Upload the MP4 Zoom saved, or the smaller audio-only M4A next to it, and download SRT or VTT. Zoom's share links cannot be fetched, because they open only for a signed-in viewer.
How it works
Local recordings are in the Zoom folder inside Documents, one folder per meeting. Cloud recordings are in the Zoom web portal under Recordings; choose Download.
Zoom saves an audio-only file beside the video. It is a fraction of the size and gives the same subtitles with the same timing, so upload that when the video is large.
Open the transcript, correct names and product terms, and download the subtitle file for the edited recording or the learning platform it is going to.
Which Zoom file to use
A Zoom recording folder usually holds a video (video123.mp4 or zoom_0.mp4), an audio-only track (audio123.m4a) and sometimes a chat text file. For subtitles the audio is all that matters:
Recordings made with separate audio per participant give one file per person. Use the combined file for subtitles.
Compared with Zoom's own transcript
Zoom produces its own .vtt for cloud recordings on paid plans when audio transcription is switched on before the meeting. If you have that file and it reads well, use it; our VTT to SRT converter turns it into SRT in the browser.
Make a new one here when the meeting was recorded locally (no Zoom transcript exists), when the setting was off, when the language was not English, or when the built-in text has too many wrong names to fix by hand. You also get a summary, chapters and the questions the meeting answered, with speakers named in the summary and key quotes. For plain meeting notes rather than subtitles, see transcribe a Zoom recording.
Sample output
1 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:46,500 fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation conceived in in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition 2 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:50,300 that all men are created equal. 3 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:57,500 Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived 4 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:01,620 and so dedicated, can long endure. 5 00:01:01,620 --> 00:01:07,920 We are met on a great battlefield of that war we have come to dedicate a portion of that field 6 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:14,240 as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that their nation might live 7 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,800 it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this
Real output, unedited: a public-domain LibriVox reading of the Gettysburg Address (2 min 41 s) transcribed here in October 2026. The repeated word and the missing capitals are what came back; you would fix those on the transcript before downloading.
Before you rely on it
Each cue is a phrase from the transcript with its start and end time. Most run a few seconds. A passage spoken without a pause can come out as one long cue of up to about half a minute, so split those in your editor if your platform wants two short lines at a time.
Cue times are taken from the recording itself, so the file lines up with the video or audio you uploaded. If you trim the start of the video afterwards, shift the cues by the same amount in your editor.
On public test recordings, about 7 words in 100 differed from the reference for clean English read speech, between 4 and 9 in 100 for Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French and German, and about 21 in 100 for Hindi. Noisy rooms, music and crosstalk do worse. Method and every number: the benchmark.
Open the transcript, correct a misheard name or number on its line, and the SRT and VTT you download carry the correction with the timing unchanged.
You get the subtitle file. Fonts, colours, position and captions drawn into the picture are done in your video editor or player, which reads this file.
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per recording. The box on this page takes files up to 500 MB; larger ones continue on the upload page. 99+ languages, detected automatically.
Pricing
The preview is free. When the full transcript needs a pack, one-time packs are $4 for 500 minutes, $8 for 1,000 minutes, $12 for 2,000 minutes, $24 for 5,000 minutes. Credits never expire, which comes to about $0.29 to $0.48 per hour of audio.
| Recording | $4 or $8 pack | $12 pack | $24 pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-minute call | $0.24 | $0.18 | $0.14 |
| 1-hour webinar | $0.48 | $0.36 | $0.29 |
| 3-hour workshop | $1.44 | $1.08 | $0.86 |
Figures are the share of a pack each recording uses. A button opens secure checkout for that pack. Every export format is included; full details on the pricing page.
FAQ
No. Zoom recording links are tied to a signed-in session, so they cannot be fetched. Download the recording from the Zoom web portal and upload the file.
Either works. The audio-only M4A is much smaller and produces the same subtitles with the same timing, so it is the quicker choice for long meetings.
Yes. Cue times are measured from the start of the recording, and Zoom's video and audio-only files share the same start. If you trim the video afterwards, shift the cues by the same amount.
No. The cues carry the words and their timing. Speakers are identified and named in the summary, key quotes and chapters that come with the transcript.
Up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file. Recordings of one to four hours are routine; very long ones take longer to finish.
Every page in this set uses the same upload box and the same export. All subtitle pages
Free preview. Upload the M4A for speed; packs from $4 when the full transcript needs one.