Transcript
A complete text record of spoken content from an event, typically with timestamps and speaker labels.
A transcript captures the full spoken content of an event in text form. Modern transcripts include per-line timestamps (so each line maps back to a moment in the audio), speaker labels (so panel discussions remain readable), and optional editing for clarity.
Transcripts function as both an accessibility artifact (satisfying WCAG 2.2 1.2.2 for prerecorded content) and a content asset (searchable, indexable, repurposable into blog posts, recap emails, sales-enablement collateral).
Live captioning platforms automatically produce transcripts as a byproduct of captioning, with the live captions becoming the transcript when the event ends. This collapses the historical two-step workflow (live captions plus separate post-production transcription) into a single output.