You can get an automated transcript of your meeting.
Learn which Google Workspace editions have Transcripts- Business Standard
- Business Plus
- Enterprise Starter
- Enterprise Standard
- Enterprise Plus
- Teaching & Learning Upgrade
- Education Plus
- Workspace Individual
Important:
- The Transcripts feature is currently available for Google Meet users on a computer or laptop.
- Meeting transcripts of languages other than English aren’t accurate.
- 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
Turn on Transcripts in Google Meet
Important:
- Transcripts are saved in the meeting organizer's Google Drive.
- Transcripts contain the words spoken in a meeting, but not the chat messages from the meeting.
- 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.
- On your computer, join or start a meeting in Google Meet .
- At the bottom right, click ActivitiesTranscripts Start Transcription Start.
Tip:When meeting transcripts are on, a Transcripts icondisplays at the top left for everyone in the meeting.
To stop Transcripts:
- Click ActivitiesTranscripts Stop Transcription Stop.
Tips:
- When all participants leave the meeting, Transcripts stops 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.
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.
Hosts can enable certain features to start automatically when a meeting begins, like Record the meeting, Transcribe the meeting, and Take notes with Gemini.
- When creating a meeting, click Video call options Meeting records.
- Select Transcribe the meeting.
Tip:Participants who join a meeting where the host has enabled these features get an on-screen warning message.
Important:
- Even if these features are enabled, they won’t start until the host or co-host joins the meeting on web.
- Notes and recordings are automatically shared with the hosts and co-hosts.