Zoom Transcription Explained: Captions, Transcripts, Downloads and What Actually Gets Saved
Picture this. You finish a 45-minute client call, close the window, and then remember the client mentioned a deadline and a budget figure you did not write down. You open Zoom looking for the transcript. Nothing is there. This happens all the time, and it is not because Zoom is broken. It happens because "Zoom transcription" is not one feature. It is three different things that look alike, live in different settings, and get deleted on different schedules. This guide walks through all three, shows you how to switch each one on, and explains how to save the text before it disappears. It is based on the walkthrough from AI Tools Vault's Zoom transcription guide , which is worth reading alongside this one. The Three Things People Call "Zoom Transcription" Zoom turns the same meeting audio into text in three ways. 1. Automated captions. These scroll on screen while people talk. They are meant for following along, not for keeping. Zoom used to call this "live t...