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.
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Screen recording on a Mac to action items in English
Screen recording on a Mac to action items 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 table of action items in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into action items
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Stop and find the file
The recording is stopped with the Stop button, the thumbnail in the corner of the screen opens the editor, and the file waits on the desktop
- 2
Send the recording to the bot
The widget takes the file of the Screen recording on a Mac as it is and marks the speech as English, so the engine does not have to guess what it is about.
- 3
Give the transcript to the instruction
The transcript of the Screen recording on a Mac goes to the instruction that is written for the table of action items, and the sections of the answer are Summary, Decisions, Action items.
- 4
Set the language of the speech
The recording of the Screen recording on a Mac is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the table of action items follows.
- 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
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
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.
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.
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 recording is stopped with the Stop button in the menu bar or with the Command, Control and Esc keys.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
The case
What the recording does not give you
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. The English speech of the Screen recording on a Mac is read first, and the table of action items is what the project manager gets out of the transcript.
Tips
The sections of the table of action items are the same for every recording.
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 action items
Which problems can come with the Screen recording on a Mac?
The engine does not change the file of the Screen recording on a Mac; it reads it as it is and writes the table of action items.
What does the macOS keep for the Screen recording on a Mac?
Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you record their windows. The file of the Screen recording on a Mac is the input of the engine, and the table of action items is written from it.
Who reads the table of action items after the Screen recording on a Mac is sent?
the project manager. The transcript of the Screen recording on a Mac is read first, and the table of action items comes out of it in the sections Summary, Decisions, Action items.
What do I get without a card?
3 files a day of up to 30 minutes every day, and the export of the text in the formats of the service, so the table of action items comes back in every one of them.
Do I need an account for the Screen recording on a Mac?
The file of the Screen recording on a Mac and the widget are enough: the engine reads the English speech and writes the table of action items.
Related pages
- The same task on macos screen recording to text sales call summary ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Meeting to action itemsThe 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
Reading: 4 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps