HappyScribe is an Irish alternative to Otter.ai and Fireflies.ai for AI and machine learning.
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- Headquarters
- Ireland
- Founded
- 2017
- Open source
- No
- Free plan
- Yes
- Data hosted in
- the EU
Transcribe, subtitle and translate audio and video in 150+ languages, record Zoom, Teams and Meet calls, and order human-checked transcripts when accuracy matters.
Dublin-registered, Barcelona-built transcription and subtitling platform with an AI notetaker, 150+ languages and an optional human-reviewed tier.
HappyScribe turns audio and video into transcripts, subtitles and translations in 150+ languages and dialects, and records your meetings as well. When machine output is not enough, a human-reviewed tier has native-speaking professionals check the transcript for 99%+ accuracy, which suits newsrooms, legal teams and researchers who cannot publish or file a misheard quote.
An AI Notetaker joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet to record, transcribe and summarise calls with action items and custom templates, while mobile recording covers in-person meetings. AI Chat searches across your whole transcript library. For video teams, the same platform generates subtitles and translated captions with speaker diarization, ready to export for publishing.
Key benefits:
- 150+ languages for transcription, subtitles and translation
- Human review option reaching 99%+ accuracy with professional transcribers
- AI Notetaker for Zoom, Teams and Google Meet
- Custom summaries with templates and extracted action items
- Subtitle generation and translated captions for video publishing
- AI Chat answering questions across all your transcripts
- Pay-as-you-go per minute alongside monthly plans
- Free plan with unlimited meeting recordings
HappyScribe is operated by Happy Scribe Limited, registered in Dublin, Ireland, and built by a team based in Barcelona since 2017. Data is stored and processed in an EU data centre, every customer gets a GDPR data processing agreement, and the platform is SOC 2 Type II audited. Customer content is not used to train AI models without opt-in.
Trusted by 41,000+ teams including ITV, Fujitsu, Randstad, Tamedia and Skydance.
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