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Meeting recording to text. Free, and in seconds.
Upload a Zoom, Google Meet or Teams recording and get a clean transcript back. No signup, and your audio is never stored.
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FAQ
Meeting transcription, answered
Is this meeting transcription free?
Yes. Upload a recording and get the text back at no cost, with no account. There is a length cap per transcript so it stays free to run.
Does it work with Zoom, Google Meet and Teams?
Yes. All three save a standard audio or video file when you record, and any of those files work here. So do plain voice memos and phone recordings.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to download and no extension to add.
Is my meeting audio stored?
No. The file is transcribed and discarded. Nothing is kept on our side after you get the text back.
What file types can I upload?
Common audio and video formats work, including m4a, mp3, wav, mp4 and mov. If your recording plays on your computer it will almost certainly work here.
Can it tell speakers apart?
This free tool returns a single clean transcript rather than labelled speakers. Naming people out loud at the start of the call is the quickest workaround.
How accurate is it?
Accuracy tracks your audio quality. A local recording with a decent mic is close to clean. A laptop mic picking up a speakerphone across the room will be rougher.
What if I want to keep and search my meetings?
That is what the Almanack app does. It keeps every meeting, organizes it for you, and lets you ask a question later and get an answer sourced to what was actually said.
Is there a length limit?
There is a cap per transcript so the free tool stays free to run. For long calls, split the file or use the app, which handles full-length meetings.
Can I transcribe a video file?
Yes. Upload the mp4 or mov and the audio track is used. You do not need to extract the audio yourself first.
Does it work in languages other than English?
Yes, for a single language per recording. Recordings that switch between languages mid-sentence are still unreliable, which is true of every tool we know of.
Will it work with a Zoom cloud recording?
Download the file from Zoom first, then upload it here. The tool needs the file itself, not a link to it.
Is this the same as an AI notetaker bot?
No. No bot joins your call and nobody sees a third party in the participant list. You record however you already record, and bring the file here.
Why people use it
Works with any recording
Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, a voice memo or a phone recording. If the file plays on your machine, it transcribes here.
No bot in your call
Nothing joins the meeting and no third party appears in the participant list. You record how you already record and bring the file.
Free, no account
Upload and get the text back without signing up. There is a length cap per transcript so it stays free to run.
Audio is never stored
The file is transcribed and discarded. Nothing is kept on our side once you have the text.
Audio or video, either way
Upload the mp4 straight from the recorder. The audio track is used, so you do not need to extract it yourself.
Then stop losing them
A transcript in your downloads folder is not a memory. Almanack keeps every meeting and answers questions from it later.
Turn a meeting recording into text without installing anything. Zoom, Google Meet and Teams all save a standard audio or video file when you record a call, and any of those files can be dropped in here to get a clean transcript back in seconds. It works with plain voice memos and phone recordings too. There is no signup, and your audio is discarded as soon as the text comes back.
How it works
Three steps, no account
Export the recording
Zoom, Meet and Teams all save a local file after the call. Grab the audio or the video, either works.
Drop it in
Upload the file or record straight from the page. Nothing is stored after the transcript comes back.
Copy your transcript
You get clean text in seconds, ready to paste into your notes, an email, or a follow-up.
Common uses
What people use it for
Writing up a call you ran
You were talking, so you were not taking notes. The transcript is how you reconstruct what was agreed.
Catching up on a meeting you missed
A colleague sends the recording. Reading it takes five minutes instead of forty.
Pulling quotes out of a customer call
User interviews and sales calls are worth far more in text, where you can search for the phrase you half remember.
Pro tips
Get more out of it
- Record the meeting locally rather than to the cloud when you can. Local files are higher quality and transcribe more accurately.
- If the call had several speakers, say each person's name once at the start so you can find who said what in the text.
- Trim silence off the front of the file. Long dead air at the start can confuse the first few lines.
- Audio-only exports transcribe just as well as video and upload far faster.
- For a recurring meeting, transcribe right after the call while you still remember the context.
- A transcript is not notes. Pull the decisions and the owed actions out while it is fresh.
- Ask permission before you record a call. Many jurisdictions require it and every workplace expects it.
- Sit closer to the laptop than feels necessary if you are in a room with the speakerphone.
- Split very long calls into chunks. Two thirty minute files are easier to work with than one sixty minute wall.
- Send the summary the same day. A transcript nobody reads is the same as no transcript.
- Mute anyone who is not speaking. Background typing is the most common thing that wrecks accuracy.
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The app behind the tool
A transcript is a wall of text. Almanack hands you the meeting back.
Record the meeting in the app instead and you get a recap with the decisions and the action items already pulled out, plus every past meeting you can ask a question of later.
- Talk or record, and it organizes itself. No folders, no tagging, nothing to maintain.
- Ask a question weeks later and get an answer built from only what was actually said, with the date and source behind every line.
- Action items land on a to-do list you actually see, not buried in a transcript.
- Works on the phone in the room, not just at the desk afterwards.
Free to start. $96 a year or $14 a month when you want more.
Stop re-reading transcripts to find one sentence.
Almanack keeps every meeting and answers from your own words, sourced.
$96 a year or $14 a month. Cancel anytime.