After reading reviews on indeed. com about Rev, I wouldn't want to work for that company at all. Too many people complained about account suspension by Rev, the moment they upgraded for higher payment rate, which is disgusting from that company, really. I'll stay with my personal top source of income, which is this jobstidenet.world.info/
If you worked at rev 40 hours a week and lets say you were in the top 1 percentile of how fast you were at doing the job. How much money do you think you would earn? Or how much money do you think you personally could have earned if you worked there full time and at your fastest capacity?
I actually find it fun, I've only put in my application today. The point you made about learning while transcribing is so true, I think I know everything about NASA now 😂 hope I get in.
As someone who has been doing rev on and off again for the last year, this was the most accurate video about rev. You definitely stated alot of my thoughts on it.
Very informative for me who travels alot and needs another source of income when I'm out of the country. Thanks alot for sharing your experience with Rev! Blessings
I took the test and it was actually very easy; none of the questions were difficult at all and I can actually type 130 WPM with ease. I finished the transcription very quickly, and I believe I did well. WISH ME LUCK!!!
@Archer Tarashi Yeah I got my response back and I didn't pass. Though my friend who actually works for rev and has a high metric rating tried applying and failed too. So something is sketchy about this website...
That was actually really helpful!! Thank you. I'm already in the Rookie Program. I have just been testing the waters to try to figure out if this is worth my time. Now I'm thinking this is maybe along the lines of selling my extra stuff on eBay as far as income is concerned.
@Dani Johnson. Can you kindly...no, no, no, plzzzzz hook me up with an account. Been trying to apply for a while now with no avail, including using the answers provided by people here but still all rejects. I have been working on some else's account but we split the cash. Want to work for me cz I have bills piling up. I don't have the cash right now to pay you up, but after I start woking we can work something out. My email is annabelle734@gmail.com
I applied and got in about 2 week ago and I’m loving it so far, aside from the atrocious audio quality. My husband ordered me a good headset to hopefully help me. This video was great!
@Eric Pratt 1. How many minutes did you spent to get that lets say $10? 2. How many transcribe task are available daily? I mean, does Rev has unlimited transcribe task daily or just a seasonal? TIA, I hope you'll answer this one. :)
I work for Rev captioning and I much prefer it to transcribing! The videos are much higher quality than the audio, so it's easier to find good projects to work on.
Ah helpful! So did you do transcribing first? I thought transcribing would be a lot easier than captioning but you’re making me think I should just go for captioning instead.
SIgned up and then came here for a review. Sounds like it's not really worth it to spend time trying to compete with folks for the few projects with decent audio.
Im a teen currently in school and have decent grammar skills and want to have a little money to spare and to find out i can make 240$ a month really drew me in. Ive submitted an application and hope for the best 🤞
ALSO after you graduate to Revver, you won't be using Line software anymore and you'll have to transcribe from scratch. So many rookies are caught off guard by this because they are trained to use the Line software.
Thanks for the hints! I'm Brazilian and to be honest I agree with you with the needing to be well "skilled" or fluent in English. English is my second language, I have an advanced level, and I use to work as translator and damn!! I almost died doing their test!
Thank you for this video!! I just graduated from a Medical Transcription Editing course, but getting a job in the medical sector has been tough lately, so I applied to Rev in the hope that I'll get a freelance job and keep my skills fresh :)
As pleasant as she is, She's earned more in 9 minutes here on youtube ad revenue, than a month working on the scraps, up for grabs, on Rev. "How to make money" vids, like this, are the real scam, (for the most part). Is it me, or has YT just become just one big advert?
I agree with the first part but Rev is legit and it's not easy money. They pay a minimum of 35 cents per minute worth of audio. So if you have 24 minutes to transcribe you could make $8.40. That's not a lot because it's hard work. You have to make sure you type what's being said, some ppl have accents so it's difficult to understand what they're saying and you always have to be accurate because your work gets graded and if your metrics are below 4.5 out of 5 then you get fired. This isn't easy money.
@@nicolasp7395 I was slow so it would take me over 3 hours. If the audio is low quality it takes even longer to transcribe because you wanna make sure you get all the words.
I was going to fail rev anyway, the audio is bad and the REVIEWER will KILL your rating and eventually closing your account. Also it's time consuming, boring, pays below minimum wage $2.00 every 1hour. I rather build my own brand than work in this sweatshop
@@PirikkoP I know right, I transcribed for nearly 2 hours, got $4.14, with a speed of 65-70wpm... I can't even find a file under 20 mins on the work list anymore. Even the 20min files have horrific ear rap inaudible audio.
Oh I totally agree. It's what happened to me. I was trying to get better and I was on my last three files when suddenly my account is closed and once it's closed you don't get back in. They nitpick and it's not perfect, you're out. Also, their guidelines stink.
Can't hardly find any videos now, they keep getting taken up so fast, I'm on that 10% till I get to become a full time, video quality's sub-par to say the least.
I work as a transcriber (court reporter) full time (so am comfortable in this field) and have started looking into the idea of doing freelance transcribing as an honest side hustle. Thank you for this informative video.
