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Happy Scribe

Happy Scribe transcribes audio and video with AI or optional human review in 150+ languages, makes subtitles, and offers an AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams. Free plan is a 10-minute trial.

Pricing model
Freemium
Price start
Free plan available

Description of Happy Scribe

Happy Scribe is a transcription and meeting-notes platform for audio and video files and live meetings. It supports more than 150 languages with automatic language detection, and covers transcription, subtitles and translation. For accuracy, the site cites about 90% for AI transcripts of multi-speaker meetings and above 99% for human-made transcripts, which are vendor claims.

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Its AI Notetaker joins or records Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls and in-person meetings, then produces notes, summaries and action items. A desktop app is shown as available soon. Free tools include converters, a subtitle generator, trimmers and a voice recorder. Integrations include Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, Claude and ChatGPT, with an API and Zapier for other apps.

The security section lists SOC 2 Type II, GDPR compliance and EU data residency, retention controls, no employee access to content, and AI training switched off by default.

On the pricing page the Free plan is a 10-minute trial. Basic is $17 a month for 120 AI minutes, Pro is $29 for 600 minutes and Business is $89 for 6,000 minutes; annual billing lowers these to about $8.50, $19 and $59 a month. Human proofreading costs from $2.00 per minute ($1.90 on Business), and extra AI minutes cost $0.20 each. The page uses a dollar sign without naming the currency.

Features of Happy Scribe

  1. AI transcripts with optional human review, subtitles and translation in more than 150 languages.
  2. AI Notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams that produces notes, summaries and action items.
  3. SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and EU data residency listed, with AI training off by default.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free plan?

The Free plan is a 10-minute trial of AI transcription. Paid plans start at Basic with 120 AI minutes a month.

Does Happy Scribe offer human transcription?

Yes. Human proofreading starts at $2.00 per minute ($1.90 on Business), and the site cites above 99% accuracy for human-made transcripts.

Where is data stored?

The security section lists EU data residency, along with SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance.

Website: https://www.happyscribe.com/

Key facts

Transcription and subtitles in 150+ languages with an optional human service and a meeting notetaker. Free plan is a 10-minute trial; Basic about $17/month. Currency not named on page.

Pricing model Freemium
Free tier Yes · Free plan: 10-minute AI transcription trial
Starting price Not verified
Data residency European Union — The site's security section lists EU data residency.
Compliance (as stated by vendor) SOC 2 Type II (claimed), GDPR (claimed)
Integrations Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube, Claude, ChatGPT
Public API Yes
Self-hostable Not verified
Official site Online (auto-checked 2026-10-13)
Can a general AI assistant replace it? A general LLM cannot transcribe uploaded audio itself; use Happy Scribe when you need a human-checked transcript or subtitle files.
Last verified 2026-10-10 by editor

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Update history

  1. 2026-10-13 · site status updated (auto-check)
  2. 2026-10-10 · ai alternative note updated (editor)
  3. 2026-10-10 · editor verdict updated (editor)
  4. 2026-10-10 · api available updated (editor)
  5. 2026-10-10 · integrations updated (editor)
  6. 2026-10-10 · compliance updated (editor)
  7. 2026-10-10 · data residency note updated (editor)
  8. 2026-10-10 · data residency updated (editor)
  9. 2026-10-10 · pricing page url updated (editor)
  10. 2026-10-10 · free tier updated (editor)
  11. 2026-10-10 · pricing model updated (editor)

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