What does the macOS say about the Screen recording on a Mac?
The engine reads the Russian speech of the Screen recording on a Mac and writes the list of quotations from that text.
Mac screen recording
Screen recording on a Mac to quotes with timestamps in Russian
Screen recording on a Mac to quotes with timestamps in Russian: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
What the macOS stores is what the engine needs. The Russian speech becomes the list of quotations in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into quotes with timestamps
- 1
Open the panel
The Shift, Command and 5 keys are pressed together, and the panel of the Screenshot app appears
- 2
Attach the recording
The file of the Screen recording on a Mac is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is Russian, and the list of quotations comes back in the export of the service.
- 3
Ask for the list of quotations
The instruction of the task asks for the list of quotations and puts the answer about the Screen recording on a Mac into the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
- 4
Tell the engine what it hears
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Screen recording on a Mac is in Russian, so the language of the widget is set to Russian for the list of quotations.
- 5
Check the file before the upload
The recording is stopped with the Stop button in the menu bar or with the Command, Control and Esc keys
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.
What macOS keeps, and what it says about it
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| Where the file is | The Screenshot app of the Mac is opened with the Shift, Command and 5 keys together, and it shows a panel with the controls of the recording: Record Entire Screen and Record Selected Portion. |
| What the file is | The options of the panel of the Screenshot app hold a microphone for the voice, a timer, the mouse clicks and the place where the recording is saved, and by default the recording is saved to the desktop. |
| What can go wrong | On the supported models with macOS Tahoe 26 or later the capture format is changed in the same panel: SDR records in the H.264 video format and HDR in the HEVC video format. |
| What the platform says | The recording of the screen of a Mac is a video: the H.264 video format in the SDR capture and the HEVC video format in the HDR capture. |
| What the platform says | The recording is stopped with the Stop button in the menu bar or with the Command, Control and Esc keys. |
| 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 |
| Pro plan | $10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month |
The case
What the recording does not give you
The Screenshot app of the Mac is opened with the Shift, Command and 5 keys together, and it shows a panel with the controls of the recording: Record Entire Screen and Record Selected Portion. That is the part that depends on the macOS; everything after it is the work of the list of quotations, and it is the same for every recording.
Tips
The instruction of the list of quotations is already written.
Set the language of the Screen recording on a Mac before you send the file.
A file over 30 minutes has to be cut into parts; the Pro plan takes a recording of any length.
Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you record their windows.
Questions about Screen recording on a Mac and quotes with timestamps
Which problems can come with the Screen recording on a Mac?
Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you record their windows. The engine does not change the file of the Screen recording on a Mac; it reads it as it is and writes the list of quotations.
Who reads the list of quotations after the Screen recording on a Mac is sent?
the editor of the interview. The transcript of the Screen recording on a Mac is read first, and the list of quotations comes out of it in the sections Who spoke, Quotes with timestamps, Themes.
Is there a limit to the length of the Screen recording on a Mac?
One file of the Screen recording on a Mac may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the Screen recording on a Mac?
Bring the file of the Screen recording on a Mac to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the list of quotations with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on macos screen recording to text meeting minutes en
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Interview to quotes with timestampsThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- SApple Support: How to record the screen on Mac (read 2026-10-25)support.apple.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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3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps