
6 Best Human Transcription Services in 2026
Discover the top 6 human transcription services that offer high accuracy, data security, and expert-reviewed transcripts across industries.
We offer accurate and professional medical transcription services of medical documents for doctors, researchers, and medical professionals. Powered by AI, perfected by experts.
Our dedicated team of professional transcribers is here to ensure that your files are fully proofread and error-free.



With years of experience in transcribing and translating medical transcription files, at HappyScribe we understand the nuances and complexities of medical documentation, like patient consultations, medical research interviews and conferences.

HappyScribe's best-in-class speech-to-text accuracy ensures top quality transcriptions and reduces turn-around-time and costs significantly, setting us apart from traditional transcription services.

With our Style Guides, you can customize your uploads and order Verbatim transcripts.
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.
Select the language of the audio. We support most major languages!
With our human service, your transcript will be proofread by an expert and delivered with 99% accuracy.
Follow the live updates on your dashboard and receive an email when your files are ready.
Automatically translate your transcript or export directly to formats like Word, PDF, and more.

Medical transcription services convert spoken medical content – like doctor dictations, patient consultations, research interviews, and medical conferences – into accurate, structured written reports. These transcripts are used for patient records, clinical research, billing, and compliance.
With HappyScribe, medical transcription is handled by a combination of powerful speech-to-text technology and expert human transcribers. The HappyScribe dedicated medical transcription team proofreads every file for accuracy, removes fillers, and follows your preferred transcript style (for example, clean-read or verbatim) to deliver publication-ready medical documents.
HappyScribe’s professional medical transcription service:
Yes, medical transcription services are absolutely legit – they’re an essential part of clinical and research workflows worldwide. The key is choosing a provider that takes accuracy, confidentiality, and data protection seriously.
HappyScribe is a trusted transcription partner for professionals across highly regulated industries, including healthcare and research. Our platform combines expert human transcriptionists with strong security standards: we’re fully GDPR-compliant, use encryption to protect your files, and operate with enterprise-grade security measures, including SOC 2 Type II certification.
Our human service offers fully proofread transcriptions for medical uses. You will receive faithful transcriptions of the original speech with disfluencies such as filler words and stutters removed to keep your transcripts and subtitles comprehensible. For a complete rundown of our service level, have a look here.
The turnaround time for English, Spanish and French is 24 hours, and for all other languages 48 hours. Please note that this may depend on your uploaded volume. We always live update your turnaround times if we foresee any delays, so you’re kept informed of your delivery.
The main difference between these two services relies on the accuracy of the transcription. Our human transcription service has an accuracy of 99%, and your files will be proofread by an expert transcriber. When using our automatic transcription software, your files will be transcribed automatically, so you will need to proofread them and make corrections in our transcript editor to make them 99% accurate.
The price of the service depends on the language and length of your files. The price for English human transcription starts at 2.00 per minute of audio.
We offer human transcriptions for more than 70 languages from Europe, Asia and Africa. Visit this page for the full overview of our available services.
You can request your human-made file directly from the upload pop-up or directly from the editor. In this article you can read how to order human-made transcripts.
Yes, we do! With Verbatim transcripts we capture every word, pause, and sound with our verbatim transcription service, ideal for legal proceedings, detailed research, and whenever precision is paramount. You can read more about ordering Verbatim transcripts.
Absolutely! Our team is equipped to provide tailored solutions for your transcription project. Contact us at sales@happyscribe.com to discuss your unique requirements and how we can provide the best support.
HappyScribe is really a very efficient tool that I use to make transcriptions in different languages without having to manually make the time coding.
Excellent service with an exceptional speed
Could find a Dutch subtitle for a movie I want to watch, so I let HappyScribe doing the translation from English to Dutch. Perfect
HappyScribe is the most useful and easy app I have downloaded for years. Go ahead for HappyScribe and your texting work will never become easier
Quick, easy, superior quality, reasonable pricing.
Perfect tool to work with. Put the cursor somewhere in the text and the video plays flawlessly from there.
HappyScribe has been very useful for my projects and unexpectedly complete.
Works great and has a bunch of different settings to transcribe it best for you.
Accurate for US English transcription but not that ideal for Chinese transcription. I haven't tried out their translation beta feature yet so can't comment on that but it's nice they developed that extra feature to make the app complete