Official documentation
Using audio transcription for cloud recordings
Zoom Help Center, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Zoom's help article on viewing, editing and displaying the audio transcript of a cloud recording. It gives the VTT file format and the list of languages Zoom supports for these transcripts.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Zoom page, last modified 14 October 2026 according to its metadata. It disagrees with Zoom's enable article on languages: that article says English only, while this one lists 19 languages.
Facts taken from this source
- Zoom's article on using audio transcription lists 19 supported languages for cloud recording transcripts, from English to Danish.
“English Spanish French German Italian Chinese (Simplified) Russian Ukrainian Japanese Korean Vietnamese Dutch Portuguese Arabic Polish Romanian Swedish Turkish Danish” (Supported languages for cloud recording audio transcripts)
- Zoom says that after processing, the audio transcript appears as a separate VTT file in the list of recorded meetings.
“After the transcript is processed, it appears as a separate VTT file in the list of recorded meetings.” (Introduction)
- Zoom says a downloaded audio transcript is a VTT file that you can open in a text editor or a word processing application.
“If you download the VTT file, you can open it with a text editor or word processing application.” (How to view or edit an audio transcript)
- Zoom says a second email tells you when the audio transcript is ready, and its emails link to your recordings or transcript.
“These emails include links to view your recordings or audio transcript.” (How to generate an audio transcript)
- Zoom says automated captions can run live during a meeting, so you do not have to wait for the transcript that is generated afterwards.
“Users can also enable automated captions for live captioning during the meeting, instead of waiting for the transcript to be generated afterwards.” (Introduction)
- Zoom says the audio transcript may take additional time to process after the cloud recording becomes available.
“Once the cloud recording becomes available, the audio transcript may take additional time to process.” (How to generate an audio transcript)
- Zoom says audio transcripts of cloud recordings are saved in VTT format.
“Audio transcripts are saved in VTT format” (How to view or edit an audio transcript)