Add Captions to Zoom Recording
Upload your Zoom recording and get accurate burned-in captions or a downloadable SRT/VTT file in minutes - no subscription, no account required. Built for teams, educators, and hosts who share recordings and need clean captions without a monthly fee.
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How to add captions to zoom recording
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Upload your Zoom recording
Export your Zoom meeting as an MP4 from the Zoom client or cloud portal, then drag it into CentClip - no account or login needed to start. Your first 5 minutes are processed free, so shorter recordings or highlights cost nothing at all. For longer calls, you pay 5 cents per minute only for what you caption.
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Choose your language and review the captions
CentClip transcribes your recording across 50+ languages and displays the captions in a simple editor so you can fix anything before exporting. Speaker names, acronyms, or product terms that the transcriber missed can be corrected inline without re-uploading the file. Changes save instantly - no waiting for another processing pass.
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Download captions or export a captioned video
Export a burned-in MP4 with captions permanently embedded so they appear on every device and platform without extra steps. Or download an SRT or VTT file to attach to the recording in your LMS, intranet, or video portal. A plain text transcript is also available at no extra charge if you need a written record of the meeting.
Why choose CentClip for Zoom?
Zoom's built-in transcription isn't always accurate enough to share
Zoom's automatic transcription is available only on paid plans, and even then it can stumble over technical jargon, heavy accents, product names, and overlapping speakers. Recordings that go out to a wider audience - clients, new hires, conference attendees - with those errors look careless and create real accessibility gaps. CentClip gives you an editable transcript you can clean up before the recording is distributed. Accurate captions also make recordings searchable and referenceable in a way that unedited auto-transcripts are not.
Pay per recording, not per month
Most transcription services charge a flat monthly subscription whether your team captions one recording or twenty. Teams that only need to caption a handful of all-hands calls, onboarding sessions, or client presentations each month end up paying for time they never use. CentClip charges 5 cents per minute with no recurring fee - a 60-minute all-hands meeting costs $3.00, and an idle month costs nothing. Credits never expire, so you can stock up before a busy product launch and use the remainder months later.
Shared recordings need captions that travel with the video
Zoom recordings get forwarded to contractors who missed the call, international colleagues in different time zones, and people with hearing differences - and those are exactly the viewers who rely on captions most. Burned-in captions ensure the text travels with the MP4 no matter where it is hosted or embedded. SRT and VTT files work with corporate video platforms, Confluence, Notion, and LMS tools that support separate caption tracks. CentClip supports both workflows so the format matches however your team distributes recordings.
FAQ
How accurate are captions for Zoom recordings?
CentClip uses speech recognition trained across 50+ languages and performs well on standard conferencing audio. Clear recordings with a single primary speaker return the best results - heavy crosstalk or poor microphone quality may need a few manual corrections in the built-in editor.
Is there a free trial for captioning a Zoom recording?
Yes - your first 5 minutes are free with no account or credit card needed. After that, captions cost 5 cents per minute with no subscription required.
What formats does CentClip accept and export for Zoom recordings?
CentClip accepts MP4 files exported from the Zoom desktop client or Zoom cloud portal. It exports a burned-in MP4, SRT, VTT, and a plain text transcript - all included at no extra cost.
Do my credits expire if I don't caption recordings right away?
No. CentClip credits never expire - buy them when you have a batch of recordings to process and use the remainder any time, with no monthly reset or subscription to cancel.