Automatically Save Closed Caption Transcript

[lcvachta]

The Auto-Generated Closed captions are a very useful tool on meetings, and I know that we have the ability to save the transcripts. I would like to see an option to automatically save the transcript of meetings, differentiated based on whether I am a participant or host. Or at least a prompt. As it currently stands if I forget to save the transcript before I leave a meeting there is no way to recover it. 

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[marilynejackson]

I agree.  I forget as well. Other platforms do this.  I hope this can be set to automatically save.

[KVSea]

This just happened to me moments ago! Highly frustrating. Even when I do remember, sometimes the host ends the meeting for everyone before I have a chance to act. An auto-save option is absolutely needed.

[marilynejackson]

You have to remember to start saving near the end and hope you get all that you want.

[tesszigo]

I agree! this would be a very useful feature in ZOOM to save us time and brain space to remember to alwasy do this. 

[nicolebmoz]

Plus 1 this request. This would be a super helpful feature to for meeting participants to be able to turn on a zoom setting that auto-saves transcripts to a computer folder.

I use transcripts to reference the action items, next steps from meetings and if I'm not the host, when the meeting ends, the transcripts disappear

[Yasiris_Gomez]

Auto-save transcript is a must. I am Deaf and take online classes and sometimes the meeting closes unexpectedly before I have a chance to save it. I feel bad about not being able to recover the lost transcript.

[CDMaine]

Add me to the list of +1 on this.  So easy to close the meeting and forget a final save.  So frustrating.

[mr-zoom-99x]

I agree with everyone.  Auto-save of transcripts is a needed feature.

[dimsdale]

Agreed.  Just lost a transcript because I forgot to manually save it before ending the meeting. Totally ridiculous that there is no option to auto-save transcripts. 

[mvieve]

Agreed 1000x. I just don't have the capacity to stay 100% tuned in to a day full of meetings, so the transcripts are critical when there's dense subject matter.  PLEASE make this a feature.

[jamileh]

Another vote x 10000 for this.  When I get involved in a complex discussion is both when I most need the transcript and when I'm most likely to forget to go out and find and click the save button again.  And there are people who end meetings with not enough warning to go find the right window for that before they close it.

[Greep]

Hopefully one would be able to set like other options as Default setting for your individual zoom so it doesn't have to be acted on in every zoom. Code it to auto save every so often. by host. In the host coding?

[MTSS]

Agreed. I just lost a transcript from a 90-minute meeting. So frustrating!

[marilynejackson]

It does save it if it is being audio and video recorded already. 

[MTSS]

It does not save them, even when I am recording audio and video. I had a .vtt file along with the recordings but it was blank.

[CDMaine]

I personally don't always want the recording of video/audio.  I just want the transcript.

[BarryTannenbaum]

Please yes!!! I lost a transcript last night because I ended the meeting before saving. There should definitely be an option to automatically save the transcript when the meeting ends.

[Temasi]

Transcripts can only be saved manually at present, but would be amazing if could be auto-saved, like the chat is.
Running a networking group, and various other meetings, it's great to look back on to see who said what and make sure that they are attributed to the right people.
When it's not my meeting I commonly forget to save notes or transcripts and I'd rather not have a separate note-taker app installed just to do what clearly could be a very simple option.
Taking it a step further, it would be amazing to store it in the same folder as the chat file so that each meeting then has the chat and transcript together, with time coded entries to almost 'replay' the meeting.

[Dr10]

I hope they implement this soon. 

[dimsdale]

More than a year since this was first noted as a critical missing feature - and still not implemented.  

[rgettys]

Our university requires us to use Zoom for research interviews. It is devastating to forget to hit the "save" button at the end, especially when the chat is automatically saved so it seems like the underlying functionality should be there.

Perhaps it could be a feature to toggle on autosaving transcripts. 

[PattMacMillan]

Absolutely agree that auto-saving transcripts would be incredibly helpful. Speaking personally, this is a very useful accessibility feature for neuro-divergent people.

[meriment]

For recorded meetings you host you can automatically save the transcript using APIs to extract the transcript programmatically after the meeting ends. If you are not a developer there is a Zoom app, Salepager, that lets you save the transcripts as the host when recording.

[mvieve]

The meetings that I'm not in charge of (and thus able to record and set the parameters for) are the ones I most need transcripts for. I've been working around my ADHD for years but videoconferencing meetings are far more challenging to me than in-person ones. 

[parasavelli]

I'm looking for the Auto Save option too. I couldn't find any setting to enable auto save for the transcripts.

[smithsp]

I add my vote here for an auto-saving option for the transcript.  I just used the transcript feature for the first time.  Then part way through the meeting, gave the transcript to an LLM to summarize the action items to that point, which worked pretty well, but I didn't realize I needed to download the transcript before the meeting ended to save the rest - that it would be lost otherwise.

[singabhi]

Agreed. I just lost a transcript from a meeting. So frustrating!

[dimsdale]

This issue goes back to May 2023. Time for Zoom to have an option to auto-save transcripts.  This is ridiculous already.  All they do is focus on silly AI features. And what is this just awful "immersive view" it has now. Just make the product do what it needs to do.

[scottwo]

Just forgot to hit save at the end of a meeting.
Please add an option to automatically save transcripts. You already have the perfect place for them to be saved! https://zoom.us/recording/meeting/transcript

[MGSR]

Hello Community Members,

I'm sorry for the late response. 

You can check out @Rupert's answer in this threadReasonable Accommodation request.

We would also suggest to submit this as feedback.   

[scottwo]

Yeah, that just feels wasteful when I only need the text transcription. And it's going to clog up my Recordings page with a daily meeting I want the transcript for. But if guys don't allow for just automatic transcript saving on its own, then that's what I'll have to do and manually clean up all the video/audio recordings I don't want.

[CDMaine]

You can see under Rupert's solution - the desire to auto save transcripts as a distinct option when not recording the session for video.   The desire is only for the text.  What is wanted is a toggle in the meeting setup (just like Auto Record - but Auto Record Transcript Only).    @Rupert's answer in this thread: Reasonable Accommodation request. does not address the concerns of this thread.

[KVSea]

@MGSR It is clear that you did not take even a few moments to actually read what has been repeated over and over again in this thread. Saved transcripts are desired without the need to record. Only the text is needed to meet accommodation needs. Audio/video recording is much more invasive and a much harder sell to clients and coworkers. The ability to save transcripts already exists. The ask is that they be allowed to be automatically saved in the same way as chats. Right now, if you don't control the meeting and someone ends it abruptly, you are out of luck. Heck, even when I am in charge I sometimes forget to hit "save transcript" and I'm out of luck too. If you can do it with chat, you can do it with transcripts.

[marilynejackson]

Hi. I started this thread I believe. Can you give the Feedback or can someone else? When I click on my profile picture, I just do not see that option there.... even though it's turned on in the settings.

[CDMaine]

Hi Marilyne - follow the link below.  Anyone can submit feedback.

Feedback

[marilynejackson]

Yes, I do that and click on my profile picture but there is no Help option there....Marilyn (no e)