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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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Kat E.

Actor + Voice Artist

E-Learning

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/22/2019

"Efficient, accurate and easy to use"

5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

I use Rev to get my YouTube videos transcribed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

The fast turnaround time has blown me away Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Writing and Editing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/20/2019

"Fast service, customized to your budget. Hassle free!"

5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

Transcription services for video and audio production. Needed quick turnaround and accuracy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

Rev is first and foremost, speedy. The upsides, you can have pretty much any kind of audio format - link, wav, MP3. They can deal with what you have! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

There have been a couple of times transcripts have come back with errors. But it very rare! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rev:

Using Rev is a no brainer for us. Rev can be depended on! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rev solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's quick. We're an entrepreneurial company where things happen quickly. Rev can keep up with us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

William M.

Marketing Technology Manager, Product Information Systems

Non-Profit Organization Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/22/2019

"Lightning fast turnaround with fanatic UI"

5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

Quickly created closed captioning files for a batch of videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

UI capabilities to upload files and download results within the same screen without exiting. In addition, the capability to edit the files within the player is also a huge benefit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew W.

Co-Founder, CTO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/7/2019

"Rev is accurate and turnaround time is fast"

5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

Captions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

How accurate the transcription is and for such an affordable rate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Research

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/20/2019

"Usually Pretty great, but several delays"

3.5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

Rev has helped with several projects I've worked on including transcriptions of focus groups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

I like the quality of the transcriptions. They are usually quite accurate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

There have been several delays in my projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rev:

I would pay the rush fee as there have been delays with a number of my projects. I do usually get transcriptions back within 2-4 days though Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rev solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefit is cost and clarity. It is more costly to send a notetaker into the field than to get transcripts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Management Consulting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/30/2019

"Great product for key, complex meetings"

4/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

Recording interviews with subject matter experts on an engagement when we needed to have conversations with 50+ professionals in a compressed time period and synthesize Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

The flexibility - you can listen back to recordings or submit for transcription and receive within 24 hours Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

Some typos / lack of recognition of important words and phrases; additionally it does not capture audio from laptops too well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rev:

Depends on how quickly you need something and the importance of 100% accuracy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rev solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ability to glean important information from long, complex conversations and share findings with team members Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tony K.

Managing Director

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/20/2019

"REV - a great service at a great price!"

5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

Captions for Youtube clip Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

accuracy, speed price it doesn't get any simpler. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

nothing to dislike, it all worked really well. Although the review site takes too much time and too many questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rev:

Just do it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rev solving and how is that benefiting you?

By using Rev, I have more time to edit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kate R.

National Caper Specialist

Cosmetics

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/29/2019

"Love this service"

5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

Using Rev for closed captioning on videos has been such a easy process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

I really enjoy all of the different formats I can get my captions back in so no matter what is needed Rev has it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dave M.

Video Production Manager

Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/20/2019

"Can't beat human transcription"

5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

We use REV on all sorts of video projects that require transcription or captions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

I think my favorite feature is the Captions feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/31/2019

"Great"

4.5/5

Describe the project or task Rev helped with:

I use Rev every week for transcription and captioning of our videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about Rev?

How fast both transcriptions and captions come back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rev?

Not so much a dislike, but the french translation is slightly off for Canadian french and requires a secondary review with our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Rev:

Good, fast, and affordable option for transcription and captions. Has saved my team countless hours of doing it manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rev solving and how is that benefiting you?

We've managed to rework our production schedule to create more efficiencies when involving Rev. We used to subtitle by hand and the captioning service is a life saver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.