Transcription

Transcription captures all spoken words during a meeting and saves them as text, with speaker attribution.

Enabling Transcription

1. Join a meeting
2. Click the Transcription toggle in the meeting control bar
3. Transcription begins — all speech is captured and attributed to each speaker
4. Click again to stop transcription

How Transcription Works

• Speech is captured in real-time from all participants
• Each line is attributed to the speaker: Speaker Name: text of speech
• Words accumulate in a local buffer during the session
• When you stop transcription, the full transcript is saved as a message in the meeting chat with a special "transcription" type
• The transcript is visible in the chat and persists after the meeting ends

Viewing Transcriptions

Transcriptions saved in the chat can be displayed in three modes:

You can change the transcription display mode in Settings → Meeting Defaults.

Use Cases

• Meeting minutes — Capture everything said for reference
• Compliance — Keep records of discussions for regulatory purposes
• Absent participants — Share the transcript with people who couldn't attend
• Review — Go back and review specific parts of the discussion

Important Notes

• Transcription captures the translated text if translation is active
• The quality of transcription depends on audio quality — use a good microphone and minimize background noise
• Long meetings produce large transcripts — they're stored as chat messages and don't count toward your storage quota separately
• Multiple participants can independently start/stop transcription in the same meeting
• Each transcription creates a separate message in the chat

Default Setting

Control whether transcription starts automatically:

1. Go to Settings → Meeting Defaults
2. Toggle Transcription on or off
3. This setting applies to all future meetings

Related

• Meeting Controls — Find the transcription toggle in the control bar
• Meeting Defaults — Configure transcription display mode
• Chat — Where transcriptions are saved as messages