Fact · Transcription
$1.99per minute
Rev's price page lists human transcription with a 99 percent plus accuracy guarantee in 12 hours or less at $1.99 per minute.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Human Transcription When accuracy can't be compromised, 99%+ guaranteed in 12 hours or less. $1.99 /min.”
Rev pricing, Rev, Rev, 2026, Human Transcription card.
Open the original- What it measures
- One large provider's list price for English, before subscription discounts.
- What it does not show
- A vendor's own claim on the date checked; other providers charge more or less.
Source
Used to calculate
- At $0.0045 per minute an hour of audio costs about $0.27 through OpenAI's API, against about $119.40 at Rev's $1.99 per minute for human transcription, roughly 440 times more.
- At Rev's list price for human transcription, one hour of audio costs about 119 US dollars.
- The top rate Rev pays a transcriptionist is about 55 percent of the $1.99 per minute it charges customers for human transcription.
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