Transcripts are the saved record of meeting content, used for retaining and saving speech-to-text data in the meeting. Transcripts are not enabled by default–a host or admin must explicitly turn them on. Hosts can manage transcripts during meetings, and participants can request transcript access during a meeting.
When transcripts are enabled, transcripts are generated and retained according to the host’s meeting transcript settings. Admins can configure transcripts to always be on for all meetings in their organization.
Learn more about meeting transcripts.
An additional subsetting is available that permits meeting hosts to directly view and delete meeting transcripts generated with meeting summaries. When this setting is enabled, the transcripts are accessible by meeting hosts and can be downloaded as a VTT file from the list of available transcripts in the Recording and Transcripts tab.
These transcripts cannot be shared directly through Zoom.
Enable or Disable Meeting Transcript for your Personal Account
This setting allows individual users to enable or disable Meeting transcript for their personal use.
You do not need admin permissions to change the setting, unless it is locked by an admin for the entire account or a group of users.
- Sign into the Zoom web portal at https://oklahoma.zoom.us/.
- In the top-right corner, click your profile picture or initials, then click My account.
- In the side menu, click Settings
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- Click Meeting.
- Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Meeting transcript toggle to enable or disable it.
- If a verification dialog appears, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at either the group or account level. You cannot change it yourself and must contact your Zoom admin.
- (Optional) Select or clear the check boxes next to the following sub-settings to enable or disable them, then click Save:
- Automatically generate transcripts for: Automatically generate transcripts for all meetings or meetings that have a summary. (Select or clear the check box for this setting will either automatically start transcription or leave transcription off for the meeting; however, transcription can be turned on or off at any time during the meeting by selecting the Transcript button pinned on the meetings control toolbar or under More
button on the meetings control toolbar.)
- Retention and permissions: (This section on a personal account does not provide the ability to specify the number of days before a transcript is deleted.)
- Allow all meeting participants to view transcripts during the meeting: Choose whether to allow all meeting participants to view transcripts during the meeting. (Select or clear the check box for this setting will either allow or remove the next bullet "Allow saving of transcripts to computer by:")
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Allow saving of transcripts to computer by: If you allow meeting participants to view transcripts during the meeting, you can also configure whether anyone can save transcripts to their device. Options include the host only, host and co-hosts, all participants who are not guests (external participants), all participants with the specified IP addresses or ranges, and all meeting participants.