Finding the Meet recording in Drive
Recording is available on Google Workspace editions that include it, and it has to be started during the call. When the meeting ends, Google processes the file and saves it as an MP4 in the organiser's My Drive, in a folder called Meet Recordings. The organiser and the person who started the recording also get an email with a link, and the link is added to the calendar event.
Open the file in Drive and choose Download to save the MP4 to your computer, then upload it here. If the file is shared with anyone who has the link, you can paste that link under Import from link instead. The audio is taken out of the video on our side, so there is nothing to convert. If you are not the organiser and the download is blocked, ask the organiser to share the file with download access or send it to you.
Meet's own transcript or this one
Some Workspace editions can also create a transcript as a Google Doc during the call. If that was switched on and it covers your needs, use it. Uploading the recording here is useful when transcription was not turned on, when the call was in a language Meet's transcript did not handle well, or when you want Word, PDF, CSV or subtitle files and a player synced to the text for checking.
RocketScribe has no Google Meet integration. It does not join meetings or browse your Drive; it only sees the file or link you give it.
Better audio in Meet calls
What happens on the call shapes the transcript:
- Headsets or earbuds with a microphone beat laptop microphones, which pick up typing and fans.
- Meet's noise cancellation, where your edition offers it, removes keyboard and room noise before it reaches the recording.
- A meeting room joined through one device carries everyone in that room through a single microphone, so people far from it come out quieter.
- Content presented with audio, such as a video played in the call, ends up in the recording and in the transcript.
Checking and exporting
The transcript opens next to a player that highlights the current line. Click any line to hear it again and fix names, project codes, dates and figures in place. Speaker identification, available on paid plans or with a Minute Pack, labels who said what; enter the number of people who spoke if you know it, then rename each speaker once.
Export DOCX for notes you will edit and send, PDF for a fixed record, TXT or Copy to paste into a doc or ticket, and SRT or VTT if the recording will be shared as a captioned video. The AI prompt export copies the text with a prompt for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini if you want a summary drafted there.
Keeping recordings organised
A folder per team or project keeps a run of Meet recordings together, and bulk export gives you all the transcripts at once. Workspace admins sometimes set recordings to be deleted after a while, so download the ones you need to keep. For Zoom, Teams and Webex there are separate pages about where those apps save their files, and the meeting transcription page covers recording tips for any meeting.