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Enabling or disabling audio transcription for cloud recordings

Zoom Help Center, 2026

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What it is: Zoom's help article on the Create audio transcript setting. It says who can switch the setting on, which Zoom account types qualify, and that transcription applies only to cloud recordings.
How much weight it carries: Official Zoom page, last modified 16 October 2026 according to its metadata. Zoom changes plan rules and admin menu names, so check the page if your screens differ.

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Zoom says an account admin can lock the Create audio transcript setting so that no user in the account can change it.
“To prevent all users in your account from changing this setting, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.” (Enable or disable Create audio transcript for the entire account)
Zoom says its audio transcription applies only to cloud recordings, not to recordings saved to your computer.
“Audio transcription applies only to cloud recordings. It does not apply to computer recordings saved to your device.” (Limitations for creating an audio transcript)
Zoom's article on enabling audio transcription says the feature supports English only.
“Audio transcription only supports English.” (Limitations for creating an audio transcript)
Zoom says you cannot enable or disable audio transcription while you are in a meeting or webinar, so the setting must be right before the recording starts.
“You cannot enable or disable audio transcription while in a meeting or webinar.” (Limitations for creating an audio transcript)
Zoom says the audio transcript setting requires a Pro, Business, Education or Enterprise account with cloud recording enabled.
“Have a Pro, Business, Education, or Enterprise account with cloud recording enabled” (Requirements for enabling and disabling Create audio transcript)
On a personal Zoom account you can switch on Create audio transcript yourself, without admin permissions, unless an admin has locked the setting.
“You do not need admin permissions to change the setting unless the setting has been locked by an admin for the entire account or a group of users.” (Enable or disable Create audio transcript for your personal account)
Zoom says selecting Create audio transcript turns on automatic transcription of cloud recordings, and unselecting it turns that transcription off.
“Selecting Create audio transcript enables automatic transcription of the audio from a meeting or webinar recorded to the cloud, while unselecting it disables automatic transcription.” (How to enable or disable audio transcripts for cloud recordings)

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Official documentation

Enabling or disabling audio transcription for cloud recordings

Zoom Help Center, 2026

Read the original

Read on October 17, 2026

What it is: Zoom's help article on the Create audio transcript setting. It says who can switch the setting on, which Zoom account types qualify, and that transcription applies only to cloud recordings.
How much weight it carries: Official Zoom page, last modified 16 October 2026 according to its metadata. Zoom changes plan rules and admin menu names, so check the page if your screens differ.

Facts taken from this source

Zoom says an account admin can lock the Create audio transcript setting so that no user in the account can change it.
“To prevent all users in your account from changing this setting, click the lock icon, and then click Lock to confirm the setting.” (Enable or disable Create audio transcript for the entire account)
Zoom says its audio transcription applies only to cloud recordings, not to recordings saved to your computer.
“Audio transcription applies only to cloud recordings. It does not apply to computer recordings saved to your device.” (Limitations for creating an audio transcript)
Zoom's article on enabling audio transcription says the feature supports English only.
“Audio transcription only supports English.” (Limitations for creating an audio transcript)
Zoom says you cannot enable or disable audio transcription while you are in a meeting or webinar, so the setting must be right before the recording starts.
“You cannot enable or disable audio transcription while in a meeting or webinar.” (Limitations for creating an audio transcript)
Zoom says the audio transcript setting requires a Pro, Business, Education or Enterprise account with cloud recording enabled.
“Have a Pro, Business, Education, or Enterprise account with cloud recording enabled” (Requirements for enabling and disabling Create audio transcript)
On a personal Zoom account you can switch on Create audio transcript yourself, without admin permissions, unless an admin has locked the setting.
“You do not need admin permissions to change the setting unless the setting has been locked by an admin for the entire account or a group of users.” (Enable or disable Create audio transcript for your personal account)
Zoom says selecting Create audio transcript turns on automatic transcription of cloud recordings, and unselecting it turns that transcription off.
“Selecting Create audio transcript enables automatic transcription of the audio from a meeting or webinar recorded to the cloud, while unselecting it disables automatic transcription.” (How to enable or disable audio transcripts for cloud recordings)