Screen recording on a Mac to file in English
Screen recording on a Mac to file 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.
What the macOS stores is what the engine needs. The English speech becomes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into file
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Choose what is recorded
The whole screen or a part of it is chosen, and the options of the panel set the microphone, the timer and the place of the file
- 2
Upload the file
The file of the Screen recording on a Mac is sent as an attachment; the language of the speech is English, and the minutes comes back in the export of the service.
- 3
Ask the written instruction for the minutes
The instruction of the task asks for the minutes and puts the answer about the Screen recording on a Mac into the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; a claim that is not in the recording is not written.
- 4
Name the language of the speech
The engine reads 99+ languages; this Screen recording on a Mac is in English, so the language of the widget is set to English for the minutes.
- 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
- 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
What the recording does not give you
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. the macOS is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the minutes are made by the engine, in English.
Tips
Read the sections of the minutes before you send it on.
The language of the widget is the language of the Screen recording on a Mac.
Check who may download the file of the Screen recording on a Mac.
Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you record their windows.
Questions about Screen recording on a Mac and file
What does the macOS keep for 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. The engine takes the file of the Screen recording on a Mac and writes the minutes from the text of it.
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 minutes from that text.
How is the minutes built from the Screen recording on a Mac?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the minutes in the sections Attendees, Agenda, Discussion by item; 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 minutes with the time of every line.
Related pages
- The same task on macos screen recording to text video to blog post ruThe same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
- Meeting minutes ready to fileThe 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
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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.