Can I transcribe a meeting without recording?

You can transcribe a meeting without keeping a recording: live transcription converts speech to text in real time, and nothing audio needs to be saved. Teams can produce transcripts with recording off, and live captioning tools do the same on a laptop or phone in the room.

Legally, live transcription still counts as capturing the conversation, so the same consent etiquette applies; the absence of an audio file does not make it invisible, and it should not.

Practically, no-recording transcription trades a safety net for privacy: with no audio to re-check, transcription errors are final. For meetings with numbers or commitments, that trade deserves a thought before you pick the mode.

Either mode works with a tool for turning meetings into text.