Transcription

Transcribe live speech in 200+ languages or upload audio and video in 100+ languages.

JotMe can create a transcript while people are speaking or from an audio or video file you already have. Use live transcription for meetings and events, or Upload file when the recording already exists.

Workflow	Use it for	Language coverage
Live transcription	Meetings, calls, interviews, and events happening now	200+ languages and dialects
Audio or video upload	Recordings that have already ended	100+ languages with automatic detection

Live transcription#

Open the arrow beside Start note-taking and choose Live transcription. In the live session, leave Translation off when you only need the transcript, check the spoken-language setting, and press the play button. The Transcript tab fills as people speak.

Transcribing(B) English

TranslationOff

TranscriptNotes

YouLet’s review the launch plan before we assign owners.

Speaker 0The product update is ready, and QA finishes this afternoon.

Ask anything about the meeting

Speaker labels follow the environment setting:

Online: your microphone is "You"; meeting audio becomes Speaker 0, Speaker 1, …
In-person: everyone is a numbered speaker.

If JotMe cannot hear you or the other side, use the desktop audio checks.

The spoken-language model cannot be changed while a recording is running. Choose it before starting; see Basic, Premium Quality, and Fast (Audio) for what each model is designed to do.

Transcribe uploaded audio or video#

Open the arrow beside Start note-taking, then choose Upload file. The desktop app opens the Transcribe file workspace shown below.

Transcribe file

1Add fileSelect one audio or video file.

Drag file or select fileMP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, and moreReplace file

global-town-hall.mp4

2Set languagesChoose spoken, translating, and notes languages.

Spoken languageAuto detect

Translating languageNone

Meeting notes language

English Add

English ×

3SummaryReview usage, then confirm on the next step.

Files1

SpokenAuto detect

TranslatingNone

NotesEnglish

Transcription minutes48 min

AI credits (meeting notes)1

Review detailsYou will confirm before upload and processing start.

Add the recording

Drag in one audio or video file, or choose Select file. Files can be up to 1 GB.

Set the output

JotMe automatically detects the spoken language. Leave Translating language as None for transcription only, or choose a target language for a translated transcript. Select meeting-notes languages separately.

Review and confirm

JotMe shows the file, detected-language setting, selected outputs, minutes, and AI credits. Nothing is uploaded until you choose Confirm and start transcribing.

When processing finishes, choose View recording to open the transcript and notes. For the complete coverage by feature, see Languages.

When a language is not supported#

If the spoken language is one JotMe does not transcribe, nothing appears in the transcript: the app does not guess or substitute another language. Everything else still works: the session records, and you can take notes as usual.

After four minutes with no transcription output, JotMe pauses and asks whether you are still recording. You then have 60 seconds to respond. If you do not respond, JotMe stops and saves the recording after five total minutes without transcription. That prompt can mean the spoken-language setting is wrong or the model does not cover the language. The full language list is on the website.

Live transcription may begin with numbered speakers. Open the saved recording and use the speaker menu to rename one; the new name is applied to that speaker throughout the transcript and is visible on desktop, mobile, and web.

Minutes#

Transcription minutes are metered separately from translation minutes. That separation is what makes the limit behaviour work:

Run out of translation minutes and JotMe offers to continue with transcription only, telling you how many transcription minutes remain.
Run out of transcription minutes and the recording stops and is saved: with or without translation minutes left.

Your remaining minutes are visible in the sidebar under Plan usage, split into translation minutes, transcription minutes, AI credits, and chat tokens.

What you can do with a transcript#

Search it from the Recordings list.
Ask questions against it, during the session or afterwards.
Translate it after the fact, independently of whether translation was on live.
Share it in JotMe Chat together with the AI meeting notes and audio recording. See Sharing AI meeting notes for the sharing options and recipient view.