# ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/elevenlabs-scribe-v2/ 5 people recommended ElevenLabs Scribe v2 in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended for accuracy on non-English speech, including French dialogue and European languages. One mixed comment says its European-language support is only half decent. Summary written by Claude from 5 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Accurate for non-English languages (3 comments in the sample): "Thus I keep sticking with Elvenlabs Scribe v2 at least it has half way decent support of European languages on this list." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50178097)) "I also found eleven labs gave me the best results when transcribing French dialog from a 60s television show." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478259)) "significantly more accurate for non-English languages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750792)) ## Other speech recognition models people recommend - [OpenAI Whisper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/whisper/): 122 recommend, 24 mixed, 44 criticize - [NVIDIA Parakeet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/parakeet/): 115 recommend, 17 mixed, 16 criticize - [Mistral Voxtral](https://hackerapproved.com/p/voxtral-transcribe-2/): 47 recommend, 15 mixed, 24 criticize - [whisper.cpp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/whisper-cpp/): 25 recommend, 6 mixed, 1 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://elevenlabs.io/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "ElevenLabs Scribe v2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/elevenlabs-scribe-v2/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.