Review of Rev.com: Is Rev Worth It?

About this video

This video’s banked transcript is on an Arabic caption track; summarized here in English, it is Dale’s review of Rev.com as a writing tool for authors who speak better than they type. Rev’s human transcription service, as he describes it, turns audio or video into text at up to 99% accuracy for about $1 per minute, with files returned within about 12 hours — in his experience a short video often came back in one to two hours, sometimes minutes, and longer files within about 24 hours. His workflow is to dictate a recording, upload it, and edit the returned transcript into a book draft. Beyond transcription, he covers Rev’s captioning, noting that many social viewers watch muted, so captions widen reach; foreign-language subtitles in more than 30 languages that he says meet ADA and FCC standards; and translation at about 10 cents per word for text or $7.50 per minute for video, with vetted translators. His only negative anecdote is about two minutes of one video’s captions being mistranscribed, which Rev support fixed immediately. He gives Rev his seal of approval.

Key takeaways

• Dictate and transcribe: ~$1/minute turns spoken drafts into editable book text
• Human transcription speed and accuracy beat typing for talk-first writers
• Captions matter because much social viewing happens muted
• Translation and 30+ language subtitles are the route to wider markets — at a per-word/minute cost
• Check delivered captions; Rev support fixed errors fast in his experience

Episode details: published September 25, 2018 · 5:30 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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