Living in a fast-paced world, your audience loves to consume information as quickly and smoothly as possible. While we learn through various mediums, the audience has a preference for videos. Has anyone ever responded to your question with “LMGTFY” or “Let me Google that for you” when you tried to ask something? That’s because Google,… Continue reading Should YouTube creators invest in video captions?
It’s an exciting month. There’s No-Shave November, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and for the writers inside of us screaming – it’s the National Novel Writing Month! The National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an annual event for writers all over the world. Writers sign up (it’s free) and write a 50,000-word novel between November… Continue reading National Novel Writing Month: Work Efficiently Through Dictation and Transcription
There’s more to video production than scripting, filming, and editing. You should consider if your work is accessible to everyone. According to a study conducted by Statista, there are currently 228 million digital video viewers in the United States, with projections at 248.9 million by 2022. While making your work accessible is known to be… Continue reading Accessibility Checklist: How Accessible Is Your Video?
Videos, when maximized, are often powerful. Who doesn’t enjoy watching entertaining films and educational videos? It can increase your engagement, make information entertaining, and help improve your brand’s visibility. However, to make it more accessible to a wide variety of audiences, you will need to produce transcripts to be able to add captions and subtitles.… Continue reading Subtitles vs. Captions: What’s the Difference?
“The technology you use impresses no one. The experience you create with it is everything.” – Sean Gerety Scribie is known for producing accurate transcripts. This won’t be possible through the help of our professional transcribers and technology. For a while now, we at Scribie have been working on our very own Speech Recognition Engine,… Continue reading Speech Recognition Engine Improvements
The test of civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members – Pearl S. Buck Whenever you produce content, how do you consider the varying abilities of your audience? How accessible is your content for everyone? Okay, what is ‘accessibility’ in the first place? Ultimately, it promotes access for all, regardless… Continue reading Promote Accessibility Through Transcription
Once your audio (or video) recordings are starting to pile up, how do you manage them? Do you wait for a certain number of files before you have them transcribed or do prefer to have it worked on immediately? Do you personally transcribe them or have someone from your team to handle it? When you’re… Continue reading Scribie’s Payment Options and Support for Bulk Orders
These days, it doesn’t hurt if you find ways to earn additional income, especially if you don’t have to shell out money from your own pocket to invest in a product to sell. Affiliate programs like Scribie’s allow their partners to have a passive income by referring the service through their affiliate links. If you’re… Continue reading Scribie Affiliate Program: Lifetime Commissions, Ongoing Earnings for Influencers
Have you noticed that the new greeting today during online meetings is “Can you hear me?” instead of “Hello! How are you?” It’s not a surprise as nowadays, businesses tend to conduct meetings online. You may already be familiar with it as the availability of video calling apps are rampant such as Zoom and Skype.… Continue reading Tips to Improve Call Quality in Zoom and Skype
We’re proud of how our community of transcribers is mastering their craft. Now, if you’re new to transcription, you must know that you will encounter some challenges, especially at the beginning of your career. One of the challenges you will face is dealing with highly-difficult files that include non-American accents (e.g., British, Australian, Hispanic, Native… Continue reading Tips for Transcribers: American vs. British Spelling