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What Is Legal Research? How Do You Get Started?

February 4, 2025

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How to Create Video on a Budget

Creating video on a budget? Learn how to outsource key tasks, including closed captions, to make the most of your time and money.

Rev Press

February 18, 2019

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Transcription

Transcription Is Hugely Important, and Here’s Where It’s Headed in the Near Future

It may not be on your radar, but transcription is a hugely important service to thousands of businesses. Here are some of the major changes happening in the transcription industry.

Rev Press

February 12, 2019

Media & Entertainment

Podcast Transcription Benchmark (Part 1)

Transcription is a key tool for podcast editing and engagement. Starting with an accurate ASR greatly speeds up the process. See how Rev AI performs against Google and Speechmatics.

Abid Mohsin

February 7, 2019

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Fun Just Got Better: Online Games That Also Improve Typing Speed

If you’re looking to improve your typing speed, there are several online typing games that can help improve your typing speed and accuracy.

Rev Press

February 3, 2019

Podcasting

Speech-To-Text Simplifies Podcast Editing

Learn how a podcast creator uses a speech-to-text API to cut his editing time in two thirds and better engage his listeners.

Allison Koo

February 3, 2019

Revver Tips

Revver Levels Explained: Advancing as a Freelance Transcriptionist

There are three levels of Revver: Rookie, Revver, and Revver+. Here's more on what it takes to achieve each level and the benefits that come along with it.

Rev Press

January 30, 2019

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Captions

How to Force Captions on YouTube

Concerned about issues like sound quality or accessibility in video content? Forced captions are an effective way to make things easier for your audience.

Rev Press

January 29, 2019

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Captions

36 of the Funniest Closed Caption Fails You Need to See

It's not usually intended, but sometimes captions add an extra layer of entertainment to a show. Check out these closed caption fails that made us laugh out loud.

Rev Press

January 24, 2019

Resources

How to Convert Speech to Text Online

Rev has both automated and human powered solutions for converting speech to text online. Upload an audio file or paste a URL to get started.

November 4, 2023

The guide to optimizing your video pre-production with transcripts

With so many meetings that happen during video pre-production, how can you best keep track of all these conversations? Transcripts can help your pre-production workflow be more efficient.

September 27, 2023

The hack to working smarter in Media & Entertainment

April 1, 2023

The Speech-to-Text Buyers Guide: The Enterprise Advantage

Ensure your speech-to-text provider is the right match by asking the right questions.

March 18, 2023

The comprehensive guide to captions and subtitles for video distribution

Most consumers are now mobile-first, many have hearing impairments, and the majority view videos sans sound. To make the same impact with your content, you need captions. Also, viewers are more diverse beyond only English, so global subtitles are a must.

November 7, 2022