Very interesting, thank you for going through this. I have a full-time job and was hoping to find something that might give me some extra income. Prior to COVID-19, I did Uber to save money for my wedding. But, now my day job involves a lot more driving so for that reason alone I think doing Uber would potentially be dangerous, plus add to that all the extra craziness with the new hygiene standards and whatnot. From what I see here, it could potentially be worth it but I'd have to put in a lot of time just to be eligible for the projects that are halfway decent. I went ahead and did the application but I'm thinking it may not be worth it.
i’ve transcribed about 20 audio files now, and the last one i did was 42 minutes. it took me 6 hours, the audio was not great and i had to re-listen about 4,000 times to every little thing. i made $20 for 42 audio minutes... even though it took me 6 hours. feels bad man. i worked hard on that.
Transcribing takes 3-6x longer than the audio hour. If the audio hour is $1 per audio minute , then your pay per minute of actual work is just a few dimes. Thats not even minimum wage.
Thank you for a thoughtful video. I agree on what the ramp up looks like to get started. The compensation is equivalent to slave labor. For each video minute you transcribe, plan on 3X that in production. There is the simple transcription, there are the hang-ups that may require Google to sort out, horrible audio quality, language, and slang barriers, and then you must review the entire video again to sync it (which is an entire other project). After working in the legal environment and understand transcriptions as a profession, I believe this should just be illegal. I made $5 for 11mins of video that took well over 2 hours to reproduce accurately. If you want to dip far below minimum wage - go for it. Complete false advertising and should lead to a class action law suit IMHO.
I did it for a long while! Made pretty much no money but it was nice for feeling like I wasn’t doing much, but having some spare change being paid weekly to me! Eventually I was kicked off for making too many errors, though.. I do wish the training was longer or if you had a longer period of help
I took the application test and didn't get accepted, but they don't tell you why the transcription wasn't approved. I can apply again in 45 days and I'm definitely going to. I felt kind of sucky because I felt like I did a really good job with it and took a lot of time to make it look (what I thought) was perfect. I also had a lot of fun doing the little test video and thought I could do a video here and there for a few pennies.
I have worked at Rev.com for a few years now as both a transcriptionist and captionist. Once I became a captionist I now do that exclusively. Rev.com has 2 type of jobs. 1. A transcriptionist (easy to get in on but a lot of bad quality audio particularly when you start and are a low level agent) and a Captionist (harder to get in on). You can do both. Something to note, you get paid every Monday through PayPal, however the pay is nothing to write home about. But when you are earning $0, this pay is great! When I was doing the transcription with Rev.com full time in between jobs, I was earning $200-$250 weekly
@@jeni4203 Not at all, when I first started I was typing around 30wpm, I'm now up to around 65wpm. So doing the work can definitely help increase your speeds. I got in on the first try. Just really study that style guide and keep it up at all times to reference. Rev just cares that you complete the job following the style guide/rules (they have folks checking and grading your work) and complete it in the time allotted.
Rev is not a scam (for the people saying that in the comments) I have been working for months and I don't have any problems and the pay is good. Again the pay will depend on how much work you're willing to put in. I get paid 200 dollars a week and I love that as I live in South Africa and 200 dollars is a lot of money here.
Hi Phindile. I am from SA(CT) too and am thinking about signing up for this but doubted it as I notice most transcribing sites are oversubscribed. Your comment seems to suggest that it is a good idea to sign up. Do you agree? Thanks
Perhaps it's not a scam, but their grading system is atrocious. Any grade under 90% accuracy is a fail. Having a GPA beneath 90% accuracy is a firing offense. Considering the bad quality of most of their audio files, this is perhaps the main thing that makes it very not worth working there.
The grading itself is fine. But the fact that they, nor the customers, never check audio quality is what is really frustrating. It's like some of these people are recording for the first time in their lives. Music and other junk in the background, people sounding like they're in a different room from the recording device. Or just plain old talking over each other. The one thing I will say about Rev though, is that I'm more aware of my use of filler words.
@@tiacool7978 At least 75% of the jobs they have are terrible audio quality, but they get hundreds of jobs a day. The practical way make up for that across the board would be to implement a more lenient grading system where you don't need to average a 4.5/5 to maintain employment. Or they could implement a system that isn't based off of percentages at all. To make a 4.4/5 GPA, which is basically 88 percent, a firing offence is ridiculous in my opinion.
It's actually 96% for Rev+, now that they upped the metrics requirements to 4.80 from 4.6 ( no more rounding out ). Revver is 90% at 4.5 but I wouldn't risk it because if you get a couple 4s you're out. I have noticed lately a lot of seemingly new and inexperienced graders, that even gave wrong grades & false information. I disputed & won for the first time since working there for 6 months. They probably saw an increase in workflow/TCers, so they needed to promote more graders fast, and this is what happens ...
P-South Beats why do u keep asking people who clearly put in the work, time, effort, patience, frustration...etc to “get you an account”? The only person who can get u an account is u. And I’m assuming you’ve applied to Rev.com but did not get accepted right? If so have u applied several times and were not accepted? If that is the case then maybe that is not the job for u. We’ve all, at some point in our lives, have been rejected or not accepted or which ever way u choose to describe it. It doesn’t mean your a failure in any way! Just means maybe that job wasn’t the one for u.
It's not a scam but you will be amazed at the amount of really lousy audio material that is up for grabs. Also, take a look at the pay rates, and consider how long it will take you to transcribe the various offerings.
