Rev is an online service that provides closed captioning, subtitles and transcriptions. This video captioning service provides caption files for videos users have created, or public videos that allow users to create captions.
Important note: In order to use Rev, please contact Distance Education to request a SAC Rev account.
Directions
Step 1
Once you've obtained a SAC Rev account and logged in, select "Place New Order" on the top right corner.
Step 2
The following drop down menu will appear, select "Human Captions".
Step 3
Select the upload method, you can upload a file straight from your computer, paste a link from a public website, or pull videos directly from your Youtube or Vimeo accout.
Step 4
Once you have selected an upload method, proceed to "Checkout", you can click on either button. SAC Distance Education prepaid for the usage.
Step 5
Enter "Customer Adress" with Santa Ana College address 1530 W. 17th St., Santa Ana, CA 92706
Once you've entered the address, click on "Save Address"
Step 6
Rev will email with the files depending on how long the video is.
Standard Delivery - 12 hrs for most files < 30 mins.
Rush Delivery - 4 hrs for most files < 30 mins.
Once you receive the caption file, you will then need to upload it into your YouTube videos. The video below shows how to upload these caption files to the YouTube editor for each of your videos. Please make sure you are uploading with the option "With Timing" (shown in video below).
You can uplooad your caption files directly to your own videos, or, if it is a third-party video, you can upload the captions into Amara. The SRT files have timestamps and will automatically sync the captions to the video. This tool is much faster than having to manually caption a video from scratch.
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