Can I search the text after I transcribe a Loom video?
Our own engine reads the Loom video and gives the text back; the part the platform decides is only the download.
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How to transcribe a Loom video
How to transcribe a Loom video: the steps that take the Loom video and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
For how to transcribe a Loom video, the work is short once the file is on your own disk. The file of the recording may be 30 minutes, and the free plan is $0 with 3 files a day.
How to transcribe a Loom video, step by step
- 1
Open the library
The video that has to be transcribed is opened in the library of the workspace, where every Loom of the account is kept.
- 2
Download the video
The download is made from the entry of the video, and the .MP4 file lands on the computer.
- 3
Check the plan first
The download is only there on the plans that allow it, and the Starter Free plan cannot download videos at all.
- 4
Copy the part you need
Every line of the text carries the moment it was said, so a quotation can be copied with its own timecode.
- 5
Wait for the text, not for the file
The upload of the Loom video is quick; the engine reads it once and hands the whole text back as a document.
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
How Loom stores the file, and what it says about it
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| What can go wrong | The download feature is only available on Business, Business+ AI, or Enterprise plans, and users on the Starter Free plan cannot download videos. |
| What usually fails | A Loom video that cannot be downloaded is a matter of the workspace plan, the user role or the workspace settings. |
| Length of one file | up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro |
| Free plan | $0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card |
The case
What the recording does not give you
Meetings end in files, and the Loom video is what is left of them. The hour after a meeting is spent listening to it again, and it is spent badly, because the ears are tired. Send the Loom video through our own engine and it comes back as text, one segment per line.
Tips
Turn on the split by speaker when more than two people talk in the Loom video.
Give the speakers of the Loom video their names in the editor, one time, and export again.
Send the audio track of the Loom video when the platform gives you both.
The audio of the Loom video is smaller than the video of the same call.
Export SRT when the Loom video has to become a subtitled video.
Questions about how to transcribe a Loom video
What are the steps to transcribe a Loom video?
For how to transcribe a Loom video, the text comes out of one upload: the file of the Loom video goes to the engine and the text comes back.
What do I need before I transcribe a Loom video?
The recording of Loom is enough for the engine, and the text of it comes back with the time of every line.
Do I need an account to transcribe a Loom video?
Upload the Loom video and read the result: our own engine writes down what it hears, with the time of every piece.
What is in the file after I transcribe a Loom video?
The file is all it takes: the Loom video goes to our own engine and a document comes back.
Related pages
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Sources
- SDownload your Loom video (read 2026-10-25)support.atlassian.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
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