Zoom transcription

Transcribe a Zoom recording, cleaner than Zoom's own

Download your Zoom recording and upload it here for a sharper, speaker-labeled transcript with a synced player and proper exports. Better than the built-in audio transcript, and it's a file you keep. Test the quality free on your first 10 minutes, backed by a no-questions refund.

Transcribe a Zoom recordingFirst 10 minutes free. No credit card.

Download it first, then upload it here

The one step people miss: getting the recording out of Zoom. Here's exactly where it lives.

Cloud or local recording?

Both take about thirty seconds.

  1. 1Sign in at zoom.us and open Recordings in the left menu.
  2. 2Find the meeting and download the file. The audio-only M4A is all you need for a transcript.
  3. 3Upload it here, no conversion needed.

Tip: Cloud recordings can expire on some plans, so download the ones you want to keep.

What you get back

A meeting sample transcribed and synced to its audio, speakers separated. Press play, or click any word to jump there.

Sample preview
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Alex (Lead):All right, quick stand up. Let's keep it tight. Sarah, where are we on the launch checklist?

Sarah (PM):Almost there. The last blocker is the payment flow, and Tom said he'd have a fix in this morning.

Tom (Dev):Yeah, it is basically done. I am testing the edge cases now. Should be merged before lunch.

Alex (Lead):Perfect. So if that lands, are we good to ship Thursday?

Sarah (PM):I think so. Let's decide for real at the end of day check-in once the fix is in.

Tom (Dev):Works for me

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Why not just use Zoom's transcript?

Zoom's audio transcript is handy for a quick skim, but it tends to be weaker on accuracy and speaker labels, and there's no real editor to fix it. A fresh pass here usually reads cleaner, separates speakers better, and gives you a synced player plus exports to TXT, DOCX, SRT, and WebVTT. It's also yours: it doesn't vanish when a cloud recording expires or someone leaves the workspace. For recurring calls with several people, the meeting transcription page covers multi-speaker recordings in more depth.

Zoom transcription FAQ

Updated July 2026
Download the recording first: for a cloud recording, sign in to the Zoom web portal, open Recordings, and download the audio-only M4A; for a local recording, it is already in your Zoom folder. Then upload it here (video works too, we pull the audio out automatically) and FileToText returns a speaker-labeled, timestamped transcript in minutes. It usually reads cleaner than Zoom's own transcript, separates speakers better, and gives you a synced player plus real exports, and it is a file you keep after the cloud recording expires. The first 10 minutes are free; after that it is $3 per audio hour, billed per started hour. Accuracy is 95%+ on clear audio; a large call with many similar voices is harder, so set the speaker count at upload. Export as TXT, DOCX, SRT, or WebVTT. See the live monthly benchmark →
For a cloud recording, sign in to the Zoom web portal, open Recordings, find the meeting, and download the file (the audio-only M4A is all you need for a transcript). For a local recording, it's already in your Zoom folder on your computer. Then upload it here, no conversion needed.
Zoom's audio transcript is fine for a quick skim but tends to be weaker on accuracy and speaker labels, and you can't edit it comfortably. A fresh pass here usually reads cleaner, separates speakers better, and gives you a synced player plus exports to TXT, DOCX, SRT, and WebVTT.
Yes. It detects speakers automatically and you rename them once. A two or three person call separates cleanly; a large all-hands with many similar voices is harder, so set the speaker count at upload and review the spots where people talk over each other.

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