Why You Should Hire US-based Captioning & Transcription Services
It’s a common assumption that businesses that offer low-cost services must be shipping those jobs overseas or using automated machine transcription, and that the quality of the final product they provide must be poor as…
An Intro to Rev’s Free Voice Recorder App
Whether you’re a journalist conducting an interview, a detective speaking with a witness, or a blogger composing a new piece of content, a voice recorder is a handy tool to have at your…
Why I Left Freelance Writing to be a Rev Transcriptionist
The following post was written by JulieAnn Corbin, a New York-based transcriptionist that has been with Rev since April 2017. This post first appeared on JulieAnn’s website, and we’ve published it here with her permission. This…
Rev vs GMR Transcription Pricing
In our ongoing quest to educate businesses and individuals about the differences in transcription and caption services, we’re continuing our blog series comparing Rev’s pricing to other companies’ offerings. We’ve covered TranscribeMe and Scribie, and today we’ll take a look…
Online Video Marketing Trends for 2017
Video content accounts for a staggering 74% of all online traffic. A little over a decade ago, that number was only around 33%. If your business isn’t already creating digital video content, you’re missing a…
Rev vs Scribie Transcription Pricing
Choosing between transcription providers can be difficult so we started this blog series to explain the differences between our services and our competitors’. In our first post, we broke down the pricing of one…
The Benefits of File-based Workflows for TV Stations
The recent boom in mobile device usage has changed the way television stations can deliver content. In fact, 87% of television consumers watch long-form video on mobile devices. Broadcasts now happen anywhere, anytime…
How Transcripts Can Speed Up a Video Editor’s Workflow
In the golden age of Hollywood, the typical shooting ratio for feature films was roughly 10:1. However, with the scope of modern day movies, the hours of raw footage have increased to over…
How Captions Benefit more than the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
In 1972, Julia Child’s legendary cooking show, “The French Chef,” was the first show ever to air with captions. Since then, this technology has made content more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers…
Can Closed Captions Improve Literacy?
Can watching video with closed captions turned on improve literacy? In short, yes. In recent years, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the connection between closed captions and literacy among students around…