Use this path when the audio is playing on your Mac and you want to turn it into text without waiting for an exported file or uploading the content to a separate transcription service.
When system audio capture is the right tool
- A Zoom, Teams, or Webex meeting is live and you need your own transcript.
- A webinar or training session is playing and you want searchable notes.
- A YouTube video, lecture, or browser recording needs to become text.
- You want the transcript to stay in the same local workflow as your other recordings.
The practical workflow
Start the source audio on your Mac
Open the meeting, webinar, or video and make sure the audio is coming through the Mac you are using for transcription.
Start system audio capture in SaidVault
Use the system audio recording path to capture what is playing. This works well for meetings, browser video, lectures, and other playback-driven workflows.
Stop when the useful part is done
You do not need to keep the whole session if only part of it matters. Once you stop, SaidVault sends the captured audio through the same local transcription flow as any other recording.
Review, search, and export
Clean up names, scan the transcript, search key phrases, then export to PDF, TXT, Markdown, SRT, or VTT depending on whether the result is for notes, documentation, or video.
Why this is useful
System audio capture closes a gap that normal file transcription does not cover. It helps when the audio exists only as live playback, or when exporting the file is awkward, slow, or impossible. The transcript still lands in the same local archive as the rest of your work.
Common examples
Meetings
Capture a Zoom, Teams, or Webex session so you can search what was said later, summarize it, or prepare documentation without depending on the platform’s own transcript pipeline.
Video and training
Transcribe a YouTube video, webinar, lecture, or internal training session when your real goal is notes, a transcript, or subtitles rather than just watching once.
Important note
Recording and transcription laws vary by country, state, workplace, and context. Make sure you are allowed to record or transcribe the meeting, call, stream, or playback you are capturing.
Need a transcript from live playback?
SaidVault can capture the system audio, keep it local, and turn it into a transcript you can search, review, and export.