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Google Meet recording to text

Google Meet puts a recording in Google Drive after the call. Download that file, upload it here and get the meeting back as timestamped text. There is no Meet add-on and no link input: Scriptorium works on the file.

Free preview: one file up to 15 minutes and 25 MB, 3 tries a day, no account needed.

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Where the recording is

Recording a Meet call is only offered on some Google Workspace plans and, within those, only to certain users. When it is available and someone records, the video is saved to the organiser's Google Drive, in a folder Meet creates for recordings, and a link is usually sent by email and added to the calendar event. The file is an MP4 video, accepted here as is. If nobody recorded, there is nothing to transcribe afterwards, and no tool can recover audio that was never saved.

Getting the file out, step by step

  1. Open the email or calendar event, or go to Google Drive and find the recordings folder.
  2. Select the video and use the download option in Drive. If you only have view access, ask the owner to share it with download allowed.
  3. Wait for Drive to prepare the file, which can take a while for a long call.
  4. Upload the downloaded MP4 in the box above.

Menu names and where options live change between app versions, plans and operating systems, so treat the steps as the general route and check the app's own help page for the current wording.

Permission and privacy

The recording belongs to the organiser, and other participants were on the call. Upload only meetings you organised or have been given the go-ahead to use. School and work accounts often have rules about third-party tools; check them. Our server receives the file you upload; see keeping meeting recordings private for what to weigh.

Size and length

Without an account one file can be up to 15 minutes and 25 MB. A free account lifts those per-file limits and keeps your transcripts in a library, so for anything longer than a short clip, create one rather than cutting the file up. Video files from Meet are large for their length. Dropping the picture and uploading only the audio track, if you can do that on your computer, reduces what you have to send.

After the transcript is ready

Read it with the recording open if you need to check a name or a number. Speaker labels, for up to eight people, are available with a free account; rename them once and every line updates. Export text for notes, SRT or VTT if you will caption the video. For minutes and decisions, this guide to meeting minutes helps.

How it works

  1. Add a recording

    Drop in a video or audio file, choose one from your device, or record from the microphone. Nothing to install.

  2. It transcribes

    Speech becomes timestamped text, with speaker labels when more than one person talks.

  3. Read, fix, export

    Click any line to correct it, then download TXT, subtitles, Markdown, JSON or CSV.

Questions

Can it transcribe a live Google Meet call?
No. It works on a finished recording that you upload.
I only see a view link in Drive. What now?
Ask the owner to share it with you with downloading allowed, or to send you the file.
Is it a Chrome extension for Meet?
No. It is a web page where you upload a file; nothing is added to Meet.
Does Meet's own transcript get used?
No. We transcribe the audio of the file you upload and never read Google's captions or transcript.
Is it free?
Yes — one recording up to 15 minutes and 25 MB with no account, up to 3 tries a day. A free account keeps your transcripts in a library and lifts the guest limits; the current limits and paid plans are on the pricing page.

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