@@brianp7493 I spent a year at Rev making beer money on the side. They demand steak, pay you for french fries, and then complain that the steak is overdone. Only the most docile of fools would put up with it. Typical rev worker: "I don't care how low the pay is because hubby pays the bills."
Okay wait... $1 an audio minute? I can transcribe perfectly 20 audio minutes in one hour. And I literally have no experience. Wouldn't that mean I'd be making $20 an hour ?!?!?
@@andrewmanzano4792 Rev charges $1/min to customers, but only pays their workers about 54 cents per minute, or maybe less now. For a fast worker, it takes about 1 hour to transcribe/caption ten minutes of audio, IF it's good audio quality. So that's about $5.40 per hour IF you're working very quickly and IF the audio quality is very good. Most of the jobs have terrible audio quality. Some jobs pay more than 54 cents per minute, but those tend to be atrocious in quality. Then the graders will go through your work with a fine-tooth comb and criticize you for totally inconsequential stuff. I've been failed on projects for typing lowercase "a" instead of capital "A" as in "A plus B equals C", and literally a thousand other minor insignificant details that no human could be expected to get right. They have no tolerance for errors or typos. IF you managed you survive for a few months and get to Revver+, you would get first pick of jobs in the queue, which means higher audio quality, easier jobs, but lower pay. Jobs that are less than a minute still pay a full minute. So a 10 second file still pays 54 cents. There are also occasionally easy videos with no dialogue, only music or atmospherics, or kids' videos like the alphabet song (ABCDE...). IF you can snatch those up first, you might make $20/hr, but they got very fast, are few and far between, and rarely last for more than 15 minutes.
Thank you so much for this video! I’m looking for a way to supplement my income and there are so many RUclipsrs online touting about how you can make all of this money online. I’ve learned that most of them are freaking Clickbait LOL. I was thinking about trying to do transcription through transcribe me but I saw a video that said there wasn’t a whole lot of work on that site so then I found your video. After watching your video as well as the previous video that I just mentioned, I have decided not to go to transcription route. Why would I want to jump through all of the hoops of a test and everything only to discover that there isn’t any work 🤔. Thank you so much for your honesty in this review
Non-native English speakers, don’t worry as it is possible to do transcription work. I work at a transcription company (not Rev though) and English is my second language. As long as you’re fluent enough and have a good grasp of proper grammar and the like, you’ll be fine 😊
This is informative. New to this area as I am, I've been looking into working from home. I do not know weather pursuing this is workable to my situation, or even will pan out, but I'm willing to take a step outside my normal experience. At the very least, it should prove interesting.
She is so beautiful, I cannot get over how much she looks just like my high school sweat heart!! FYI I am single and it only took me 45 second's to type this!! Your beauty slowed me down, Positive is it is the most corrections I have ever had to do typing "score = 143 word's per min / 143 corrections per min.
How many hours a week did you devote to this? You mentioned making an extra $40 a week and spending a "couple hours" rather than watching TV. Just curious as to how much time was put in and what your payments looked like.
I just got accepted last night and did a few transcriptions. I will emphasize the importance of being a native English speaker and proficiency in the English language as their style guide is fairly rigorous and requires very strict layout, spelling and punctuation standards. I kinda dig it though, besides the aforementioned point. If you got the knowledge it's a good way to earn a few extra bucks when you have free time.
Hi sugarydelight, by the way the name fits you...jaja..well that is besides the point. I think the video is very well explained and edited. I have seen a few videos on the subject, but I have to say, that in this particular one, I have seen that you have been through out many obstacles in order to get involved in this business. Also, I clearly noticed, that you have done quite a few jobs related to the business, which in turns, is very helpful and informative to all the people, including myself, who wants to get involved in this interesting business. As a result you have my vote....thanks for the info..and keep been this cool and funny..:-)
I got kicked off rev and they won't tell me why. My account I apparently violating the guidelines because one account thought I had multiple accounts when I didn't !
hello im very thankful for all of the information you told on your video it's very helpful. I would just like to ask if how did you wait for the result of your test exam in rev?
I do closed captioning as a living 40 hours a week for the deaf and hard of hearing, I was thinking about doing this on my days off for some supplemental income since I already KIND OF know how to do it. I'm still in the middle of the video though, just felt the need to comment.
I was searching information about Rev and find your channel :o ! I loved your pronunciation. I'm sure that your videos will improve my listening Grettings from Ecuador :3
30 cent a min is not bad, considering that when I worked customer service, I was only getting paid 22 cents a min and most of the clients that I worked for wanted to be done with each call in 6 mins or less
I applied recently and WTF as I was about to finish the transcription there was a server error on the website and I can't access my account now. HUHUHUHU
Awesome video! I am a eighteen year old teenager who makes and unprofessionally publishes books on the side so I can definitely say that I do have a knack for writing fast and I want to see if I’d be good for this type of position. One question I do have is where do I sign up? The website says “sign up” but then puts me back at the top of the page where there is no sign up button not does it have any type of indication for a signup other than what redirected me to the top of the page. Does that mean that they aren’t hiring? If so, do you have any other at home job ideas other than blogging and surveys. Surveys never work out or are always a scam and I’m not confident enough to own my own blog especially cause I don’t know how I’d make money off of that
If you worked at rev 40 hours a week and lets say you were in the top 1 percentile of how fast you were at doing the job. How much money do you think you would earn? Or how much money do you think you personally could have earned if you worked there full time and at your fastest capacity?
