Connect your calendar
Sign up for free and connect your Google or Outlook calendar in under two minutes. HappyScribe then joins every scheduled interview on its own, or you can upload a file for ad-hoc sessions and field recordings.
AI Interview Transcription Tool. Built in Europe.
HappyScribe joins your Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet and delivers interview transcription with the interviewer and interviewee accurately labeled. Works in 150+ languages.
Trusted by 6m+ users and 41,000+ teams of all sizes
How to transcribe an interview with HappyScribe?
HappyScribe records the call
HappyScribe captures both audio and video from your interview. Works for one-on-one and group interviews alike.
Your interview transcript is ready in minutes
The transcript and meeting summary land in your inbox moments after the interview ends. Export to DOCX, SRT, VTT, PDF, or TXT, or ship it straight to Dovetail, Notion, or Google Drive through Zapier.
Do more with every interview.
Generate interview summaries
Hours of interviews, distilled in seconds. HappyScribe summarizes interviews with key takeaways, decisions, and action items.
Summary templates
Build your own summary templates and use them every time. Keep them private for personal use, or share them across your workspace so the whole team summarizes interviews the same way.
Chat with an interview
Ask a question about any past recording and get an answer with the exact timestamp. No more scrubbing through a 90-minute session to find the one quote you need.
Chat across interviews
Search across every interview you have ever recorded. Pull direct quotes with source and timestamp, and extract insights.
Create from interviews
Turn any interview into a research memo, blog draft, email, or project brief in one click. One interview, endless ways to repurpose it.
Interview recording
Every session stored with audio and video. Revisit the source when a quote needs context, a translation needs checking, or a respondent asks for a passage to be removed.
Integrations
Send transcripts straight to Dovetail, Notion, Google Drive, Airtable, or Slack via Zapier, the MCP server, or API. No manual export, no drag-and-drop.
Export for any workflow
DOCX for legal review. SRT or VTT when your video needs captions. TXT when your research lives in NVivo, Atlas.ti, or MAXQDA. PDF when the client expects a polished deliverable.
Customize the AI note taker
Define your style guide for formatting, grammar, and speaker notation. Build custom glossaries so jargon, acronyms, and proper nouns land right every time. Rename your AI note taker to match your brand.
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TRANSCRIPT
Interview Over. Transcript Delivered.
The moment your interview ends, HappyScribe gets to work. Within minutes, the full transcript is delivered straight to your inbox, ready to read, share, or act on.
MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT
Your team understands many languages. So does HappyScribe.
HappyScribe auto-detects the language being spoken and handles mid-call switching. Supports 150+ languages and dialects.
SECURITY
Your meeting records stay in Europe.
SOC 2 Type II-certified. GDPR-compliant. Headquartered in Barcelona with data stored in PCI DSS and ISO 27001-compliant EU data centers.
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Your content is never used to train AI models.
FLEXIBILITY
Works with or without a meeting bot.
HappyScribe joins your scheduled meetings as a participant, or you can use the browser-based recorder to go bot-free.
You control how your meetings are recorded.
90 min
of qualitative coding saved per interview transcribed
95%+
transcription accuracy
150+
languages and dialects supported
41,000+
teams already using HappyScribe
Manual vs AI interview transcription
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Manual transcription |
HappyScribe |
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Time to produce |
4-6 hours of typing per hour of audio, or 2-3 day turnaround from a paid service |
Full transcript ready in roughly 15% of the audio length |
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Cost |
$1.50-$4.00 per audio minute |
Included in a flat monthly plan |
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Accuracy |
Depends on typist's familiarity with jargon |
95%+ with full audio backup for spot-checks |
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Speaker attribution |
Often unlabeled or inconsistent |
Automatic interviewer and interviewee labels |
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Verbatim vs cleaned |
One format, pick up front |
Both formats from the same source, toggle any time |
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Languages |
One per transcriber |
150+ with auto-detection and mid-session switching |
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Research compliance |
Depends on your transcriber's policies |
GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, EU data residency, DPAs on request |
INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION
Cut 90 minutes of qualitative coding per interview. Get a weekend back after every field round.
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Every question you're about to Google.
What is interview transcription?
Interview transcription converts a recorded interview into a written record with each speaker labeled. HappyScribe does this automatically for one-on-one, panel, and multi-respondent sessions recorded on Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, or uploaded as a file.
How does HappyScribe handle interviewer vs interviewee labeling?
Speakers are detected automatically and labeled Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on. Rename them before export, for example "Moderator" and "P04," so your transcript lands in NVivo or Dovetail already coded. Renamed labels carry through to SRT and VTT exports, and panel interviews with 3 or 4 voices stay consistent across the full session.
Can I transcribe an existing interview recording?
Yes. Upload an MP3, MP4, WAV, M4A, MOV, or any common audio or video file and get a transcript, speaker labels, and export options.
How accurate is HappyScribe for interview audio?
HappyScribe offers 95%+ accuracy on clear audio across 150+ languages, even with heavy accents or mixed-language conversations. When the stakes are higher, like legal proceedings or sensitive research, opt for human-reviewed transcripts that deliver 99%+ accuracy, typically within 24 hours.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. HappyScribe offers a free plan with unlimited meeting recordings. No credit card required.
How accurate is the transcription?
95%+ across all supported languages.
What languages are supported?
150+ languages and dialects, with automatic language detection.
Can I use HappyScribe without a bot joining the meeting?
Yes. HappyScribe offers a bot-free browser recorder that captures audio from your device.
Where is my meeting data stored?
All data is stored in an EU-based data center that is PCI DSS and ISO 27001-compliant.
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