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RECITE ME PDF REMEDIATION ROI CALCULATOR

# Compare outsourced PDF remediation with doing it in-house

Estimate the true internal cost of remediating PDFs, including staff time, salary burden, and delivery capacity. The calculator then compares that with a Recite Me remediation cost per page.

## Your inputs

Total number of PDFs

1200

## Total page count

13094

## Staff remediating PDFs

2

## Hours per person per week

7.5

## Currency

GBP

Salary defaults update by currency and include a 25% on-cost uplift.

## PDF complexity

Simple — 15 minutes per page

## Average annual salary

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>30000</td></tr></table>

Disable. Used to calculate internal hourly cost.

## Recite Me cost per page


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>1.55</td></tr></table>

Disable commercial assumption.

## ROI summary

## ESTIMATED SAVING BY USING RECITE ME

£42,656

210.2% ROI versus the Recite Me estimate.

## INTERNAL STAFF COST

## £62,952

Salary + 25% employment and management overhead.

## RECITE ME ESTIMATE

Based on the cost per page assumption.

## £20,296

## INTERNAL REMEDIATION TIME

### 3 ,273.5 hrs

218.2 weeks at the stated team capacity.

## OPPORTUNITY COST

### 87.3 weeks

Full-time equivalent working weeks diverted from core roles.

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>ITEM</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>IN-HOUSE</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>RECITE ME</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Cost</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>£62,952 (£52 per PDF)</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>£20,296</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Hours required</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>3,273.5 hours</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Handled externally</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Delivery pressure</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>218.2 calendar weeks</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Reduced internal workload</td></tr></table>

On these assumptions, outsourcing PDF remediation to Recite Me avoids approximately 3,273.5 hours of internal work and releases £42,656 of staff capacity back into core activity.

Salary defaults: UK median full-time annual earnings £39,039; US median weekly full-time earnings $1,204 annualised to $62,608; Australia full-time adult ordinary weekly earnings $2,051.10 annualised to $106,657.20. The calculator adds 25% for holiday, employer taxes, benefits, supervision and management overhead. All assumptions are editable.