What is Rev/transcription?: 1:32
Do you qualify?: 2:49
Application Process: 4:20
Pros & Cons: 6:13
My Final Thoughts: 8:30
Couldn't you just use Dragon Dictate software?
sugarydelight what if your slow at typing but you choose to spend more time to do the job correctly?
After reading reviews on indeed. com about Rev, I wouldn't want to work for that company at all. Too many people complained about account suspension by Rev, the moment they upgraded for higher payment rate, which is disgusting from that company, really. I'll stay with my personal top source of income, which is this jobstidenet.world.info/
hello,please send me the test audio you really inspire...i like you
If you worked at rev 40 hours a week and lets say you were in the top 1 percentile of how fast you were at doing the job. How much money do you think you would earn? Or how much money do you think you personally could have earned if you worked there full time and at your fastest capacity?
I actually find it fun, I've only put in my application today. The point you made about learning while transcribing is so true, I think I know everything about NASA now 😂 hope I get in.
I got in! Good time waster indeed.
@@zenos854 How much time have you waited for their answer?
@@khristdmancavalcanti Only a matter of hours for me.
Zenos Thanks for answering! I did mine last night, so I’m just waiting!
G'luck :)
As someone who has been doing rev on and off again for the last year, this was the most accurate video about rev. You definitely stated alot of my thoughts on it.
*THE FIRST AND ONLY GOOD VIDEO ON THE SUBJECT. PERIOD.*
_I was so pissed off listening to everyone else; except you._
Freelancing always feels like hunger games 😂
Is rev safe?
@@SARAHKINYANJUIOFFICIAL do you still have the account?
Yeah, kind of like being an artist when you don't have a trustfund or someone else paying the basic needs bills.
Very informative for me who travels alot and needs another source of income when I'm out of the country. Thanks alot for sharing your experience with Rev! Blessings
Can you help me get an account kindly? Contact me at pnganda2@gmail.com please
DO NOT work or Rev. It is a scam. They prey on disadvantaged and disabled people and throw them under the bus literally whenever they can.
@@chironOwlglass really
It's 45 minutes. Apparently now you get promoted after the training
I like how honest and casual you are....
I took the test and it was actually very easy; none of the questions were difficult at all and I can actually type 130 WPM with ease.
I finished the transcription very quickly, and I believe I did well.
WISH ME LUCK!!!
@Archer Tarashi Yeah I got my response back and I didn't pass. Though my friend who actually works for rev and has a high metric rating tried applying and failed too.
So something is sketchy about this website...
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Wow! 130 WPM?! I can barely type half as fast. Wish I had your fingers! Would make a ton of money! Lol
I applied and got accepted and my average WPM is 70 and im still a student in highschool
@@heythereitsRBK2 there are many open source software apps which help increase your speed
That was actually really helpful!! Thank you. I'm already in the Rookie Program. I have just been testing the waters to try to figure out if this is worth my time. Now I'm thinking this is maybe along the lines of selling my extra stuff on eBay as far as income is concerned.
I just got approved! I'm starting Friday.
How is it??
Are you getting paid?
@Dani Johnson. Can you kindly...no, no, no, plzzzzz hook me up with an account. Been trying to apply for a while now with no avail, including using the answers provided by people here but still all rejects. I have been working on some else's account but we split the cash. Want to work for me cz I have bills piling up. I don't have the cash right now to pay you up, but after I start woking we can work something out. My email is annabelle734@gmail.com
@@maryannabelle6830 sorry I could lose my account for that and I don't feel comfortable doing that
Dani Johnson how is it going ?
how was the exam? can you tell us?
I applied and got in about 2 week ago and I’m loving it so far, aside from the atrocious audio quality. My husband ordered me a good headset to hopefully help me. This video was great!
Hey. How did u manage to do their test? I'd need help. Kindly get back
*MyEa syOn lineJobs .c o m* is too doing very well for me. Easy dough. works from a smart phone only too
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@Eric Pratt So far, how much did you earn with this platform?
@Eric Pratt 1. How many minutes did you spent to get that lets say $10?
2. How many transcribe task are available daily? I mean, does Rev has unlimited transcribe task daily or just a seasonal?
TIA, I hope you'll answer this one. :)
I work for Rev captioning and I much prefer it to transcribing! The videos are much higher quality than the audio, so it's easier to find good projects to work on.
TheFilmJourney hey , I would like to do Captioning , please give me a guide on how to start
maureen agingu the guide is LITERALLY ON THE WEBSITE
I just applied tonight. I hope I get in, and if so, I hope I like it!
Ah helpful! So did you do transcribing first? I thought transcribing would be a lot easier than captioning but you’re making me think I should just go for captioning instead.
For payment can one use a personal PayPal account, as long as his/her bank account is linked to it?
SIgned up and then came here for a review. Sounds like it's not really worth it to spend time trying to compete with folks for the few projects with decent audio.
It is if you're in highschool and don't want to get a real job.
how do they pay you? through paypal?
@@behappyyy8925 they pay through PayPal
Sounds pretty similar to mystery shopping when you talked about the Hunger Games situation with job postings.
