Mac screen recording

Screen recording on a Mac to structured notes in English

Screen recording on a Mac to structured notes in English: 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 English speech becomes the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.

How it works

How to get the file and turn it into structured notes

  1. 1

    Open the panel

    The Shift, Command and 5 keys are pressed together, and the panel of the Screenshot app appears

  2. 2

    Send the recording to the bot

    The file of the Screen recording on a Mac is attached in the widget of this page, and the speech is marked as English; the answer comes back as the written notes.

  3. 3

    Ask the written instruction for the written notes

    The transcript of the Screen recording on a Mac goes to the instruction that is written for the written notes, and the sections of the answer are Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions.

  4. 4

    Tell the engine what it hears

    The speech of the Screen recording on a Mac is English, one of the 99+ languages the engine reads, and the widget is left on English while the written notes is written.

  5. 5

    Check the file before the upload

    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

The result

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.

The facts

What macOS keeps, and what it says about it

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 Screen recording on a Mac from the macOS holds the voices and the order of the words. 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. From that text comes the written notes, in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions.

Tips

  • Send the transcript to the instruction only once.

  • The language of the widget is the language of the Screen recording on a Mac.

  • 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.

FAQ

Questions about Screen recording on a Mac and structured notes

Which problems can come with the Screen recording on a Mac?

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. Nothing is added to the file of the Screen recording on a Mac, and the written notes keeps to the transcript.

What does the macOS say about the Screen recording on a Mac?

Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you record their windows. The engine reads the English speech of the Screen recording on a Mac and writes the written notes from that text.

How is the written notes built from the Screen recording on a Mac?

The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the written notes in the sections Thesis, Key ideas, Definitions; every line comes from the transcript of the Screen recording on a Mac.

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 written notes with the time of every line.

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