# Google Meet Transcription API | Live and Final Text

> Transcribe any Google Meet call from one API call. A bot joins from the link and returns a speaker-labelled transcript, live during the call or after it, from $0.45 per hour all-in.

Source: https://meetstream.ai/meeting-transcription-api/google-meet

## Google Meet Transcription API for Live and Final Text

A Google Meet transcription API sends a bot into the call and returns a speaker-labelled transcript, live while people speak or after the call. From $0.45 per hour all-in.

### What is a Google Meet transcription API?

A Google Meet transcription API turns a live Meet call into text your code can use. One request, and the transcript arrives at your webhook.

It does two jobs: capture the audio out of the meeting, then convert it to text. The meeting transcription API covers all three platforms.

### What you get from every Google Meet call

One request in. Speaker-labelled text out, live while the call runs or once it ends.

### Where Google Meet speaker labels come from

Speaker identity comes from the audio channel, not from a model reading a mixed track.

Meet gives up to three speaker streams at once, each tied to the active speaker, which is exact through normal turn-taking.

An utterance carries a name from the channel it arrived on. The speaker diarization entry sets out the other model.

### Choose a transcription engine for Google Meet

MeetStream ships its own engine and routes audio to a provider you choose. Each figure below is that provider's own published number.

| Engine | Published language support | Real-time | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| MeetStream engine | In-house, auto language detection | No, post-call | One vendor, one bill, no extra key |
| AssemblyAI | 99 languages on Universal-2 | Yes | Broadest published language list |
| Gemini | 97 languages on the Live API | Yes | Teams already building on Gemini |
| Deepgram | 10 languages in real-time multilingual mode | Yes | Low-latency streaming workloads |
| Sarvam | 11 Indic languages plus English | No, post-call | Indian languages and accents |
| JigsawStack | Auto-detect or 162 languages | No, post-call | Batch jobs on a Whisper stack |

On Meet you can also choose the meeting captions engine, and the bot reads Google's own captions with nothing to set up.

### Which Google Meet rules affect transcription?

Meet's rules are mostly about admission and edition. Each one links to Google's own documentation.

| Google Meet rule | What it means for a bot |
|---|---|
| Native recording editions | Limited to that include it. Recording also stops after eight hours. |
| Bots and admission | With "Anyone can ask to join" unchecked, third-party bots are automatically denied access. |
| Access types | Open, Trusted and Restricted decide who has to knock before joining. |
| Consent | Admins can require Gemini notes consent, and anyone who declines is removed. |
| Admin guidance | An admin article titled "External apps are recording Meet meetings" lists blocking app domains. |

### How a Google Meet bot starts transcribing

A guest bot knocks, and someone in the call admits it. Under host management, hosts and co-hosts are the people who see that request.

Meet admits and records in one step, so text follows immediately. Participant events tell your app where the bot is.

### From a Google Meet link to your product

One request puts a bot in the call. Text streams while people speak, then a webhook says the final transcript is ready.

### Transcribe a Google Meet meeting with one request

Post the meeting link and name an engine. The bot joins, transcribes, and fires a webhook when the call ends.

### Can I get a Meet transcript without a bot?

Google returns transcripts of its own, on Google's terms. A bot sits above them.

Google Meet transcription depends on the Workspace edition and the admin policy, and programmatic access follows those same rules.

A bot captures the audio directly and can stream text while the call runs. The Google Meet bot API page sets both routes side by side.

### Live transcripts and the final record

Both come off the same bot. The question is when you need the words.

The Google Meet integration page covers signed-in bots, which join as named Workspace users.

### Google Meet transcription API pricing

Capture costs $0.35 per bot-hour and transcription adds $0.10, so a transcribed meeting is $0.45 per hour all-in.

The rate falls toward $0.25 per bot-hour at volume, and every account starts with $5 of free credit. The pricing page has the full breakdown.

The comparison hub sets MeetStream beside the other meeting bot vendors, on their own published rates.

### Google Meet transcription limits and defaults

Transcripts are kept for thirty days by default, or written into your own S3 bucket from the first byte.

### One integration for all three platforms

The same request, the same webhook, the same transcript. Only the link changes.

### Google Meet transcripts from a link, on any account.

One request captures the audio and returns the words, live or after the call.

### Got a question? We got the answer.

Common questions about transcribing Google Meet calls. Where labels come from, which engines run, and what it costs.

**Can I transcribe a Google Meet call through an API?**

Yes. One request puts a bot in the Meet call, captures the audio, and returns a speaker-labelled transcript to your webhook.

**Does Google Meet transcription need a specific Workspace edition?**

Google's own transcription follows the Workspace edition and the admin policy. A bot captures the audio as a participant, whatever edition the host is on.

**How are Google Meet speakers labelled?**

Meet gives up to three speaker streams at once, each tied to the active speaker, so an utterance carries a name through normal turn-taking.

**Can I use Google Meet native captions?**

Yes. Choose the meeting captions engine and the bot reads the captions Meet produces, with nothing to set up on the Google side.

**Can I get a live Meet transcript during the call?**

Yes. Choose a streaming engine and text chunks arrive at your webhook while people are still speaking, ready for live coaching or an in-meeting assistant.

**Which transcription engines work on Google Meet?**

The MeetStream engine plus AssemblyAI, Gemini, Deepgram, Sarvam and JigsawStack, or Meet's own captions. Pick one per request.

**What does a Google Meet transcript contain?**

A list of utterances, each tied to a named participant with start and end times, so a summary or a search index needs no extra speaker step.

**How much does the Google Meet transcription API cost?**

Capture is $0.35 per bot-hour and transcription adds $0.10, so $0.45 per hour all-in, falling toward $0.25 at volume. Every account starts with $5 of credit.

### Keep exploring

### Transcribe your next Google Meet call

$5 of free credit, self-serve API keys, and no sales call between you and your first transcript.

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Full site index for agents: https://meetstream.ai/llms.txt
API contract (OpenAPI 3.1): https://meetstream.ai/openapi.json
MCP discovery: https://meetstream.ai/.well-known/mcp