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title: Speech-to-text Transcription
seoTitle: AI Call Transcription for Microsoft Teams
description: AI transcription of recorded calls and meetings, with speaker labels, summaries, search by meaning and Argus AI, in 75+ languages.
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> [!herorow]
> Speech-to-text Transcription
>
> # Every recorded call *as text you can use*
>
> Argus Archive transcribes recorded calls and meetings, labels who said what, and keeps each transcript with its recording, ready to search, review or ask Argus AI about.
>
> [Get a demo](/request-a-demo/) [See pricing](/pricing/)
>
> ![A recorded meeting in Argus Archive with its speaker-labeled transcript beside the video and screen share, the spoken word highlighted during playback, and the AI summary and keywords below](/media/uploads/2026/10/29-meeting-transcript.jpg)

> [!tourleft]
> Benefits
>
> ## What transcripts let you do
>
> A transcript is how you find, understand and check every call, without listening to it end to end.
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> ![Argus Archive conversation search: a week of external and internal meetings, internal calls and call queues, with tags](/media/uploads/2026/10/28-conversation-search.jpg)
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> ### Find any moment
> Search every transcript by what was meant as well as the exact words, and filter by date, person, platform or tag. Each result opens the recording where it was said.
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> - Search inside one transcript as you listen
> - Click any line to play that moment
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> [AI search and replay](/product/ai-search-and-replay/)
>
> ![Argus AI answering a plain-language question across archived calls](/media/uploads/2026/10/02-ai-chat-answer.jpg)
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> ### Ask Argus AI
> Ask what was agreed, who raised an issue or which calls mention a product. Argus AI answers across your transcripts and links each answer to the calls behind it.
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> - Every answer traced to its source call
> - Only the calls your role allows
>
> [Argus AI](/product/ai-search-and-replay/#from-question-to-evidence)
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> ![A recorded call in Argus Archive with its AI summary, keywords and sentiment beside the speaker-labeled transcript, a line flagged by an alert](/media/uploads/2026/10/29-call-summary.jpg)
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> ### Catch up fast
> Read the AI summary, keywords and sentiment before deciding whether to replay. Every line names its speaker, and the word being spoken is highlighted as the call plays.
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> - Translate any transcript into your reviewers' language
> - Copy the summary into an email or note
>
> ![The Argus compliance assistant flagging a risky remark during a Teams call](/media/uploads/2026/09/argusarchive-teams-compliance-assistant.jpg)
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> ### Spot risk early
> Your rules check every transcript after the call, or while it happens with the Real-time add-on. A line that breaks a rule is flagged in the transcript and the alert goes to your compliance team.
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> - Alerts in Teams for the person on the call, with Real-time
> - Held and deleted with the recording
>
> [AI workflows](/product/ai-workflows/)

> [!highlights]
> Features
>
> ## What every transcript includes
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> ### Speaker labels
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> Each line names who was speaking, taken from the recording itself.
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> ### Timestamps
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> Click any line to play that moment in the recording.
>
> [AI search and replay](/product/ai-search-and-replay/)
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> ### Summaries
>
> Generate a summary of any call and copy it into an email or note.
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> ### Search by meaning
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> Find calls by what was meant, as well as the exact words.
>
> [AI-powered search](/product/ai-search-and-replay/)
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> ### Argus AI
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> Ask questions across calls, with links to each source call.
>
> [Argus AI](/product/ai-search-and-replay/#from-question-to-evidence)
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> ### 75+ languages
>
> After the call, and most of them live during it too, listed below.

> [!security]
> Trust
>
> ## Transcripts you can trust with your data
>
> ![](/assets/icons/callrec-icon-eu.png)
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> ### Data residency
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> Transcripts come from frontier AI models hosted in the EU and are stored on Microsoft Azure in the European Union, with more regions to follow.
>
> ![](/assets/icons/callrec-icon-responsible-ai.png)
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> ### Never used to train AI
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> Your recordings and transcripts are never used to train or improve AI models.
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> ![](/assets/icons/callrec-icon-encrypted.png)
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> ### Encrypted
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> Encrypted in transit and at rest, with recordings protected by a per-customer key stored in Azure Key Vault by default.
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> ![](/assets/icons/callrec-icon-retention-hold.png)
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> ### Kept with the recording
>
> Transcripts follow the recording's retention and legal hold.
>
> [Communications archive](/product/communications-archive/)
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> ![](/assets/icons/comprec-icon-role-access.png)
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> ### Access by role
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> People see only the calls their role and groups allow.
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> ![](/assets/icons/callrec-icon-audit-history.png)
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> ### Audit trail
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> A clear chain of custody for every record, from capture to deletion.

