Rev is a company that hires work at home transcribers, captioners, and translators. Today I’ll share my review of transcribing for Rev.
Rev accepts transcribers in many countries and does not require transcription work experience, but you do have to pass a test.
If you can get accepted, Rev is a great company to work for with fair to decent pay.
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In this Rev transcription review, I’ll cover the requirements, application process, pay, schedule, and current transcribers feedback.
Rev Transcription Requirements
Rev does not require you to have work experience, but there is a screening process that includes a few tests. Rev hires transcribers in most countries you can get a PayPal account.
The Technical requirements include a computer and internet connection. If you can meet those requirements, you can apply and try to pass the tests.
*Rev does not require it, but most transcribers prefer using a high-quality headset and foot pedal. It makes it much easier to transcribe and can help you transcribe much faster.
Rev Transcription Application
The entire application and tests should take you about an hour to complete. The first part is basic personal information and contact information. After, you’ll need to pass a simple grammar and writing test. The last part of the application is a transcription test; that’s similar to files you’ll transcribe when working for them. After you complete the transcription test, the application process is done.
Within a few days, you’ll receive an email from Rev letting you know if you passed or not. In their FAQs, it says you can reapply in 6 months if you fail. If all goes well, you can access their list of transcription work after receiving the acceptance email.
Rev Transcription Pay
There’s no set rate of pay at Rev. Each audio file has a different rate based on length and difficulty. On their website, they say all files range from $.40-$.65 per audio minute transcribed. They also list that the average transcriber makes around $250 per month, while the highest paid transcribers earn around $1,500.
Rev pays weekly via PayPal. No information on needing a certain amount in your account, so I’m assuming you’re paid all of your earnings each week.
Rev Transcription Schedule
Rev is an extremely flexible transcription site. You can log on at any time and transcribe files, as long as there’re files available. Not only can you work whenever you want, but you can also work as little or much as you want. Rev does not have any time requirements.
As you can see, it’s a very flexible transcription position.
Is Rev Transcription A Scam?
Transcribing for Rev is not a scam, they’re a very reputable company that also hires captioners and translators.
Rev has an excellent pay rate and I like that they pay via PayPal weekly. The schedule is flexible, which makes this perfect to make some extra money transcribing in your free time.
If you’d like to learn more or to start the application process, visit Rev.com.
If you have any interest in transcribing from home, make sure to check out the course at TranscribeAnywhere. The course will teach you how to transcribe and how to find high-paying transcription jobs. You can also sign up for their Free 7-day course just to make sure Transcription is right for you!
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Have more information about transcribing at Rev? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this Rev review in the comments below!
I agree with the above commentor. Rev is not a good company to work for. I have been working for them for about a year now, and they are far from a good company to work for. They do not value their employees at all. Their grading system is incredibly harsh, failing you for a capitalized word that another revver didn’t think should be capitalized, even if it is a proper noun. Not worth your time.
Thank you for sharing your experience, Shea. Sorry to hear it wasn’t that great.
Transcriptionist, thank you for your feedback. As someone who has been scribing for 17 years for a few different companies, I can tell you when I saw $0.45 per minute of audio, there was no way I was going to even apply. That truly is slave labor, especially if the audio is as bad as you say it is. I’ve seen a few other companies like this that pay bottom-of-the-barrel rates, like Morningside Partners.
Thank you for sharing your recommendation. Here’s a link to the Morningside Partners if any readers want to check them out.
Brok
Brok, GrammarDiva just posted that Morningside Partners are one of the lowest-paying companies. IT WASN’T A RECOMMENDATION!
“The feedback from current workers is great, and I was happy to see that the Rev support team is great.”
“Rev has an excellent pay rate.”
As someone who has worked for Rev for many years, I really must take issue with the above two statements, especially since your comments are recently made. While what you said might have been true two or more years ago, it most certainly is no longer the case.
First of all, let’s get real. If you look at their online reviews from ICs (not salaried employees, but independent contractors) at best their worker reviews are mixed and many are highly dissatisfied with their Rev experience.Just look at Indeed.com or Glassdoor and read all of the reviews. Not exactly unanimously happy campers. Far from it.
As far as the pay: The industry standard is 4:1 as to how long it takes to transcribe clearly dictated audio. That means it will take 4 hours to transcribe one hour of clear audio not including proofreading before prior submission. Most work at Rev now pays 45 cents per audio minute or $27 per audio hour. That right there puts their pay rate below minimum wage for CLEAR audio and not counting proofreading or looking for work.
If you actually work at Rev, you will know two things: firstly, you have to be your own proofreader/editor. That is not a separate role at Rev like it is for many other places. That means you can add another full hour to the time needed to complete one hour of audio. So not at BEST the ratio becomes 5:1 or it takes 5 hours to complete a 1 hour audio. At $27 that is just over $5 an hour, far less than minimum wage.
Secondly and most importantly–the audio at Rev is far from “clearly dictated.” In most cases, the audio quality is horrendous. (echoes, static, hissing, background noise, speakers nowhere near the microphone, rustling of papers, etc. in the foreground, voices are distorted, garbled or muffled due to equipment like speakerphones, cellphones or voice over internet being used). Also instead of speech being dictated, there is usually speakers talking over each other or speakers with heavy accents.
What does that mean? It means that 4:1 ratio is now at least 6:1 or higher not counting proofreading. That means to earn that pathetic $27 you can expect to spend 7 to 8 hours of your time to complete a typical Rev project for less than $4 an hour–hardly “excellent pay,” as you claim.
You rave about Support. What you don’t say is they have an automated system where if you are one hour past your deadline, you are not allowed to complete it no matter how close you are to finishing. The project is taken from you, whoever claims it will get all the work you’ve done (assuming you use their Editor) and you are not paid for any of the work you did up to that point. You get NOTHING.
The other major issue is they abruptly close accounts even if your performance metrics are adequate. If a customer complains about your work, Support will look at it and grade you even if your project hadn’t been graded prior or HAD been graded and gotten good scores. If Support scores you low enough, your account can be terminated and you are not even aware that any of this was happening until you get an email telling you they just closed your account. There is no appeal. All of this is highly unprofessional and unfair and it happens quite frequently. Just look at the many of the comments made on Indeed.com or Glassdoor and elsewhere. “Google “Rev reviews,” and you’ll see this is the case.
I really don’t see Rev as a legitimate option for anyone who values their time and think it’s worth more than third-world slave wages and who thinks they deserve to be respected and valued as a worker. Rev is not the only transcription company who underpays their workforce, but that is no excuse for them to go down the path of exploitation, which is something they have embraced as their new business model starting approximately two years ago. Bottom-line: AVOID REV!!!