# The best AI transcription tools

> What turns audio or video into reliable text?

- Canonical: https://serchai.com/en/best-ai/audio-transcription/
- Site: Serchai (https://serchai.com) — AI tools comparator
- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-08-06

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> **The question this segment answers:** What turns audio or video into reliable text?

## Ranking

1. [Gladia](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/gladia/) — 4/5 · Free — Audio transcription API billed per hour, with free credits to get started.
2. [Sonix](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/sonix/) — 4/5 · Free trial · from $25 — Automated transcription in fifty-plus languages with a browser editor and pay-per-hour uploads.
3. [Happy Scribe](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/happy-scribe/) — 3.8/5 · Free + from $17 — Transcription and subtitles with its own editor and optional human review billed per minute.
4. [Transkriptor](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/transkriptor/) — 3.8/5 · Free trial · from $9.99 — Transcription in a hundred-plus languages with mobile apps, a Chrome extension and a meeting bot.
5. [Amberscript](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/amberscript/) — 3.5/5 · Free trial · from €19 — Machine and human transcription from a Dutch company that charges in euros and hosts in Europe.