How to record your work
Six things to get right. Good recordings are approved faster and pay more minutes.
Step 1
Fit the strap
- Put the strap around your head, above your ears.
- Snug, not tight. It should not slide when you look down.
- Phone flat on your forehead, back camera facing out.
- Plug in your charger if you can, or start above 30% battery.
Step 2
Point it at your hands
- Tilt the phone down about 30 to 45 degrees.
- Your hands and your work sit in the middle of the picture.
- Look at your work as you normally would. Move your head slowly.
Step 3
Find good light
- Work near a window, a door or a bright bulb.
- Keep the light beside you or in front of you.
- If the app says the light is low, move closer to the light.
- Never record with a bright window behind your work.
Step 4
The start ritual
- Press record. The app shows a 3-digit code.
- Read the code out loud.
- Hold up both open hands to the camera for two seconds.
- Then start your work as normal.
Step 5
What gets cut
- Only the bad minutes are cut. The good minutes are still paid.
- Every cut shows the time, the reason and a tip. You can appeal one cut per clip.
- Black, frozen or very blurry minutes.
- The phone lying still, or pointing at the floor or the ceiling.
- A face filling the picture.
- Anything filmed twice, or not filmed by you.
Step 6
Privacy: never film these
- Customers and passers-by: the app blurs faces, and you can cut a part before upload.
- Anyone who speaks in a conversation task gives their own consent first.
- Children.
- Bedrooms and bathrooms.
- Cash being counted, bank cards, ID cards.
- Phone or computer screens with personal details.
- ATMs, banks, police or military.
Ready to record when your batch opens?
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