
This may include practicing in the sandbox version of the Dash, Rev's captioning editor, and creating text expanders, which help to accelerate the typing process. Our most successful captioners refer to Rev's style guide and accompanying Help Center articles often, and use available resources to continue to improve in their speed and accuracy. Zoom captions cost 20 per host and foreign subtitles cost 3-7 per host.

You can pay 0.25 for automated transcription. Today, Rev.com costs 1.25 per minute for transcription by a human. It’s for extra money when you can make it, or an additional income source to add to your freelance portfolio. When I started using Rev.com, it cost 1 per minute. Rev reports average earnings of about 240 per month with top earners making about 1500 (per month). By reviewing your work before you submit your captions, you can check to make sure that the captions are accurate and read clearly, include correct placement of captions to avoid covering text in the lower third, and accurate syncing to within a 1/2 second to the start of the audio. Don’t expect a steady stream of assignments though.

A quick internet search can make sure that you are using the correct words and terminology.Įvery great captioner knows the importance of proofreading. You may find yourself captioning an audio file that contains unfamiliar words, proper nouns, or phrases that you are not familiar with. Paying close attention and listening to all the audio will help ensure that the resulting captions are complete and accurate. By having "good ears," you can capture all audible English speech and important sounds that are relevant to a video's storytelling.
