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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amberscript

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAmberscript, headquartered in Amsterdam, helps users transform audio and video to text and subtitles through the use of its AI-driven on-demand software service.

    $10

    Prepaid: 1 hour of audio or video uploaded

    HappyScribe

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AHappyScribe is a platform for transcription and subtitling needs, from the company of the same name in Barcelona. The vendor aims to solve speech to text technology by building a multilingual and frictionless platform for transcription and subtitles through our machine-generated and human-made transcription & subtitling offering.

    $0.20

    per minute

    Pricing
    AmberscriptHappyScribe
    Editions & Modules
    Pre-Paid
    $10
    per hour of audio or video uploaded
    Subscription
    $25
    per month
    Manual transcription
    from $1.40
    per minute
    Automatic
    $0.20
    per minute
    Human-made
    $1.95
    per minute
    Human translation (for subtitles)
    $24.79
    per minute
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AmberscriptHappyScribe
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual subscription.
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    User Ratings
    AmberscriptHappyScribe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AmberscriptHappyScribe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amberscript
    Amberscript is great for transcribing individual audio (or video) files that reside on your computer. The ability to view and edit the text of the text file (to correct or remove data that you don't want to be shared) before the output is a great option. I feel it may be limited in the ability to transcribe live audio records such as phone calls or meetings, where we would find it very useful to have immediate access to a transcript (for coaching or sharing purposes). I feel the needs are more designed as a solution for pre-existing audio/video files versus working in real-time.
    Incentivized
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    HappyScribe
    Happy Scribe saves us a lot of time in generating transcripts and subtitles. We have used other services, including human transcription, and really find Happy Scribe to be adequate for a starting point. Even human transcription isn't perfect when the transcriptionist isn't familiar with the domain and specific vocabulary used.
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    Pros
    Amberscript
    • Automated Speech to text transcribing
    • Video and Audio file to text data file conversion
    Incentivized
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    HappyScribe
    • Machine translation is remarkably accurate, though of course not perfect.
    • The entire web app experience is thoughtfully designed and implemented. Using it is a pleasure.
    • A sweet feature: the ability to share editable transcripts with guests through a share link.
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    Cons
    Amberscript
    • There does not appear to be a way to transcribe live audio (such as a live meeting or live phone call)
    Incentivized
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    HappyScribe
    • There's not much to dislike!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amberscript
    I feel that Amazon Transcribe was much more feature-rich, allowing for a much more real-time solution, whereas Amberscript is great for transcribing existing call recordings (or video files) to a rich text file. Amazon Transcribe will do both, while Amberscript only does the latter. For our business, this was a significant feature loss for Amberscript.
    Incentivized
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    HappyScribe
    For our use, Happy Scribe's machine translation is nearly as accurate as the human translation services we used before at considerably lower cost. The web app is better designed than either of the others we tried, though we haven't used those alternatives in the past several years
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    Return on Investment
    Amberscript
    • Having an automated speech-to-text conversion allows us to reduce human hours, which would normally take notes or have to review long audio files.
    • Being able to transcribe multiple call recordings into a searchable text format allows for coaching of issues in a much more efficient format than an audio recording.
    Incentivized
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    HappyScribe
    • Happy Scribe enables us to make videos and audio accessible to people who prefer not to watch or listen.
    • Happy Scribe saves us time and money.
    • Happy Scribe just works.
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