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…
How Closed Captions Help ESL Learners Improve Their English Skills
One in five Americans speaks English as a second language. This might mean they speak both English and another language fluently. However, of those that do speak more than one language, 41% reported they speak English…
A Quick Guide to Optimizing Online Video
Through trial and error, millions of uploaded videos, countless hours of time spent glued to our monitors, and oh-so-much data, a rule book has began to emerge on the best ways to optimize…
An Intro to Rev’s New Captions Editor
At Rev, we guarantee 99% accuracy for our video captioning service, but we understand that as a customer, you may want to make small modifications to files before pushing them live. These modifications…
6 Ways Closed Captions and Transcripts Improve SEO
According to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index report, “Globally, IP video traffic will be 82 percent of all consumer Internet traffic by 2020, up from 70 percent in 2015.” If you’re already using video…
5 Ways Content Marketers Can Repurpose Audio & Video Using Transcripts
Marketing content doesn’t always start as something in written form. Some of the best material can be found in webinars, lunch and learns, and podcasts. The most successful content managers know that recorded material can…
Top 6 Free & Paid Tools for Compressing Audio Files
Rev receives thousands of minutes of audio files every day from customers placing online transcription orders. Depending on the length and quality of the recording, large audio files can take a while to…
5 Reasons Why My Sales Job is Easy (but don’t tell my boss!)
What do people envision when they hear “sales rep”? Without context, they might picture some hardened individual with dark circles under the eyes, living off of energy drinks and cigarettes, quoting “Wolf of…
How Rev Offers Accurate Transcripts & Captions for $1/min
One of the most common questions we get asked at Rev is how we offer such low prices while guaranteeing a high level of accuracy. After doing sufficient research to find the best…