> [!lookup]
> Languages
>
> ## Supported languages
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> Live transcription during the call comes with the Real-time add-on, and every recorded call is transcribed once it ends. Both run in the EU, with more regions to follow, and you set each person's languages.
>
> | Language | Real-time | Post-Call |
> |---|---|---|
> | Afrikaans | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Albanian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Amharic | — | ✓ |
> | Arabic | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Armenian | — | ✓ |
> | Assamese | — | ✓ |
> | Azerbaijani | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Basque | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Belarusian | ✓ | — |
> | Bengali | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Bhojpuri | — | ✓ |
> | Bosnian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Bulgarian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Burmese | — | ✓ |
> | Catalan | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Chinese | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Croatian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Czech | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Danish | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Dutch | ✓ | ✓ |
> | English | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Estonian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Filipino | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Finnish | ✓ | ✓ |
> | French | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Galician | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Georgian | — | ✓ |
> | German | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Greek | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Gujarati | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Hebrew | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Hindi | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Hungarian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Icelandic | — | ✓ |
> | Indonesian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Irish | — | ✓ |
> | Italian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Japanese | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Javanese | — | ✓ |
> | Kannada | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Kazakh | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Khmer | — | ✓ |
> | Korean | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Lao | — | ✓ |
> | Latvian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Lithuanian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Macedonian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Malay | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Malayalam | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Maltese | — | ✓ |
> | Marathi | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Mongolian | — | ✓ |
> | Nepali | — | ✓ |
> | Norwegian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Odia | — | ✓ |
> | Pashto | — | ✓ |
> | Persian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Polish | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Portuguese | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Punjabi | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Romanian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Russian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Serbian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Sinhala | — | ✓ |
> | Slovak | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Slovenian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Somali | — | ✓ |
> | Spanish | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Swahili | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Swedish | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Tamil | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Telugu | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Thai | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Turkish | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Ukrainian | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Urdu | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Uzbek | — | ✓ |
> | Vietnamese | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Welsh | ✓ | ✓ |
> | Zulu | — | ✓ |

> [!faq]
> FAQ
>
> ## Frequently asked questions
>
> Still have questions? Ask the team that built it.
>
> [Talk to us](/contact/)
>
> ### What is call transcription?
> Call transcription uses speech recognition to turn spoken conversations into searchable text. Argus Archive adds speaker labels, timestamps and AI summaries, so every call becomes a record your teams can search and act on.
>
> ### How is it different from Microsoft Copilot or meeting AI tools?
> Argus Archive transcripts are governed records, not meeting notes. They sit in a central, encrypted archive with a full audit trail, so they can be retained, controlled and replayed on demand.
>
> [Copilot transcription vs compliance recording](/blog/microsoft-teams-copilot-transcription-vs-compliance-recording-why-regulated-firms-need-policy-based-capture/)
>
> ### Which languages are supported?
> 75+ languages after the call, and most of them live during it too. You set each person's languages, and transcripts use them.
>
> ### Does it show who said what?
> Yes. Each line carries its speaker and a timestamp, and clicking it plays that moment in the recording.
>
> ### Is the transcript live?
> With the Real-time add-on, calls are transcribed as they happen, and the person on the call can follow the transcript in the Teams app. Every call gets its full transcript once it ends.
>
> [Real-time analytics](/product/real-time-analytics/)
>
> ### How accurate is it?
> We test each model on recorded calls before we use it, and we choose the model for each language on those results. Every transcript sits beside its recording, so reviewers can check it against the audio.
>
> ### How much does it cost?
> Argus Archive is priced per user, per month, with usage included, and you're warned before you go over.
>
> [See pricing](/pricing/)

> [!articles]
> Articles
>
> ## Worth reading
>
> Transcription, search by meaning, and why recording is more than meeting notes.
>
> - /blog/unlocking-insights-with-voice-transcription/
> - /blog/ai-powered-semantic-search-compliance/
> - /blog/microsoft-teams-copilot-transcription-vs-compliance-recording-why-regulated-firms-need-policy-based-capture/