How do I share a transcript with someone without sending the audio file?

Four ways to share, compared

1. Read-only link
   What the other person gets: A web page with the title, the text and timestamps; no audio; the page tells search engines not to list it
   Can you take it back?: Yes: turn the link off, make a new link (the old one stops), or let it expire after 7 or 30 days
   Needs an account: You need a free account; the reader does not
2. Copy the text
   What the other person gets: The text pasted into your message or document
   Can you take it back?: No: they keep what you pasted
   Needs an account: No, after the transcript exists
3. Download a file
   What the other person gets: A TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, JSON or CSV file (TXT, timestamped TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, JSON and CSV)
   Can you take it back?: No: they keep the file
   Needs an account: No, after the transcript exists
4. Send the audio file
   What the other person gets: The recording itself
   Can you take it back?: No
   Needs an account: No

A link is the only route you can switch off afterwards, and the only one that does not put a copy of the text in the other person's hands. It is also the one that is easiest to forward, so treat the link like a password: anyone who has it can read the text.

What the reader sees, and what they do not

• ·Sees: the transcript's title, its text with timestamps, speaker names you typed, a plain-text download of that text.
• ·Does not see: the audio or video, your notes, your other transcripts, your name or email address, or anything about your account.
• ·Cannot: edit the transcript. The page is read-only and shows the text as it is when they open it.
• ·Search engines: the page is marked noindex and is not in our sitemap, so it is not meant to appear in search results. A link someone posts publicly can still be found by whoever has it.

How to do it

1. Finish and correct the transcript. Read it with the audio playing and fix names and numbers. What you share is the text as it is when the person opens the link.
2. Open the Share link tab. In the transcript, choose Share link, pick how long it should work (7 days, 30 days, or until you turn it off) and turn it on.
3. Copy the link. Copy it and send it. The person does not need an account.
4. Turn it off when you are done. Turn the link off, or make a new link: the old one stops working at once.

Limits and honest caveats

• ·A link works only while the transcript exists and is yours: delete the transcript or the account and the link goes with it.
• ·Sharing is for accounts. The no-account preview keeps a transcript for 24 hours and cannot make a link; create a free account from the transcript screen and the transcript comes with you.
• ·We count how many times a link was opened, not who opened it, and we do not show you who the readers were.
• ·If the recording is confidential, a link is still a copy of the text on a web page that anyone with the link can open. Read is it safe to upload a confidential recording? first.
• ·The text is an automatic draft. Say so when you share it, and check names and numbers against the audio.