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Below is the list of popular languages we support for transcription and subtitles.

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How to transcribe academic materials?

1. Upload your recording.

With our uploader, you can import your file from anywhere, whether it's on your laptop, Google Drive, Youtube, or Dropbox. The first 10 minutes are free and there's no file limit.

2. Select the language of your recording.

We support more than 120 languages, dialects, and accents.

3. Choose "Machine generated" or "Human made".

Our automatic transcription software is lightning fast and 85% accurate. With our human service, your transcript will be transcribed and proofread by an expert and native speaker and delivered with 99% accuracy.

4. Receive your transcript.

Our automatic transcription software will convert your file to text in just a few minutes (depending on the length of your file). If you select our human service, your transcript will be ready within 24 hours.

5. Click on "Export" and choose your preferred file format.

You can export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, HTML, and many more. It's that easy to have your academic materials transcribed and get your work done quicker!

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to transcribe a file?

On average, manually transcribing audio to text takes about four hours for every hour of audio. With HappyScribe, you'll get it done in minutes!

How long of a file can I have transcribed?

HappyScribe will transcribe files of any length. There is no file size limit, meaning you don't have to trim your interviews and submit multiple files. We also accept 45+ file formats including AIFF, M4A, MP3, MP4, WAV, and WMA, making podcast audio transcription quick and easy.

How many speakers am I limited to on my audio file?

Be it one person or one hundred people, we will transcribe everything on your audio file. Additionally, our speech recognition can detect when the speaker has changed.

Customer Reviews

Rated Excellent 4.5/5 on Trustpilot
  • Loving HappyScribe
    Loving HappyScribe — thanks to Emma at Amber Mountain Marketing for telling me about them. Super simple, cost-effective way of adding subtitles to our videos — saving me tons of time and frustration — thanks guys x
    SUE - Trustpilot
  • Use it every week, very helpful
    Useful and helpful, saves my lifetime
    Elena Kharlamova - Trustpilot
  • Great experience
    Great experience, really helped me with my biology lectures. Missed a star because the prices are not student friendly.
    Yanisel Luna - Trustpilot
  • The best out there for sure
    The best out there for sure saves me tons of time. I hope the automatic translation in the future will be more accurate
    Дмитрий Перуцци - Trustpilot
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