Convert a Jitsi Meet Recording to Text
ScreenApp doesn’t have a bot that joins a Jitsi call. ScreenApp’s meeting bot for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, and Jitsi isn’t one of them. What it does instead is take a recording you already have, or one you capture yourself, and turn it into a searchable transcript with speaker labels.
Jitsi is open-source and self-hosted by many teams, so there’s no single “Jitsi integration” any tool can plug into the way it can with Zoom or Meet. The workaround is simple: record the call, upload the file, and get the transcript back.
What you get:
- A searchable transcript with speaker labels, in 100+ languages
- Export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each, with AI chat on both
Keep a Written Record of Self-Hosted Meetings
Teams that run their own Jitsi instance for privacy reasons still lose the conversation the moment the call ends, unless something records it. A transcript turns that call into a document your team can search, quote, and reference later, without any third-party bot ever joining the room.
Make Community Calls Searchable
Open-source projects and community groups that meet on the public meet.jit.si server can turn governance calls and contributor meetings into text anyone can read back, including people who couldn’t attend live.
How to Transcribe a Jitsi Meeting
- Record the call. Jitsi Meet has an optional recording feature, but on the public server it needs to be enabled, and most self-hosted instances need it configured too. If recording isn’t set up, capture the browser tab with ScreenApp’s Chrome extension that records tab, screen, mic and camera, which picks up tab audio and your microphone together, or use another screen recorder.
- Upload the file. Drag the saved audio or video into the transcription tool. It accepts common formats, including MP4, WebM, MP3, WAV, and M4A.
- Get your transcript. The AI processes the recording, labels each speaker, and gives you an editable transcript you can export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT.
Accuracy depends on the recording. A call where people mostly take turns and use headsets transcribes well; heavy crosstalk or a laptop mic picking up room noise will leave gaps. See how we measure accuracy.
Jitsi Transcription vs Other Tools
| Feature | ScreenApp | Otter.ai | Fireflies.ai | Tactiq | Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How it works | Upload a recording | Bot joins call, or desktop app | Bot joins call | Browser extension, live | Upload a recording |
| Jitsi support | Direct file upload | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated (Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams only) | File upload |
| Free tier | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each | 300 min/month | 400 min storage | 10 transcripts/month | 45 min/month |
| File upload transcription | Yes | 3 lifetime imports (free) | Free plan and up | Free plan and up | Yes |
| Speaker identification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes |
| Paid pricing | $19/month annual | $8.33/month annual | Not stated | $8 per user/month annual | $25.49/mo (AI, billed annually) |
| Export formats | PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT | mp3 and txt on the free plan, plus pdf, docx and srt from Pro, with bulk export from Business | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| No bot required | Yes | desktop app records without a bot joining the call | No | No bot joins the call | Yes |
Sources, checked 2026-10-01: ScreenApp pricing, tactiq.io/speech-to-text, otter.ai/pricing, Fireflies pricing, Tactiq plan guide, rev.com/pricing, Fireflies upload guide, otter.ai/otterpilot, tactiq.io/pricing
Key differences:
- vs Otter.ai: Otter has no native Jitsi integration. Its free plan caps at 300 minutes a month with only 3 lifetime file imports, and paid plans start at $8.33 a month on annual billing. ScreenApp lets you upload Jitsi recordings without a lifetime import cap.
- vs Fireflies.ai: Fireflies is built around a bot joining the live call; for a Jitsi recording you’d upload after the fact instead, and file upload transcription is only available on the Free plan and up. The free plan’s storage is capped at 400 minutes.
- vs Tactiq: Tactiq works through a Chrome extension for live captions on Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. It doesn’t natively support Jitsi, and its free plan is capped at 10 transcripts a month.
- vs Rev: Rev’s AI transcription is priced by subscription, starting at $25.49 a month (billed annually), or $1.99 a minute for human transcription. ScreenApp’s paid plan is a flat $19 a month with no per-minute charge.
Who Uses Jitsi Transcription
Remote teams running daily stand-ups and sprint planning on Jitsi convert each session to text so people in other time zones can catch up by reading instead of watching the recording.
Open-source communities running governance calls and contributor meetings on the public meet.jit.si server share written notes so decisions stay transparent to people who missed the call.
Educators and tutors teaching over Jitsi give students a written record of each session to review specific explanations instead of relying on notes taken during class.
Privacy-focused organizations running self-hosted Jitsi instances keep full control of their data: they record locally, upload the file, and store the transcript on their own systems without any third-party bot joining the meeting.
Freelancers and consultants convert client calls held on Jitsi into text to keep a clear record of what was agreed, without needing the client’s Jitsi instance to support any integration.
Related Meeting Platform Transcription
- Discord voice chat transcription: the same upload-and-transcribe flow for recorded voice channel calls
- Zoom transcription: cloud recordings and local exports for business calls, with an optional meeting bot