Only the host or a cohost can record a meeting, and if the cohost records it, the host still owns the recording after the meeting ends.
Webex, step by step
How to transcribe a Webex meeting
How to transcribe a Webex meeting: the steps that take the Webex recording and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
For how to transcribe a Webex meeting, the text comes back as a document that can be searched, quoted and handed over. The file of the recording may be 30 minutes, and the free plan is $0 with 3 files a day.
How to transcribe a Webex meeting, step by step
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Open the recording
The recording is taken from User Hub, or from the local folder of the computer where the meeting was recorded.
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Keep the MP4 file
The recordings save to the computer in the MP4 format, and a local recording is best kept in a local folder.
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Ask the host
As an attendee, the access to the recording comes from the host: the mail of the host carries the link to the file.
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Read the text, fix a name
The text comes back one segment per line, with the start and the end time of every piece. A wrong name is fixed in the editor.
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Export and send it on
Take TXT for a plain text, SRT or VTT when the Webex recording has to become a subtitled video, and DOCX for a review on Pro.
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.
How Webex stores the file, and what it says about it
The recording does not include the panels of the meeting, such as the chat panel and the participants panel.
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
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What the recording does not give you
For how to transcribe a Webex meeting, it is a file problem first and a text problem second. The hard part of the recording is over once the file is on the disk; the text is a minute of waiting. Our own engine reads the Webex recording and keeps every timestamp, which is what makes the text quotable later.
Tips
Turn on the split by speaker when more than two people talk in the Webex recording.
Give the speakers of the Webex recording their names in the editor, one time, and export again.
Send the audio track of the Webex recording when the platform gives you both.
The audio of the Webex recording is smaller than the video of the same call.
Export SRT when the Webex recording has to become a subtitled video.
Questions about how to transcribe a Webex meeting
Can I search the text after I transcribe a Webex meeting?
Our own engine reads the Webex recording and gives the text back; the part the platform decides is only the download.
What are the steps to transcribe a Webex meeting?
For how to transcribe a Webex meeting, the text comes out of one upload: the file of the Webex recording goes to the engine and the text comes back.
What do I need before I transcribe a Webex meeting?
The recording of Webex is enough for the engine, and the text of it comes back with the time of every line.
Do I need an account to transcribe a Webex meeting?
Upload the Webex recording and read the result: our own engine writes down what it hears, with the time of every piece.
What is in the file after I transcribe a Webex meeting?
The file is all it takes: the Webex recording goes to our own engine and a document comes back.
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Sources
- HFind your Webex recordings (read 2026-10-25)help.webex.com · checked
- HWebex | Record a meeting or webinar on your computer (read 2026-10-25)help.webex.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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