Happy Scribe

Happy Scribe is a transcription, subtitling, and translation platform. Its REST API (base https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1, Bearer-token auth) turns audio and video into text with automatic (machine) or professional (human) transcription, generates and translates subtitles/captions, and exports finished transcripts into 15+ formats (SRT, VTT, STL, DOCX, PDF, TXT, JSON, CSV, XLSX, plus editing-suite formats like Adobe Premiere XML, Final Cut Pro XML, EDL, and Avid DS). Work is organized under organizations and folders, files are ingested by URL or signed upload, and webhooks notify consumers when transcriptions complete.

Happy Scribe publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Exports API, Glossaries and Style Guides API, Orders API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Audio Transcription, Transcription, Speech-to-Text, Subtitles, and Captions.

Happy Scribe’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 6 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

39.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try

7 APIs

Audio Transcription Transcription Speech-to-Text Subtitles Captions Translation

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 39.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Happyscribe Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: happyscribe
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/happyscribe/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Happy Scribe
kind: company
description: Happy Scribe is a transcription, subtitling, and translation platform. Its REST API (base https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1,
  Bearer-token auth) turns audio and video into text with automatic (machine) or professional (human) transcription, generates
  and translates subtitles/captions, and exports finished transcripts into 15+ formats (SRT, VTT, STL, DOCX, PDF, TXT, JSON,
  CSV, XLSX, plus editing-suite formats like Adobe Premiere XML, Final Cut Pro XML, EDL, and Avid DS). Work is organized under
  organizations and folders, files are ingested by URL or signed upload, and webhooks notify consumers when transcriptions
  complete.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/happyscribe.png
tags:
- Audio Transcription
- Transcription
- Speech-to-Text
- Subtitles
- Captions
- Translation
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: happyscribe:happyscribe-exports-api
  name: Happy Scribe Exports API
  description: Render finished transcripts into downloadable files.
  humanURL: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  baseURL: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Export
  tags_raw:
  - Exports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/happyscribe-exports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/
- aid: happyscribe:happyscribe-glossaries-and-style-guides-api
  name: Happy Scribe Glossaries and Style Guides API
  description: Reusable glossaries and style guides attachable to orders.
  humanURL: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  baseURL: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Glossaries and Style Guides
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/happyscribe-glossaries-and-style-guides-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/
- aid: happyscribe:happyscribe-orders-api
  name: Happy Scribe Orders API
  description: Create and track transcription, subtitling, and translation orders.
  humanURL: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  baseURL: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Order
  tags_raw:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/happyscribe-orders-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/
- aid: happyscribe:happyscribe-organization-memberships-api
  name: Happy Scribe Organization Memberships API
  description: Manage members and roles within an organization.
  humanURL: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  baseURL: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Organization Memberships
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/happyscribe-organization-memberships-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/
- aid: happyscribe:happyscribe-organizations-api
  name: Happy Scribe Organizations API
  description: Organizations (workspaces) the authenticated user belongs to.
  humanURL: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  baseURL: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/happyscribe-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/
- aid: happyscribe:happyscribe-transcriptions-api
  name: Happy Scribe Transcriptions API
  description: List, retrieve, update, and delete transcriptions.
  humanURL: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  baseURL: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Transcriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/happyscribe-transcriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/
- aid: happyscribe:happyscribe-uploads-api
  name: Happy Scribe Uploads API
  description: Signed upload URLs for local media files.
  humanURL: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  baseURL: https://www.happyscribe.com/api/v1
  tags:
  - Uploads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/happyscribe-uploads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/sections/product/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.happyscribe.com/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/happyscribe-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/happyscribe-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/happyscribe
- type: Website
  url: https://www.happyscribe.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.happyscribe.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/happyscribe-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/happyscribe-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/happyscribe-finops.yml
- url: https://www.happyscribe.com/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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