Transcribe Zoom to Text
Video conferencing platform for meetings and webinars.
Works with publicly available audio & video. DRM-protected content is not supported.
How to Transcribe Zoom
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Copy the Zoom cloud recording share URL.
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Paste it into STT.ai and select your preferred AI model.
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Click Transcribe to get a full meeting transcript with timestamps.
Why Use STT.ai for Zoom?
Just Paste a URL
No downloads or extensions needed
10+ AI Models
Whisper, Canary, and more
100+ Languages
Auto-detection or manual
Export TXT, SRT, VTT, DOCX
Subtitles, notes, documents
What to do with your Zoom transcript
Speaker-labeled meeting minutes
Diarization tags every voice so participants are clear in the record.
AI-extracted action items
Pipe the transcript through /tools/summarize/ to surface decisions and owners.
Searchable meeting archive
Find any decision again by full-text search — months later.
Frequently Asked Questions
Paste the Zoom recording link (cloud recording or share URL) into STT.ai. We pull the meeting audio, run speaker diarization so each participant is labelled, and hand back a searchable transcript with action items you can export. Example Zoom link format: https://zoom.us/rec/share/abc123def456
You need a Zoom share link that you have permission to access — the recording or file must be shared with "anyone with the link" (or be one you own). STT.ai itself never logs into Zoom; it only reads the link you paste.
Yes. STT.ai includes 600 free minutes/month — usable for Zoom URLs exactly like uploaded files. Paid plans starting at $5/month extend per-item length limits.
Free users can transcribe Zoom content up to 1 hour per item; paid plans extend that to 8+ hours per item, enough for the longest Zoom meeting recording you're likely to hit.
For pre-recorded Zoom content, paste the URL and we do the rest. For a live Zoom stream, switch to STT.ai's live-transcription tool — point it at the stream and watch captions appear in real time.
DRM-protected Zoom content cannot be transcribed — we don't bypass DRM. For those, capture the audio through your OS (system audio recorder, OBS) and upload the resulting file directly.
Yes. 100+ languages, auto-detected by default. For mixed-language Zoom content, our models handle language switches mid-clip.
Yes. Speaker diarization labels every Zoom participant (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, …) and you can rename them to real attendee names in the editor — ideal for minutes and action-item attribution.
Export Zoom transcripts as DOCX, PDF, TXT, or JSON for notes, sharing, and archiving — plus SRT/VTT if you later pair the audio with video. Most Zoom users reach for DOCX or PDF.
Zoom URL transcription accuracy tracks the source audio quality — clean studio audio reaches 93-95% with our best models; low-bitrate streams or noisy field recordings land lower.
Zoom transcripts are private to your account by default. Pro plans add client-side encryption — even STT.ai can't read them without your key. Source audio is deleted after transcription.
Yes. Submit multiple Zoom URLs through the REST API or the in-app batch upload — each is queued and you're emailed when it finishes. Useful for bulk-processing a set of Zoom links in one go.
Beyond Zoom, STT.ai supports 1,300+ platforms — including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex. The /transcribe/ directory lists every supported source.