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Users find Rev's high accuracy in transcription to be superior to competitors, enhancing their overall experience. (72 mentions)
Users love Rev for its efficient and accurate transcription, enhancing their learning and simplifying the transcription process. (71 mentions)
Users appreciate the time-saving aspect of Rev, noting its quick and reliable transcriptions for meetings. (63 mentions)
Users appreciate the ease of use of Rev, which allows for quick and intuitive transcription and recording. (58 mentions)
Users appreciate the exceptional transcription accuracy of Rev, making it the best choice for their needs. (58 mentions)
Users report AI inaccuracy in transcripts, citing issues like grammatical errors and sync problems in captions. (21 mentions)
Users express frustration with inaccurate transcription, highlighting frequent errors and a lack of contextual understanding. (19 mentions)
Users report notable text recognition issues with Rev, including errors in names, context, and synchronization problems. (16 mentions)
Users find AI limitations in Rev, noting issues with line breaks, crashes, and incomplete transcripts. (13 mentions)
Users face user interface issues with Rev, including upload problems and challenges with organization and formatting. (12 mentions)

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4.7 out of 5
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Rev Pros and Cons

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Verified User in Writing and Editing
UW
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Rev?

Rev is a fantastic tool. Not only does it seamlessly and automatically transcribe all my Zoom recordings, its sharing capabilities make it the best way I've found to share relevant transcripts with my team members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

I haven't found any downsides to using Rev. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Market Research
UM
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Rev?

Super fast AI transcripts with relatively few errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

Like any AI transcription tool some errors do creep in, particularly for regional accents and some UK brands which appear to be less familiar to the AI LLM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AH
Account Director
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Rev?

The in-app editing tools are really helpful for synthesization, especially if you're working as a team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

You do need to specify exactly what you want, or the transcripts can be messy. You'll want to look closely at the options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
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What do you like best about Rev?

The ease of use and simple functionality makes this app amazing.

The mobile app in particular is very useful.

Especially for creative writers who need to get their ideas down as soon as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

The ability to copy transcript text from the app is difficult or impossible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Public Relations and Communications
UP
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What do you like best about Rev?

At this point Rev makes it so easy for me to transcribe my meetings - easier than any other service I've tried! On top of it all - it's fast! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

Honestly I don't have a downside - Rev is my go-to service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Publishing
UP
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What do you like best about Rev?

The interface is elegant in its simplicity. It's easy to learn, though not entirely intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

While 95% percent of the transcripts are relatively accurate, there are occasional outliers wherein the output has no resemblance to the input. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nicholas C.
NC
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Rev?

It offers both human and ai transcription Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

Some problems with the api, I found the documentation difficult to navigate especially since there is rev.com and rev.ai, each with similar logos but different API documents. I would fix that asap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Law Practice
UL
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What do you like best about Rev?

Speedy, easy, very intuitive, lots of features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

There needs to be a mass import and export feature. you have to add items like 15 at a time which is tough and then you have to download the transcripts one by one Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
UN
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What do you like best about Rev?

Rev is very quick at transcribing my meetings. I love that you have the option of transcription through AI or a person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

I wish you could edit the transcription on the platform before downloading it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Online Media
UO
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What do you like best about Rev?

Rev is fast and easy to use for free. The transcription is reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

Rev can sometimes crash on me. It will make limits that are hard to keep. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.