[Athen] Rev captioning

[Pamela Riesmeyer]

Does anyone know whether Rev also provides an audio description service?
Thanks.

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>>What if the first question we asked was, "What is so unique about this

situation that it justifies exclusion?"<<




On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Laura Hamrick <Laura.R.Hamrick at colorado.edu

> wrote:



> Hi all,

>

>

>

> Just adding my two cents -- we’ve been using Rev for a few months now, and

> I’ve had very few issues with accuracy. You also get to rate the

> transcriber after each job, so I at least feel like I’m able to give

> feedback on the quality easily (although to be fair I’m not sure how that

> rating is acted upon internally). My informal assessment is that accuracy

> is at least on par with the other vendors if not slightly better. They also

> have (in my view) the most usable caption editor of any of the vendors

> we’ve used, plus it offers some neat features like vertical caption

> placement that you can’t get from the others without an upcharge. There are

> still specific use cases under which I’ll use each of our 3 caption

> vendors, but given the price and turnaround time, Rev is currently my go-to

> for a standard captioning request.

>

>

>

> Best,

> Laura

>

>

>

>

>

> *-- *

>

> *Laura Hamrick*

>

> Captioning and Accessibility Coordinator

>

> Office of Information Technology

>

> University of Colorado Boulder

>

> laura.r.hamrick at colorado.edu

>

> (303) 735-5782

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> *From: *athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu> on

> behalf of Leyna Bencomo <lbencomo at uccs.edu>

> *Reply-To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Date: *Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 12:40 PM

> *To: *Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject: *Re: [Athen] Rev captioning

>

>

>

> I recently had a recommendation for this company.  I’m glad to hear all

> sides.  Thanks for sharing.

>

>

>

> Leyna Bencomo

>

> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Office of Information Technology

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Howard Kramer

> *Sent:* Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:13 PM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Rev captioning

>

>

>

> Thanks Maria.

>

>

>

> -Howard

>

>

>

> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Maria Ortado <mortado at cfcc.edu> wrote:

>

> Their sales rep called me and asked questions about the capabilities of

> our college to provide service for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

> What our procedures are, etc. The way he was asking, I assumed he was a

> student or a parent of a student. Once he got all the information that he

> wanted he informed me that he was a rep for Rev and proceeded to detail the

> services that they offer.

>

> Another person on a different list serv that I belong to said the

> transcripts they received were full of errors.

>

> My take from reading the online reviews: The low rate they charge to

> customers is directly related to the low wages they pay their employees,

> which is the reason for the errors in the transcripts. This is all I know

> about them.

>

>

> *Maria Ortado*

>

> Interpreter Coordinator

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> Disability Support Services

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> Office: U216

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> Cape Fear Community College

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> mortado at cfcc.edu <mcortado334 at mail.cfcc.edu>

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> Phone: (910) 362-7098

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> Fax: (910) 362-7113

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>

>

> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:

>

> Thanks Maria. Any details on how they were dishonest?

>

>

>

> -Howard

>

>

>

> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Maria Ortado <mortado at cfcc.edu> wrote:

>

> I would be really careful with them. In my one dealing with them they were

> very dishonest and their online reviews are not good.

>

>

> *Maria Ortado*

>

> Interpreter Coordinator

>

> Disability Support Services

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> Office: U216

>

> Cape Fear Community College

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> mortado at cfcc.edu <mcortado334 at mail.cfcc.edu>

>

> Phone: (910) 362-7098

> NC Relay Service for Video Phone or TTY: Dial 7-1-1

> Fax: (910) 362-7113

>

>

>

> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Thompson, Rachel <rsthompson2 at ua.edu>

> wrote:

>

> Howard,

>

>

>

> We are revisiting Rev.com

> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FRev.com&data=02%7C01%7Clbencomo%40uccs.edu%7C019992d5631648f9dd8e08d53826c43e%7C529343fae8c8419fab2ea70c10038810%7C0%7C0%7C636476661515856758&sdata=0JCioYrGt5m2LbiJJYL6WaD2Mav2IRttV9qybAU4gJc%3D&reserved=0>'s

> services right now. Their admin capabilities have expanded since I last

> used them and the price is unbeatable, as far as I can tell. We need a

> system with the ability to share a pool of minutes and get analytics across

> accounts and they are now able to offer this. I will share our experiences

> when I get feedback from our campus partners.

>

>

>

> Rachel

>

> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson

>

> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility

>

> Office of Information Technology

>

> University of Alabama

>

>

> On Nov 30, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org> wrote:

>

> I think it was Jane Melander and Lesley Blicker who mentioned Rev

> positively during their captioning pre-con at AHG but I could be wrong

> about that. It could have been a different company.

>

>

>

> Thanks in advance for any help.

>

>

>

> -Howard

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