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 a task list in English
Screen recording on a Mac to a task list 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 task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; one file may be up to 30 minutes, and 3 files a day are free.
How to get the file and turn it into a task list
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Open the panel
The Shift, Command and 5 keys are pressed together, and the panel of the Screenshot app appears
- 2
Hand the file over
The recording of the Screen recording on a Mac is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the task list comes back as a file of text.
- 3
Ask the written instruction for the task list
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the Screen recording on a Mac as the person who made the memo, and the task list comes in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.
- 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 task list.
- 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
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
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 macOS is only the place where the recording waits; the text and the task list are made by the engine, in English.
Tips
The sections of the task list 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 a task list
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 task list 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 task list from that text.
How is the task list built from the Screen recording on a Mac?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; 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 task list with the time of every line.
Related pages
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The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Voice memo to a task listThe 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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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.
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