Zoom: Retrieving Captions after completion of a Zoom event

This article explains how to retrieve a caption file following the completion of a Zoom meeting or webinar that was live captioned. 

There are three ways to retrieve a caption file after a meeting or webinar:

  1. Local Download from Zoom
  2. Cloud Download from Zoom
  3. From 3Play Media's account system

Local Download:

If a meeting or webinar was recorded locally, the Zoom Meeting will record to the host's device following the conclusion meeting or webinar.

Log into Zoom.us and click schedule a meeting Top level navigation where schedule meeting is located in Zoom

While scheduling a meeting, navigate to meeting options and record the meeting automatically.

Scheduling a meeting in Zoom and clicking on recoring the meeting locally.

After the conclusion of the meeting or webinar, a local download will be started that will include an .mp4 of the meeting or webinar, an .m4a of the audio, a .txt of the chat text, a .txt of the captions, and a .vtt of the captions. 

Cloud download:

If a meeting or webinar was recorded in the cloud, the Zoom Meeting will record to the host's device following the conclusion meeting or webinar.

Scheduling a meeting in Zoom and clicking on recording the meeting in the cloud.

After the conclusion of the meeting, navigate to My Account > Recordings.

Clicking recordings in one's personal Zoom account

Navigate to the desired recording, and click the download button.

The Zoom cloud recording interface

This will start a local download that will include an .mp4 of the meeting or webinar, and a .vtt of the captions. 

From 3Play Media:

Follow the directions for the normal 3Play download process, outlined here.

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