Im a teen currently in school and have decent grammar skills and want to have a little money to spare and to find out i can make 240$ a month really drew me in. Ive submitted an application and hope for the best 🤞
how old are u
after 2 months, you can reapply.
ALSO after you graduate to Revver, you won't be using Line software anymore and you'll have to transcribe from scratch. So many rookies are caught off guard by this because they are trained to use the Line software.
Hasn't this actually changed? I graduated to revver and I see no change from the software, haha
Am I the only one who opened the captions for this video, to see how the person did on captioning this video?
i cracked up when you said you learn a lot; i kept thinking that to myself after my first interview LOL
Right? Such an educational experience 😂
8:47 Uh, depends how long it took you to earn that $40.
exodous02 I once spent 14 hours on a job for 25$
@@aurun5011 I made $25 in 5 hours.
So then what is the point of this job?
@@dmiri0921 people that are scared to leave the house I guess.
@@dmiri0921 Maybe if you are younger then 18 and you want to make some extra cash on the side.
Wow! I love how honest you are, definitely gonna try this! :)
Thanks for the hints! I'm Brazilian and to be honest I agree with you with the needing to be well "skilled" or fluent in English. English is my second language, I have an advanced level, and I use to work as translator and damn!! I almost died doing their test!
I'm still wary of taking up that test!
why it is that hard?
Got a lot of actual information from your video, thanks for making this kind of informative, quality videos. Keep up the awesome work.
Thank you for this video!! I just graduated from a Medical Transcription Editing course, but getting a job in the medical sector has been tough lately, so I applied to Rev in the hope that I'll get a freelance job and keep my skills fresh :)
Good luck! Hope you get in :)
Did you end up getting in?
Yep I did end up getting in! 😃🎉Thanks for asking!
@@smcd6101 How Much Average you Earn per day
I love how you talk. It's really easy to understand. Thank you!
As pleasant as she is, She's earned more in 9 minutes here on youtube ad revenue, than a month working on the scraps, up for grabs, on Rev. "How to make money" vids, like this, are the real scam, (for the most part). Is it me, or has YT just become just one big advert?
Hi. I agree. Just forget about easy money. Nothing is easy!
I agree 100 percent stranger
I agree with the first part but Rev is legit and it's not easy money. They pay a minimum of 35 cents per minute worth of audio. So if you have 24 minutes to transcribe you could make $8.40. That's not a lot because it's hard work. You have to make sure you type what's being said, some ppl have accents so it's difficult to understand what they're saying and you always have to be accurate because your work gets graded and if your metrics are below 4.5 out of 5 then you get fired.
This isn't easy money.
@@refiloe.b Hello! for 24 minutes to transcribe how long it take to do it? averiage aprox
@@nicolasp7395 I was slow so it would take me over 3 hours. If the audio is low quality it takes even longer to transcribe because you wanna make sure you get all the words.
I was going to fail rev anyway, the audio is bad and the REVIEWER will KILL your rating and eventually closing your account. Also it's time consuming, boring, pays below minimum wage $2.00 every 1hour. I rather build my own brand than work in this sweatshop
@@PirikkoP I know right, I transcribed for nearly 2 hours, got $4.14, with a speed of 65-70wpm... I can't even find a file under 20 mins on the work list anymore. Even the 20min files have horrific ear rap inaudible audio.
@@PirikkoP Sad to hear. Hope you find a job suitable for you.
Oh I totally agree. It's what happened to me. I was trying to get better and I was on my last three files when suddenly my account is closed and once it's closed you don't get back in. They nitpick and it's not perfect, you're out. Also, their guidelines stink.
Can't hardly find any videos now, they keep getting taken up so fast, I'm on that 10% till I get to become a full time, video quality's sub-par to say the least.
I work as a transcriber (court reporter) full time (so am comfortable in this field) and have started looking into the idea of doing freelance transcribing as an honest side hustle. Thank you for this informative video.
Hello, if you don't mind me asking what company do you work for? As I'm looking for a full time permanent transcription job.
Thanks! you made me rethink applying to REV.
Keep it u p!
They also offer jobs to translate and write captions (subtitles) in other languages
Very interesting, thank you for going through this. I have a full-time job and was hoping to find something that might give me some extra income. Prior to COVID-19, I did Uber to save money for my wedding. But, now my day job involves a lot more driving so for that reason alone I think doing Uber would potentially be dangerous, plus add to that all the extra craziness with the new hygiene standards and whatnot.
From what I see here, it could potentially be worth it but I'd have to put in a lot of time just to be eligible for the projects that are halfway decent. I went ahead and did the application but I'm thinking it may not be worth it.
Thanks for the video. Spot on my experience so far. Great video. Happy Revving.
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Not just for English there is also French Captioners. This is tiny error. Canada has both.
2 years before , when I didn't know .... I did this job in RUclips for free 😅😅😅
Wow awesome! This answered literally everything I was curious about in one video. Thank you!
75 is fast. I can do 50 at most and can't imagine my brain operating any faster
I’ve been tested and have slow processing but I can type at 80wps pretty casually.
