Happy Scribe

Transcription and AI summaries by the minute

Notta does transcription metered by the minute and adds AI summaries, with a free tier and paid plans from around $8 a month, close to Happy Scribe's price.

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Transcription, subtitles and dubbing

Maestra covers the same ground of transcription and subtitles and adds dubbing, from $23 a month with a free trial rather than Happy Scribe's free tier.

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Unlimited transcription for ten dollars

TurboScribe offers unlimited transcription for $10 a month with a free tier, a simpler deal than metered minutes if transcripts matter more than subtitle workflows.

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Speech to text you call as an API

AssemblyAI is speech to text called as an API rather than used through a product interface, free to start, for building transcription into your own tool.

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Subtitles, dubbing and voice cloning

Checksub concentrates on subtitles and adds dubbing and voice cloning, from $12 a month with a free trial, a fit when captions matter more than transcripts.

Transcription you can pay for by the hour

Sonix sells transcription you can pay for by the hour, from $10, which suits occasional projects the way Happy Scribe's yearly minute metering suits lumpy production.

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Transcription built to land in an edit

Simon Says transcribes into formats built for landing straight in an edit, from $20 with no free tier, when the transcript needs to drop into a timeline, not just a caption file.

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Transcription built for newsrooms

Trint at $79 builds transcription for newsrooms, with the editorial workflow that a subtitle and transcript service leaves out.

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Captions, b-roll and hooks on a vertical clip

Submagic is the better pick when all you want is captions on vertical clips, adding b-roll and hooks, with a free tier and paid plans from $19 a month.

Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok