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Rev.com is the consumer/business transcription service from Rev — human-grade transcripts at $1.99/min, AI transcripts at $0.25/min, captions, foreign subtitles, and court-ready legal transcripts under one account.

TL;DR

Rev.com is a managed transcription service, not an API — you upload a file or paste a URL in the web app (or record on the Rev mobile app), pick a tier, and Rev delivers the transcript. Service lines: AI transcription at $0.25/min with 96%+ accuracy in minutes, human transcription at $1.99/min with 99%+ accuracy in 12 hours or less, AI captions at $0.25/min, human captions at $1.99/min (English or Spanish, FCC/ADA compliant), foreign-language subtitles at $6.49–$15.99/min across 17+ languages, and court-ready legal transcripts from $0.35/page (instant draft) to $3.25/page (ready-to-certify premium). Verbatim and timestamp add-ons available. SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and CJIS compliant.

Best for legal teams (depositions, court reporting, regulatory filings), media companies (broadcast captions, foreign subtitles), podcasters and journalists needing publishable-quality transcripts, and researchers who can't ship machine-only output. Pricing (verified 2026-05-10): pay-as-you-go rates above, plus subscription plans — Free (45 AI minutes/mo, English only) · Essentials $25.49/seat/mo annual ($29.99 monthly · 5,000 AI minutes, 3–10% off human services) · Pro $47.99/seat/mo annual ($59.99 monthly · 10,000 AI minutes, 37+ languages, 5–15% off human) · Unlimited (custom, CJIS-compliant tier). Disambiguation: Rev.com is the service; Rev.ai is the developer API arm with the same human-escalation option.

What it is

Rev is the gold standard when a verified human transcript is a compliance or quality requirement. Their AI tier is priced like a premium API; the human tier is what you pay for when the transcript goes into the court record. Last price check: 2026-04-20.

Best for: Legal, medical, or broadcast work where a verified human transcript is required.
Watch out for: Human turnaround is hours, not minutes; most expensive option in this directory.

Install / use

Go to Rev.com www.rev.com

Service lines · pick the right Rev product

Rev's site is one storefront for six distinct service lines, each priced and turned around differently. Pick the card closest to your job — every href points at the matching rev.com service page where you place the order.

Human transcription

$1.99/min · 99%+ accuracy

Verified human transcripts delivered in 12 hours or less (rush available as fast as 2 hours). Verbatim add-on captures ums, ahs, false starts, and non-verbal markers for legal and research use. Optional timestamps and second-pass premium review.

Standard human transcription
12-hr turnaround · verbatim + timestamps add-on

AI transcription

$0.25/min · 96%+ accuracy

Machine transcripts in minutes. Pay-as-you-go at $0.25/min, or roll into a subscription for bundled minutes. English on Free; 37+ languages on Pro and Unlimited. Same upload flow as the human tier — switch tiers per job.

AI transcription (pay-as-you-go)
Free: 45 min/mo · Essentials+: 5,000+ min/seat

Captions · English / Spanish

Human $1.99/min · AI $0.25/min

FCC- and ADA-compliant closed captions. Human captions deliver 99% accuracy in 12 hours or less in English or Spanish. AI captions deliver 95%+ accuracy in five minutes or less across 37 languages. Auto-integrates with YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, and Google Drive.

Human captions / AI captions
Outputs: SRT, VTT, SCC, TTML, STL, MOV

Foreign-language subtitles

$6.49–$15.99/min · 17+ languages

Translated subtitles in 17+ languages with 48-hour turnaround and 99%+ accuracy. Spanish and Hindi at $6.49/min; Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Polish, Dutch, Czech at $10.49/min; Japanese and Korean at $15.99/min. Free English captions included with every order.

Global Subtitles
Outputs: SRT, VTT, SCC, TTML, STL, MOV · interactive editor

Subscription plans for teams

Essentials / Pro / Unlimited

Per-seat plans bundle AI minutes plus discounts on human services. Essentials at $25.49/seat/mo (annual) covers 5,000 AI minutes and 3–10% off human work. Pro at $47.99/seat/mo unlocks 10,000 minutes and 37+ languages. Unlimited adds CJIS compliance and custom seat limits — the tier media and law-enforcement teams pick.

Essentials · Pro · Unlimited
Annual billing shown · monthly is higher

Court-ready legal transcripts

$0.35–$3.25/page · self-serve

Jurisdiction-compliant legal transcripts with Q/A and bylines. Instant rough draft at $0.35/page (under 30 minutes), human rough draft at $2.25/page (3 business days), ready-to-certify at $2.50/page (5 days), or premium ready-to-certify at $3.25/page reaching 99.97%+ accuracy. Used by criminal defense, prosecution, civil firms, and court reporting agencies.