Your brains an amazing thing. it just takes practice.
i’ve transcribed about 20 audio files now, and the last one i did was 42 minutes. it took me 6 hours, the audio was not great and i had to re-listen about 4,000 times to every little thing. i made $20 for 42 audio minutes... even though it took me 6 hours. feels bad man. i worked hard on that.
You didn't have that 20 before.
Lol
But yeah, I sorta agree
You still have it?
Transcribing takes 3-6x longer than the audio hour. If the audio hour is $1 per audio minute , then your pay per minute of actual work is just a few dimes. Thats not even minimum wage.
Very informative and to the point. Great personality and a joy to listen to. Thanks
Thank you for a thoughtful video. I agree on what the ramp up looks like to get started. The compensation is equivalent to slave labor. For each video minute you transcribe, plan on 3X that in production. There is the simple transcription, there are the hang-ups that may require Google to sort out, horrible audio quality, language, and slang barriers, and then you must review the entire video again to sync it (which is an entire other project). After working in the legal environment and understand transcriptions as a profession, I believe this should just be illegal. I made $5 for 11mins of video that took well over 2 hours to reproduce accurately. If you want to dip far below minimum wage - go for it. Complete false advertising and should lead to a class action law suit IMHO.
This is all I needed to hear, thanks for breaking down the numbers as you did regarding pay. Moving on.
Thanks for doing this! Helps a lot!
@Nduka Ethan UGUNA Payoneer is another platform they pay through
I did it for a long while! Made pretty much no money but it was nice for feeling like I wasn’t doing much, but having some spare change being paid weekly to me! Eventually I was kicked off for making too many errors, though.. I do wish the training was longer or if you had a longer period of help
how can we earn..how can we start
Excuse me.. Can u please touch to me ! I need your help .. please
I took the application test and didn't get accepted, but they don't tell you why the transcription wasn't approved. I can apply again in 45 days and I'm definitely going to. I felt kind of sucky because I felt like I did a really good job with it and took a lot of time to make it look (what I thought) was perfect. I also had a lot of fun doing the little test video and thought I could do a video here and there for a few pennies.
Thanks for your help, Jessica! Great Vid!
Yeah, thanks so much!
I have worked at Rev.com for a few years now as both a transcriptionist and captionist. Once I became a captionist I now do that exclusively. Rev.com has 2 type of jobs. 1. A transcriptionist (easy to get in on but a lot of bad quality audio particularly when you start and are a low level agent) and a Captionist (harder to get in on). You can do both. Something to note, you get paid every Monday through PayPal, however the pay is nothing to write home about. But when you are earning $0, this pay is great! When I was doing the transcription with Rev.com full time in between jobs, I was earning $200-$250 weekly
Hi! Is it difficult for a 40wpm? Any advice on how to pass the test?
@@jeni4203 Not at all, when I first started I was typing around 30wpm, I'm now up to around 65wpm. So doing the work can definitely help increase your speeds. I got in on the first try. Just really study that style guide and keep it up at all times to reference. Rev just cares that you complete the job following the style guide/rules (they have folks checking and grading your work) and complete it in the time allotted.
@@parisianbyndum2982 thank you so much!! I'll keep that in mind. I will practice more first then go for the test. 😊
I do it in the winter to save up for my Spring vacation.
Rev is not a scam (for the people saying that in the comments) I have been working for months and I don't have any problems and the pay is good. Again the pay will depend on how much work you're willing to put in. I get paid 200 dollars a week and I love that as I live in South Africa and 200 dollars is a lot of money here.
Hi Phindile. I am from SA(CT) too and am thinking about signing up for this but doubted it as I notice most transcribing sites are oversubscribed. Your comment seems to suggest that it is a good idea to sign up. Do you agree? Thanks
@@jenniabrahams4497 Yes, you should sign up however they usually take time to set up your profile once you get accepted
@@phindilexulu641 Thank you for responding and your advice. I will definitely sign up and see how it goes.
@@jenniabrahams4497 Do they accept files from outside the US?
Where can I get a job transcribing like the closed captioning that is on this video? There is no punctuation, whatsoever!
i think thats just google doing its job
I signed up for this today, I’m Australian., so the accent thing makes me happy.
same lol except im british
Same when I heard that. Also I'm hoping our timezone means less competition for good projects. 4pm in Melbourne/Sydney = 2am in NYC = 7am in London.
Perhaps it's not a scam, but their grading system is atrocious. Any grade under 90% accuracy is a fail. Having a GPA beneath 90% accuracy is a firing offense. Considering the bad quality of most of their audio files, this is perhaps the main thing that makes it very not worth working there.
The grading itself is fine. But the fact that they, nor the customers, never check audio quality is what is really frustrating. It's like some of these people are recording for the first time in their lives. Music and other junk in the background, people sounding like they're in a different room from the recording device. Or just plain old talking over each other.
The one thing I will say about Rev though, is that I'm more aware of my use of filler words.
@@tiacool7978 At least 75% of the jobs they have are terrible audio quality, but they get hundreds of jobs a day. The practical way make up for that across the board would be to implement a more lenient grading system where you don't need to average a 4.5/5 to maintain employment.
Or they could implement a system that isn't based off of percentages at all. To make a 4.4/5 GPA, which is basically 88 percent, a firing offence is ridiculous in my opinion.
It's actually 96% for Rev+, now that they upped the metrics requirements to 4.80 from 4.6 ( no more rounding out ). Revver is 90% at 4.5 but I wouldn't risk it because if you get a couple 4s you're out. I have noticed lately a lot of seemingly new and inexperienced graders, that even gave wrong grades & false information. I disputed & won for the first time since working there for 6 months. They probably saw an increase in workflow/TCers, so they needed to promote more graders fast, and this is what happens ...
@@tiacool7978 The worst is when you can hear them eating. Immediate unclaim !!
@@tiacool7978 I'm actually editing out the filler "likes" in my videos & I started compiling them in one video ... got 90 seconds so far hahaha
I just applied! Wish me luck! I’m really nervous. I hope I get in.
Good luck! :)
how do i apply
U got accepted or not?
RUclipsrs need to learn how to get straight to the point. We don’t care about you. We care about the info
I made it!! I tried to do captioning too but I didn’t make that one.
Can you get me an account kindly? Contact me at pnganda2@gmail.com
P-South Beats why do u keep asking people who clearly put in the work, time, effort, patience, frustration...etc to “get you an account”? The only person who can get u an account is u. And I’m assuming you’ve applied to Rev.com but did not get accepted right? If so have u applied several times and were not accepted? If that is the case then maybe that is not the job for u. We’ve all, at some point in our lives, have been rejected or not accepted or which ever way u choose to describe it. It doesn’t mean your a failure in any way! Just means maybe that job wasn’t the one for u.
So, it would probably be a good idea to have a full-time job in addition to this one.
This should be a side hussle if you're good at it
It's not a scam but you will be amazed at the amount of really lousy audio material that is up for grabs. Also, take a look at the pay rates, and consider how long it will take you to transcribe the various offerings.
OMG. I literally just took a break from binge watching the office to watch this video.... I'm dying.😂😂😂
I majored in English...and got rejected. I don't think they check every person's submission.
Honestly, it was a blessing in disguise. You would've been taking abuse for $3/hr.
@@telescopicS627 You're probably right.
@@brianp7493 I spent a year at Rev making beer money on the side. They demand steak, pay you for french fries, and then complain that the steak is overdone. Only the most docile of fools would put up with it. Typical rev worker: "I don't care how low the pay is because hubby pays the bills."
Okay wait... $1 an audio minute? I can transcribe perfectly 20 audio minutes in one hour. And I literally have no experience. Wouldn't that mean I'd be making $20 an hour ?!?!?
@@andrewmanzano4792 Rev charges $1/min to customers, but only pays their workers about 54 cents per minute, or maybe less now. For a fast worker, it takes about 1 hour to transcribe/caption ten minutes of audio, IF it's good audio quality. So that's about $5.40 per hour IF you're working very quickly and IF the audio quality is very good. Most of the jobs have terrible audio quality. Some jobs pay more than 54 cents per minute, but those tend to be atrocious in quality. Then the graders will go through your work with a fine-tooth comb and criticize you for totally inconsequential stuff. I've been failed on projects for typing lowercase "a" instead of capital "A" as in "A plus B equals C", and literally a thousand other minor insignificant details that no human could be expected to get right. They have no tolerance for errors or typos. IF you managed you survive for a few months and get to Revver+, you would get first pick of jobs in the queue, which means higher audio quality, easier jobs, but lower pay. Jobs that are less than a minute still pay a full minute. So a 10 second file still pays 54 cents. There are also occasionally easy videos with no dialogue, only music or atmospherics, or kids' videos like the alphabet song (ABCDE...). IF you can snatch those up first, you might make $20/hr, but they got very fast, are few and far between, and rarely last for more than 15 minutes.
Thank you so much for this video! I’m looking for a way to supplement my income and there are so many RUclipsrs online touting about how you can make all of this money online. I’ve learned that most of them are freaking Clickbait LOL. I was thinking about trying to do transcription through transcribe me but I saw a video that said there wasn’t a whole lot of work on that site so then I found your video. After watching your video as well as the previous video that I just mentioned, I have decided not to go to transcription route. Why would I want to jump through all of the hoops of a test and everything only to discover that there isn’t any work 🤔. Thank you so much for your honesty in this review
Non-native English speakers, don’t worry as it is possible to do transcription work. I work at a transcription company (not Rev though) and English is my second language. As long as you’re fluent enough and have a good grasp of proper grammar and the like, you’ll be fine 😊
This is informative.
New to this area as I am, I've been looking into working from home.
I do not know weather pursuing this is workable to my situation, or even will pan out, but I'm willing to take a step outside my normal experience.
At the very least, it should prove interesting.
Very informative. Thank you for the review.
Here’s a good question. What if I don’t have a PayPal account?
make one?
@@michaelynnbutler3648 good point
Then you won't get paid. You can make one in a few minutes just with an email. You can link your bank info & all that later on.
This has been super helpful. Yay kind people of the internet!!
Aw I'm glad! 😄
She is so beautiful, I cannot get over how much she looks just like my high school sweat heart!! FYI I am single and it only took me 45 second's to type this!! Your beauty slowed me down, Positive is it is the most corrections I have ever had to do typing "score = 143 word's per min / 143 corrections per min.
Who else put on Captions while watching this video?
How many hours a week did you devote to this? You mentioned making an extra $40 a week and spending a "couple hours" rather than watching TV. Just curious as to how much time was put in and what your payments looked like.
