Connect Rev.ai
You need Access token. About two minutes.
1Get your Access token
Access token
Paste the Rev.ai token- Sign in to Rev AI and open the Access Token page.
- Click Generate New Access Token and confirm in the dialog.
- Copy the token now: it is shown only once, and you may keep at most 2.
The account endpoint is free and transcribes nothing.
Open the pagehttps://www.rev.ai/access-token
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Rev.ai.
- Paste the Access token into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Rev.ai. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- remaining transcription balance, in seconds
- Calls
- https://api.rev.ai/speechtotext/v1/account
- Refreshes
- At most every 5 minutes
- API docs
- Rev.ai reference, checked 2026-09-16
Balance is measured in seconds of audio, shown here as hours.