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Microsoft Teams transcription alternative

Microsoft Teams transcription alternative: upload the file and get the text with a timecode on every line. Free $0: 3 files a day, no card.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

Microsoft Teams keeps the recording on its own servers, and the first step is to bring it down. The speakers of the Teams recording are told apart on request. The free plan is $0, and the paid plan is $10 a month when you pay yearly.

How it works

Microsoft Teams transcription alternative: what to compare

  1. 1

    Download it

    More options is pressed, Download is chosen, and the MP4 file lands on the computer.

  2. 2

    Keep the export next to the recording

    The text of the Teams recording lands in a file of its own. Keep it next to the recording and the two stay together.

  3. 3

    Take the audio track, not the video

    When Microsoft Teams gives a video and an audio track, the audio is the smaller file and the one the engine reads.

  4. 4

    Decide the format before the export

    TXT for a plain text, CSV for a spreadsheet, Markdown for a wiki, SRT and VTT for subtitles, DOCX for a review on Pro.

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 Microsoft Teams says about the file, and where the plans differ

What usually fails

A meeting recording that was not downloaded is deleted after 21 days.

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 Teams recording is already on your disk, and it already holds the whole meeting. The hour after a meeting is spent listening to it again, and it is spent badly, because the ears are tired. Send the Teams recording through our own engine and it comes back as text, one segment per line.

Tips

  • Do not guess the language of the Teams recording: a wrong setting shows up in the names.

  • A Microsoft Teams file that is very small is normal: a voice message is short.

  • If the download of Microsoft Teams gives two files, take the one with the audio of it.

  • The text of the Teams recording is a document, so a word in it can be found again.

  • The name of a speaker is written once in the editor and kept for the next file.

FAQ

Questions about the Microsoft Teams transcription alternative

Is the Microsoft Teams transcription alternative worth the money?

A file of the Teams recording over the limit is cut into parts, and every part is sent on its own.

What matters most in the Microsoft Teams transcription alternative?

The text of the Teams recording comes back as a document, so a word in it can be found again.

What should I ask about the price of the Microsoft Teams transcription alternative?

Bring the Teams recording to your own disk first: the engine takes a file and not the address of a page.

Can I try the Microsoft Teams transcription alternative before I pay?

The work ends with a document, and the minutes of the meeting are written from it.

What should I compare in the Microsoft Teams transcription alternative?

The account of Microsoft Teams is not needed here, and neither is its app: the file of the Teams recording goes into the widget, and the text comes back from it.

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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