Happy Scribe

Transcription, subtitling and translation with per-minute credits.

Free tierNo free tier. Free trial: 10 minutes of AI transcription, subtitling and translation
From$8.50/mo
Platformsweb, api
Checked 20 Aug 2026

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What it does

Happy Scribe transcribes and subtitles audio and video, and offers both machine output and a human pass over the same file, which matters when a transcript is going to be published rather than just searched. Its editor is built for correcting a transcript against the audio rather than for styling captions, and it exports the subtitle formats an editor expects rather than burning text into the picture. Language coverage is its strongest suit. For a creator it is the choice when accuracy of the words matters more than how they look.

Alternatives

Other tools we list for the captions stage.

  • RevTranscription and captions, machine by subscription or human by the minute.
  • SubmagicAdds styled, animated captions to short vertical video.