Author: Team Scribie
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Video Accessibility Guidelines and Laws for Closed Captioning
As a video professional, you may already know that captions enable your content to appeal to more people. But you might be wondering how accessible your content is. You can enjoy your favorite TV shows like anime with captions that display any word or sound you may have missed. However, people with impairments require accurate…
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Open vs. Closed Captions: Which should filmmakers and social media video creators use?
You’ve invested in producing great videos/films. To make sure that your efforts don’t go to waste, you should consider other ways to reach a larger audience and get your message across more powerfully. It’s likely that you’ve encountered “CC” as you use video streaming platforms like YouTube and Netflix. When you see “CC”, it means…
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2021 IRS Forms for US-Based Transcribers
With the updated regulations of the IRS, we will no longer issue 1099-MISC forms. Read on as we discuss further the upcoming changes and how you can proceed in time for the start of 2021. The 1099-MISC form will no longer be issued Transcription professionals with Scribie are considered independent contractors. Therefore, Scribie does not…
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Should YouTube creators invest in video captions?
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,…
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National Novel Writing Month: Work Efficiently Through Dictation and Transcription
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…
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Accessibility Checklist: How Accessible Is Your Video?
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…
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Subtitles vs. Captions: What’s the Difference?
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.…
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Speech Recognition Engine Improvements
“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,…
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Promote Accessibility Through Transcription
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…
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Scribie’s Payment Options and Support for Bulk Orders
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…