Important:
- You can only use the Transcripts feature on a computer, laptop, or Android device.
- Meeting transcripts are on by default for all Workspace editions except Google Workspace for Education with a student license, where meeting transcripts are off by default. Learn more about Transcripts settings .
You can record meeting transcripts only if there's enough free space in both:
- Your Workspace organization's Google Drive
- The meeting host's Drive
- Business Standard
- Business Plus
- Enterprise Starter
- Enterprise Standard
- Enterprise Plus
- Teaching and Learning Upgrade
- Education Plus
- Workspace Individual
Meeting transcripts are available in:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
You can get an automated transcript of your meeting.
Turn Transcripts in Google Meet on or off
Important:
- Your meeting transcripts are saved in the meeting organizer's Google Drive.
- Only the spoken words in a meeting are included in the transcripts.
- To get a transcript of chat messages, record your video meeting .
If "Host management" is off, anyone from the host’s domain can turn on Transcripts. If "Host management" is on, only the host and co-hosts can turn on Transcripts.
To start Transcripts:
- On your computer, join or start a meeting in Google Meet .
- At the bottom right, click Meeting tools
Transcribe
- In the pop-up screen, click Start.
- When meeting transcripts are on, at the top right, a Transcripts icon
displays for everyone in the meeting.
- When meeting transcripts are on, at the top right, a Transcripts icon
To stop Transcripts:
- At the bottom right, click Meeting tools
- Or, you can click Stop transcribing.
- In the pop-up screen, click Stop.
Tips:
- When all participants leave the meeting, Transcripts stop automatically.
- You can't pause Transcripts, but you can stop one meeting transcript and start a new one in the same meeting.
- You get a separate transcript file each time you start Transcripts.
Important:
- Even if these features are enabled, they won’t start until the host or co-host joins the meeting on the web.
- Notes and recordings are automatically shared with the hosts and co-hosts.
Hosts can enable certain features to start automatically when a meeting begins, like Record the meeting, Transcribe the meeting, and "take notes for me."
- When creating a meeting, click Video call options
- Select Transcribe the meeting.
Tip:Participants who join a meeting where the host has enabled these features get an on-screen warning message.
Find a transcript
After your meeting ends, an automated email with a link to the meeting transcript is sent to:
- The host
- Any co-hosts
- The person who turned on Transcripts
Tip:Transcripts of longer meetings take longer to process. Please allow time for your automated email to arrive.
The transcript is also attached to the meeting's Google Calendar event.
- All invitees in the host's organization can open the attachment.
- If there are more than 200 invitees in the host's organization, the transcript is only available to the host, co-hosts, and the person who turned on Transcripts in the meeting.
