Zoom Transcription for Any Recording and Any Plan
Upload the Zoom recording from your computer (Documents → Zoom) or download it from your cloud recordings, and get a transcript with every speaker labelled, in any of 120+ languages.
Zoom MP4 and M4A files · computer or cloud recordings · up to 8 GB
Any language, not just English
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When Zoom’s Own Transcript Isn’t Enough
Zoom’s audio transcript for cloud recordings supports English only. Calls in German, Spanish or Japanese need another transcriber.
Basic accounts can record to the computer but get no cloud recording and no audio transcript. The recording file is all you need here.
Rename speakers, check quotes against the audio and export a clean DOCX, which a VTT caption file can’t give you.
Zoom and Transcripts at a Glance
Where Zoom puts recordings, and what each plan transcribes on its own.
Facts checked 7 November 2026, against Zoom Support
- Computer recording
- Basic (free) and up; saved to Documents\Zoom on Windows and Documents/Zoom on Mac
- Cloud recording
- Paid accounts only: Pro, Business, Enterprise
- Zoom audio transcript
- Cloud recordings on Pro, Business, Education or Enterprise; English only; saved as a separate VTT file
- Where to switch it on
- Settings → Recording → Advanced cloud recording settings → Create audio transcript
- Share links
- Protected by a passcode by default; downloading can be allowed or blocked
- Meeting summaries
- Need a Zoom Workplace paid plan; “AI Companion” was renamed in June 2026
Getting the Recording Out of Zoom
Zoom share links are not imported here; you need the file.
Computer recording
Open the Zoom folder in Documents
Each meeting gets its own folder with its recording files. Upload the video, or an audio file from the same folder if there is one: it is smaller and uploads faster.
Cloud recording
Download from the web portal
Sign in at zoom.us, open Recordings, and download the video or audio file. A passcode-protected share link can’t be fetched by another service.
Speakers
One file is enough
A mixed recording of the whole meeting works fine: speaker recognition separates up to five voices in the transcript.
How to Transcribe a Zoom Recording
From link or file to editable text in three steps.
Open Documents → Zoom on your computer, or download the recording from Recordings on zoom.us.
Drop in the MP4 or the audio file, choose the meeting language and turn on speaker recognition.
Rename each speaker once, fix any terms, and export DOCX, PDF, TXT or SRT.