feature  Both T3 Pro and Essential contain the Optimize for Quality setting, but only T3 Pro contains the Optimize for Speed setting.  This setting can greatly decrease the amount of time it takes to transfer a file.  There are many factors to consider, but as a generalization, let's take an Eclipse audio file of 100 MB.  In the Quality setting of T3, T3 will compress that file down to appx. 45 MB before beginning upload.  In the Speed setting of T3, T3 will compress that file down to appx. 12 MB before beginning upload.  Obviously, it will take much longer to upload 45 MB of data compared to 12.  Remember, these figures are only generalizations.  Different CAT systems, different internal settings, different recording settings, etc., will yield significantly different results. 

Automatic Resume Feature  Only T3 Pro contains the Automatic Resume feature.  If your Internet connection is interrupted, for any reason, T3 will stop the upload or download, wait until the connection is present again, then Automatically Resume the transfer from the point it was stopped.  Almost all other services require users to start all over from the beginning when interruptions occur.

Dual Install Feature  Only T3 Pro contains the Dual Install feature.  T3 Pro users can place each copy of T3 on two computers.  T3 Essential users may only install T3 on one computer.

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T3's standard support hours are M-F, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Mountain Time.  During these hours, we deliver all orders ASAP.  It is rare that any customer will wait more than an hour or two at most to receive their T3 activation code.  Often, new customers receive their T3 within minutes of purchase.

During non-support hours, T3 still monitors its email and phone systems, although delivery times may be extended.  Customers may wait longer to receive their T3.  Late evening and night orders will generally be received the following morning.

T3 does its best to deliver T3 to new customers in a timely manner.  However, T3 reserves the right to deliver all software within 24 hours.

If you are in an emergency situation and need to know if you can receive your T3 IMMEDIATELY, it is best to call and arrange that with a T3 representative.  Even if you are calling during non-support hours, be sure to leave a detailed message, as phone lines are monitored from time to time, even in off hours.  720-207-9036.

If the T3 Pay Per Use account remains dormant (no transfers) for a period of twelve months, the Pay Per Use license will be revoked.  Pay per use users will again be required to pay the $49.95 Pay Per Use setup fee if they wish to use their T3 account again after 12 months of dormancy.  

NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE TO THIS T3 PAY PER USE ACCOUNT POLICY

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