Using Meeting transcripts

Transcripts are intended for retaining and saving speech-to-text data in the meeting. 
Meeting hosts can manage transcript availability during meetings, and participants may be able to request transcript access during a meeting.

Requirements for enabling or disabling meeting transcripts

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How to start or stop meeting transcript as a host

  1. Start a Zoom meeting.
  2. In the meeting controls toolbar, click More then Transcript.
    The meeting transcript will start.
  3. (Optional) To stop the meeting transcription, in the top-right corner of the meeting window, hover over the Transcript icon, then click Stop transcription.
    A confirmation window will appear.
  4. (Optional) In the window, select the Delete transcript checkbox.
  5. Click Stop transcription.

How to request meeting transcript during a meeting

  1. Join a Zoom meeting.
  2. In the meeting controls toolbar, click the More then Transcript.
    The Ask host to start transcription window will appear.
  3. Click Request transcription.
    The host will receive a prompt where they can choose to Decline or Start transcription.
  4. (Optional) In the top-right corner of the meeting window, hover over the Transcript icon then click Ask host to stop transcription.

How to access and save meeting transcripts during the meeting

  1. Start or join a Zoom meeting.
  2. In the meeting controls toolbar, click the More then Transcript.
  3. The Transcript panel will open to the right of the meeting window.  As participants speak during the meeting, the transcript will populate.
  4. At the bottom of the Transcript panel, click Save transcript.
    The .TXT file will be saved to your device.
  5. Click View in Folder or Finder to access your saved transcripts.
    Your saved captions are saved in the following folder on your computer: