Is WebVTT export available today?

Not yet. WebVTT (.vtt) export is on the roadmap. Today the export menu delivers PDF, Word (.docx), HTML, and plain text - all with timestamps and speaker labels.

SRT or VTT - which one should I care about?

WebVTT is the native subtitle format for HTML5 video (the element), so pick VTT for a self-hosted player or a web app. SRT is the older SubRip format most video editors, YouTube, and Vimeo prefer. Both are planned.

Will VTT include speaker cues and styling?

Yes. Speaker labels will land as VTT voice tags ( ), and the file will carry cue positioning metadata so a player can render captions consistently.

What can I export today while I wait?

PDF, Word, HTML, and plain text. The HTML export in particular contains the same timestamped segments a VTT file would - a scripted converter can turn it into WebVTT already.

WebVTT export

Native HTML5 captions from any RecordX transcript. On the roadmap - here is what shipping VTT export will look like, and what is already available today.

Coming soon

WebVTT (.vtt) is the W3C-standard caption format for HTML5 video and the <track> element. It is not available in the export menu yet. Today RecordX exports every transcript as PDF, Word (.docx), HTML, and plain text. WebVTT and SRT are the next two formats on the export roadmap.

What WebVTT export will do

Valid W3C WebVTT - a WEBVTT header, HH:MM:SS.mmm cue timings, and one cue per transcript segment. Passes the standard validators, works in every modern browser.
Voice tags for speakers - each cue wrapped in a <v Speaker Name> tag when speaker ID is on, so a player can style each voice differently.
Cue positioning - line and position metadata so captions stay off the action, with an option for karaoke-style word timings when the pipeline emits them.
RTL-aware - Hebrew and Arabic cues carry proper direction hints so the browser renders them correctly inside the video player.

Use cases

HTML5 <track> captions - drop the .vtt next to your video and reference it with <track kind="captions" src="...">. Every browser will render it.
Video hosting platforms - Wistia, JW Player, Brightcove, and Cloudflare Stream all accept WebVTT as their preferred caption upload.
Course platforms - Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, Moodle, and Canvas take VTT for course-video captions.
Accessibility audits - WCAG 2.1 SC 1.2.2 requires captions for prerecorded video. WebVTT is the format most audits expect.

What ships today

The RecordX export menu delivers PDF, Word, HTML, and plain text. The HTML export in particular contains the same timestamped segments a WebVTT file would - segment start, segment end, speaker, text - so a scripted converter can produce WebVTT from it already if you cannot wait. Full detail on the transcription feature page.

Works with RecordX capture

Once WebVTT export ships it will run on any transcript in your library - meetings captured through the Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams integrations, in-person recordings from the mobile app, tab audio from the Chrome extension, or phone calls from the built-in softphone. If you also need SubRip, see the SRT export page.

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