Self-serve legal transcripts
Page-line accuracy · trial-ready templates

Pattern: Rev wins when you need human-verified output or a single vendor that can escalate the same job from machine to human (legal, broadcast, accessibility-compliant captions). If you only need a fast machine transcript and don't care about a human review pass, Rev.ai is the developer-API door into the same Reverb model — or paste a URL into Whipscribe below and skip the upload-and-wait loop entirely.

Getting started in 3 steps

Rev is a web app plus a mobile recorder — no SDK or API key needed. Here's the shortest path from sign-up to your first transcript, including the mobile-recorder workflow journalists and lawyers use in the field.

1Sign up + upload your first file

Free tier covers 45 AI transcription minutes per month with no card required.

1. Go to rev.com and create an account
   (Google sign-in or email · no card on Free).

2. Dashboard → New Order → upload an audio
   or video file (.mp3 / .mp4 / .wav / .mov),
   or paste a YouTube / Vimeo / Dropbox URL.

3. Pick a service tier:
   - AI Transcription  $0.25/min  (minutes)
   - Human Transcript  $1.99/min  (~12 hrs)
   - AI Captions       $0.25/min  (~5 min)
   - Human Captions    $1.99/min  (~12 hrs)
   - Global Subtitles  $6.49+/min (~48 hrs)

4. Pay-as-you-go or use subscription minutes;
   transcript appears in your dashboard when
   the timer (or 12 hours, for human) elapses.

# Outputs: TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, SCC,
# TTML, STL, and the in-browser interactive
# transcript editor for review + corrections.

Service hub: rev.com/services ↗ · pricing: rev.com/pricing ↗.

2Request human-grade for high-stakes jobs

When the transcript will be quoted in a filing, broadcast, or published article — pick the human tier and add verbatim + timestamps.

1. Same upload flow as step 1.

2. Tier select: Human Transcription ($1.99/min)
   or Human Captions ($1.99/min).

3. Add-ons (recommended for legal / broadcast):
   - Verbatim          captures ums, ahs,
                       false starts, non-verbal
                       markers (depositions, IRB).
   - Timestamps        per-paragraph or per-line
                       (broadcast, accessibility).
   - Rush turnaround   as fast as ~2 hours
                       (5x speedup, higher rate).
   - Premium review    second-pass human QA pass.

4. For court-record use, switch to the
   Self-Serve Legal Transcripts product —
   it's priced per page, not per minute, with
   Q/A bylines and jurisdiction templates.

# Accuracy claims (verified 2026-05-10):
# · Human transcription      99%+
# · Premium legal (top tier) 99.97%+
# · Human captions           99% in 12 hrs
#
# Compliance: SOC 2 Type II · HIPAA (enterprise)
# · CJIS (Unlimited plan) · PCI · GDPR.

Human transcription: rev.com/services/human-transcription ↗ · legal transcripts: rev.com/services/self-serve-legal-transcripts ↗.

3Record on the go with the Rev mobile app

Rev Voice Recorder for iPhone and Android — capture audio in the field, transcribe in-app, share with the desk.

1. Install the Rev mobile app:
   - iOS    →  App Store "Rev: Record & Transcribe"
   - Android→  Google Play "Rev Voice Recorder"

2. Sign in with the same rev.com account.

3. Tap record. Built-in noise handling lets you
   capture in cafes, courtrooms, and on the street.

4. From the recording detail screen:
   - Live transcribe (AI)        $0.25/min equiv
   - Order human transcript      $1.99/min equiv
   - Edit and share collaboratively from phone

5. Files + transcripts sync to the rev.com
   web dashboard for final editing and export.

# Common use cases:
# · Journalists      field interviews
# · Lawyers          attorney-client notes,
#                    depo prep on site
# · Researchers      qualitative field studies
# · Podcasters       on-location recording w/
#                    immediate AI rough cut

App landing page: rev.com/apps-and-tools/voice-recorder ↗.

Features

Speaker diarization	Yes
Word-level timestamps	Yes
Streaming / real-time	No
Languages supported	36
HIPAA eligible	Yes

Rev vs Whipscribe

Feature	Rev	Whipscribe
Category	Products	Transcription APIs
Pricing	AI from $0.25/min · human from $1.50/min	free beta
Speaker diarization	Yes	Yes
Word timestamps	Yes	Yes
Streaming	No	No
Languages	36	99
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, API, MCP

Sources & dates for the comparison above

diarization: “Rev identifies and labels each speaker in the transcript.” — source (checked 2026-04-23)
word timestamps: “Rev delivers transcripts in formats including VTT and SRT with precise timing.” — source (checked 2026-04-23)
streaming: “Upload your files for transcription; turnaround depends on service tier.” — source (checked 2026-04-23)
pricing: “AI Transcription $0.25/min; Human Transcription $1.50/min.” — source (checked 2026-04-23)

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Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.