I just got accepted last night and did a few transcriptions. I will emphasize the importance of being a native English speaker and proficiency in the English language as their style guide is fairly rigorous and requires very strict layout, spelling and punctuation standards. I kinda dig it though, besides the aforementioned point. If you got the knowledge it's a good way to earn a few extra bucks when you have free time.
give me your email please.
Hi sugarydelight, by the way the name fits you...jaja..well that is besides the point. I think the video is very well explained and edited. I have seen a few videos on the subject, but I have to say, that in this particular one, I have seen that you have been through out many obstacles in order to get involved in this business. Also, I clearly noticed, that you have done quite a few jobs related to the business, which in turns, is very helpful and informative to all the people, including myself, who wants to get involved in this interesting business. As a result you have my vote....thanks for the info..and keep been this cool and funny..:-)
I'm laughing at the transcription done for this video! There are several errors! But this was very informative so thank you.
It's auto generated captions, meaning a computer program heard her words and wrote them out.
$40 a week for doing 'next to nothing' !!!!???? Bit misleading to say the least. IT'S HARD WORK
I got kicked off rev and they won't tell me why. My account I apparently violating the guidelines because one account thought I had multiple accounts when I didn't !
Compared to transcribeme and gotranscript, Revs exam is the one that makes most sense.
Rev pays for French fries and expects steak, then complains that the steak is overdone. People who work there are docile and stupid.
@John Smith No. Still have an account, though I never use it anymore. It was revver+ but I'm sure that rolled off by now.
Not worth it. Horrible audio and almost impossible to get a good transcription. They are super strict for the garbage that comes in. Good luck ...
When I did it today the audio was good.
don't come here to frustrate us , just let people try their chances
It was quite sad that rev dont accept the freelancing in my country :(
its wanting me to put in my files how tf do i do it for other people.
hello im very thankful for all of the information you told on your video it's very helpful. I would just like to ask if how did you wait for the result of your test exam in rev?
I do closed captioning as a living 40 hours a week for the deaf and hard of hearing, I was thinking about doing this on my days off for some supplemental income since I already KIND OF know how to do it. I'm still in the middle of the video though, just felt the need to comment.
@Bb Dl yes!
@Bb Dl nice! Which center? I'm in meridian! I'm in training. (:
@Bb Dl oh I meant I'm a trainer :b
@Bb Dl which center is MI center? (: What's your name?
I was searching information about Rev and find your channel :o !
I loved your pronunciation. I'm sure that your videos will improve my listening
Grettings from Ecuador :3
30 cent a min is not bad, considering that when I worked customer service, I was only getting paid 22 cents a min and most of the clients that I worked for wanted to be done with each call in 6 mins or less
thanks for the info, you're really cool keep it up
Thanks, I appreciate it!! :)
Hii
how would you go about taxes?
Yeah that was a good video ❤️
Thanks for the heads up. BTW your hair looks ok to me.
Great , thank you for your efforts and you have a beautiful smile 👍🏻❤️
Oh you look fine. Who cares you seem like a delightful person. That's enough.
I was just accepted, kind of excited to start
Samantha Sosa hey can you tell me how the application process worked
Thanks for your honest opinions and objective evaluations, looking forward to more. Take care.
This is so organised
I applied recently and WTF as I was about to finish the transcription there was a server error on the website and I can't access my account now. HUHUHUHU
Not everyone around the world. People Africa are simply locked out due to geographical location and it is so unfair.
Wow thats cool to know. I applied and had no waiting period. I immediately got in.
Hi. Please shoot me an email on marykihara88@gmail.com. There is something I need to ask you, Thank you.
Awesome video! I am a eighteen year old teenager who makes and unprofessionally publishes books on the side so I can definitely say that I do have a knack for writing fast and I want to see if I’d be good for this type of position. One question I do have is where do I sign up? The website says “sign up” but then puts me back at the top of the page where there is no sign up button not does it have any type of indication for a signup other than what redirected me to the top of the page.
Does that mean that they aren’t hiring? If so, do you have any other at home job ideas other than blogging and surveys. Surveys never work out or are always a scam and I’m not confident enough to own my own blog especially cause I don’t know how I’d make money off of that
Are you doing transcription or captioning? You keep saying transcription but at one point you said captioning.
@@gwendorphins7 I only do transcribing. I haven't tried the captioning yet. Haha glad you liked it! And yikes, that sounds painful.
Thanks for ur support
If you worked at rev 40 hours a week and lets say you were in the top 1 percentile of how fast you were at doing the job. How much money do you think you would earn? Or how much money do you think you personally could have earned if you worked there full time and at your fastest capacity?
I tried the test a few months ago and didn't get in, but I think I want to try again....
Create account and let me work for you then you'll send commission am from Kenya I can work smart in our country they blocked us
Can I ask u a question does this rev work in smart phones?
@@parkminyoung3695 Nop the best is a laptop
How much time do you spend on REV per day? I know it varies, but on average?
idk
I've done 7hrs for $30
Gorgeous take! Just gimme a few hints on how to clear the Revver test, it pretty much scared me the last time I attempted it, and had to back off.
replay many times
Don't bother if you're from Cali. Positions are full as of this date 1/17/2020