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.
Transcription services for journalists
Thanks to our transcription services for journalists, transcribing interviews by hand is now a thing of the past.
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How to transcribe a recording?
2. Select the language of the 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 recording transcribed!
Frequently Asked Questions
How can transcription help me save time?
On average, a 1-hour interview takes 5 hours to manually transcribe an audio file to text. HappyScribe can save you up to 70% of that time. Finding specific information in a transcript is much quicker than listening to long audio files. Simply do a keyword search using commands. Transcribed word documents are easier to store and distribute, ensuring everyone in the team can access the transcripts, wherever they are. Looking at a written record of your interview gives you a chance to see how often you cut your interviewer off and may show that you aren't asking concise questions. A self-analysis of your style could make you a more human interviewer and nab you a better story.
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 transcription in qualitative research quick and easy.
How many speakers am I limited to on my audio file?
At HappyScribe, we understand that focus group transcription services and academic transcriptions services often need to transcribe multiple speakers within the same audio file. Therefore, we do not limit the number of speakers. 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
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"I am using HappyScribe to generate subtitles automatically for my videos and I must say it's very easy to use. I hardly have to fix the transcription, and it also handles timestamps, which I hate to enter from scratch."
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"I have found this app very useful for subtitling and transcribing in English, though have definitely found that the quality of translations into Spanish is not very accurate and requires a lot for proofreading."
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"Could find a Dutch subtitle for a movie I want to watch, so I let HappyScribe doing the translation from English to Dutch. Perfect"
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"The platform is user-friendly and the transcripts are quite accurate. The feature of including your own dictionary is particularly useful."
Leonardo Iheme (Leo)
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"Saves time, however I wish they had better understanding of different accents speaking English"
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"I am using HappyScribe to generate subtitles automatically for my videos and I must say it's very easy to use. I hardly have to fix the transcription, and it also handles timestamps, which I hate to enter from scratch."
Alicia González
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"I have found this app very useful for subtitling and transcribing in English, though have definitely found that the quality of translations into Spanish is not very accurate and requires a lot for proofreading."
Gemma Valencia
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"I just had a problem getting access to my account and they helped me and answered my email within less than 10 minutes. The quick support saved me a lot of time and worries. Thanks"
Elisabeth
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"Affordable, quick, intuitive. I love how HappyScribe makes subtitling easy."
Marjolein
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"Could find a Dutch subtitle for a movie I want to watch, so I let HappyScribe doing the translation from English to Dutch. Perfect"
Bert
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"The platform is user-friendly and the transcripts are quite accurate. The feature of including your own dictionary is particularly useful."
Leonardo Iheme (Leo)
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"Saves time, however I wish they had better understanding of different accents speaking English"
Rea 1
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"Saves time, however I wish they had better understanding of different accents speaking English"
Rea 1
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"The platform is user-friendly and the transcripts are quite accurate. The feature of including your own dictionary is particularly useful."
Leonardo Iheme (Leo)
Trustpilot -
"Could find a Dutch subtitle for a movie I want to watch, so I let HappyScribe doing the translation from English to Dutch. Perfect"
Bert
Trustpilot -
"Affordable, quick, intuitive. I love how HappyScribe makes subtitling easy."
Marjolein
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"I just had a problem getting access to my account and they helped me and answered my email within less than 10 minutes. The quick support saved me a lot of time and worries. Thanks"
Elisabeth
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"I have found this app very useful for subtitling and transcribing in English, though have definitely found that the quality of translations into Spanish is not very accurate and requires a lot for proofreading."
Gemma Valencia
Trustpilot -
"I am using HappyScribe to generate subtitles automatically for my videos and I must say it's very easy to use. I hardly have to fix the transcription, and it also handles timestamps, which I hate to enter from scratch."
Alicia González
Trustpilot -
"Saves time, however I wish they had better understanding of different accents speaking English"
Rea 1
Trustpilot -
"The platform is user-friendly and the transcripts are quite accurate. The feature of including your own dictionary is particularly useful."
Leonardo Iheme (Leo)
Trustpilot -
"Could find a Dutch subtitle for a movie I want to watch, so I let HappyScribe doing the translation from English to Dutch. Perfect"
Bert
Trustpilot -
"Affordable, quick, intuitive. I love how HappyScribe makes subtitling easy."
Marjolein
Trustpilot -
"I just had a problem getting access to my account and they helped me and answered my email within less than 10 minutes. The quick support saved me a lot of time and worries. Thanks"
Elisabeth
Trustpilot -
"I have found this app very useful for subtitling and transcribing in English, though have definitely found that the quality of translations into Spanish is not very accurate and requires a lot for proofreading."
Gemma Valencia
Trustpilot -
"I am using HappyScribe to generate subtitles automatically for my videos and I must say it's very easy to use. I hardly have to fix the transcription, and it also handles timestamps, which I hate to enter from scratch."
Alicia González
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