Guides / Happy Scribe

Happy Scribe guides

Start with the workflow, learn the caption fundamentals, and check your output before publishing.

Step-by-step guides & common questions

Happy Scribe · Guide

Prepare a recording, choose transcription, review the draft, and export the result.

Happy Scribe · Guide

Choose between a separate caption track and a video with embedded subtitles.

Happy Scribe · Guide

Create a separate subtitle version from a transcript and check the language limitations.

Happy Scribe · Guide

Check the file type and account permissions before repeating an export.

Happy Scribe · Update

A focused reading guide to selected official changes for transcription workflows.

Creator experience · Archive

Alan Petersen’s archived workflow perspective. This is a creator review, not a current step-by-step interface tutorial.

Useful with either tool

Choose the right deliverable before you start.

File formats

Check text blocks and timestamps before exporting.

Publishing checklist

Check wording, timing, line breaks, speakers, and sounds.

Practical workflow

A repeatable review workflow for names, numbers, quotes, speakers, and unresolved words.

Practical workflow

A practical delivery checklist for matching the right subtitle file to the final video.