How to transcribe a meeting
You can transcribe a meeting in three broad ways: use the built-in captions in your calling app, use a dedicated transcription tool, or record and transcribe with a voice AI tool that also cleans the audio. The right choice depends on how accurate you need it and whether you want a bot in the call.
1. Built-in captions
Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet offer live captions and, on some plans, saved transcripts. This is free and fine for a rough record, but accuracy drops in noisy audio and the export options are limited.
2. A dedicated transcription tool
Standalone tools transcribe with speaker labels, search, and export. Many join as a bot to capture the call. They go deep on the transcript, but most do nothing about background noise.
3. Record and transcribe with clean audio
Because a transcript is only as accurate as the audio it hears, cleaning the sound first helps. Krisp cleans the audio in real time, then transcribes in 17 languages with speaker identification, and it records bot-free so nothing joins your meeting.
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FAQ
Accuracy tracks audio quality. Cleaning background noise before transcription gives the model a clearer signal, so a tool that combines noise cancellation with transcription tends to produce a cleaner transcript than captions in a noisy room.
Yes. Built-in captions are free, and Krisp's free plan includes unlimited transcription without a credit card.
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- What Krisp costs: plans and the free tier.