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How to Transcribe a Zoom Meeting

To transcribe a Zoom meeting, record it with the LiteScribe Chrome extension or desktop app and the transcript appears live as people speak. You can also upload an existing Zoom recording or paste a cloud recording link. Every transcript includes speaker labels, a summary, action items, and topic tags in 100+ languages.

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How it works

  1. 1

    Capture the meeting

    Install the LiteScribe Chrome extension or desktop app, join your Zoom call, and click record. Live transcription shows text appearing in real time with less than two seconds of latency.

  2. 2

    Or upload a recording

    Already have a Zoom recording? Upload the MP4 or M4A file, or paste a Zoom cloud recording link, and LiteScribe extracts the audio and transcribes it automatically.

  3. 3

    Let AI do the work

    When transcription finishes you get speaker diarization, an AI summary, action items, and topic tags. Custom speaker names let you replace Speaker A and Speaker B with real names.

  4. 4

    Review, ask, and export

    Edit the transcript, ask AI questions across the conversation, then export to DOCX, PDF, PPTX, TXT, or SRT to share with your team.

Doing this without uploading anything

The steps above use the LiteScribe cloud, which is the quickest way to get a transcript back. There is a second route for material you would rather not upload: once the recording is saved as a file, the desktop app supports transcription that never sends your file anywhere on your own CPU or GPU. It is a desktop feature for Windows, macOS and Linux, and it needs a one-time model download. See the full set of privacy and offline guides for the setup.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. With the LiteScribe Chrome extension or desktop app you see the transcript appear in real time while the meeting is happening, with less than two seconds of latency. You can also enable AI features so a summary and action items are ready the moment the call ends.

No. You can record live with the extension or desktop app, upload an existing MP4 or M4A recording, or paste a Zoom cloud recording link. LiteScribe handles audio extraction and transcription for you in every case.

Yes. Speaker diarization automatically identifies and labels each speaker in your Zoom call, so you can see exactly who said what. On Pro and Business plans you can rename speakers to their actual names for cleaner, shareable notes.

On the desktop app you can use offline Local Mode, which transcribes entirely on your own machine with an on-device AI engine. Nothing is sent to any third-party AI service, which is ideal for confidential or regulated meetings.

LiteScribe transcribes Zoom meetings in 100+ languages with automatic language detection, so international calls are transcribed accurately without any manual language selection.

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