Happy Scribe

HappyScribe is a cloud platform for converting audio and video into editable text, subtitles, captions, translations, and meeting documentation. It supports AI processing and optional human proofreading or human-made transcription and subtitling services.

The platform serves uploaded media, online meetings, interviews, lectures, podcasts, research recordings, and mobile voice recordings. Its AI Notetaker can join Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings, then produce transcripts, summaries, and action points.

HappyScribe provides AI transcription and subtitling in more than 150 languages, plus AI translation in more than 80 languages. It includes speaker detection, timestamps, an interactive editor, comments, highlights, style guides, glossaries, and multiple export formats.

Users can import media from YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box. The service also connects with Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Zapier, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Claude, ChatGPT, and its own MCP server.

The REST API supports file uploads or media URLs, transcription creation, status checks, webhooks, folder management, and exports in formats including SRT, VTT, DOCX, PDF, JSON, CSV, XLSX, Premiere XML, Final Cut Pro XML, EDL, and Avid DS.

HappyScribe offers a free plan with a 10-minute AI transcription, subtitling, and translation trial. It also includes unlimited meeting recordings with a 45-minute limit per recording, limited exports, and three monthly Ask AI uses.

Monthly subscriptions are Basic at $17, Pro at $29, and Business at $89. Annual billing reduces the listed monthly equivalents to $8.50, $19, and $59. Plans include monthly or annual AI minutes, with additional credits priced at $0.20 per minute. Enterprise pricing is quote-based.

Human proofreading is an additional service starting at $2.00 per minute on most plans and $1.90 per minute on Business. Pricing varies by language, turnaround, and service type.

Pros: Broad language coverage, AI and human workflows, professional subtitle exports, meeting-notetaking, mobile recording, cloud integrations, and REST API access make the product suitable for varied media and research workflows.

Cons: AI usage is credit-based, unused subscription credits reset at the billing cycle, and human proofreading adds a separate per-minute cost. The desktop app is listed as coming soon, so desktop users currently rely mainly on the web application.

Comparable products include Rev, Trint, Sonix, Otter.ai, Notta, Descript, Amberscript, and TurboScribe. Rev is a close alternative for combined AI and human transcription. Trint emphasizes newsroom collaboration, while Otter.ai and Notta focus more heavily on meeting transcription and summaries.

Does HappyScribe have a free trial?
Yes. The free plan includes a 10-minute AI trial for transcription, subtitling, and translation, plus limited meeting-notetaker access.

Does HappyScribe provide an API?
Yes. Its REST API supports transcription creation, file or URL submissions, webhooks, folder management, and exports in more than 15 formats.

Which platforms does HappyScribe support?
The service runs on the web and offers mobile apps for iOS and Android. The pricing page lists a desktop app for Mac and Windows as coming soon.

What integrations are available?
Supported integrations include Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, and Zapier. HappyScribe also lists MCP connections for Claude and ChatGPT.

Does HappyScribe offer human transcription?
Yes. Human transcription, proofreading, subtitle creation, and subtitle translation are available as paid services with prices varying by language and turnaround.