Zoom Live Transcription

by Zoom

Built-in Zoom live captioning across meetings and webinars.

TL;DR

Built-in Zoom live captioning across meetings and webinars.

Best for organisations using Zoom for daily meetings and webinars that want a default accessibility option. Pricing: bundled · Zoom plans.

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Products
License
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Pricing
bundled · Zoom plans
Platforms
Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android

What it is

Zoom Live Transcription is the platform's built-in live captioning feature, with token-based handoff for external CART captioning when needed.

Best for: Organisations using Zoom for daily meetings and webinars that want a default accessibility option.
Watch out for: Built-in accuracy is best-effort; high-stakes events still typically use a third-party CART captioner.

Install / use

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Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Zoom Live Transcription vs Whipscribe

FeatureZoom Live TranscriptionWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
Pricingbundled · Zoom plansfree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Zoom Live Transcription

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Whipscribe is a managed faster-whisper + whisperX service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.