Export Fathom Transcripts to NotebookLM
The short answer: Fathom has no NotebookLM integration, so you need to export your transcripts as text or markdown files first, then upload them as sources to a NotebookLM notebook. The only hard part is getting hundreds of transcripts out of Fathom, because Fathom's interface only lets you copy them one meeting at a time.
That's the problem this guide solves. Once your transcripts are in NotebookLM, you can ask questions across every meeting you've ever had: "What objections came up most this quarter?", "What did we promise the Hendersons?", "Summarize everything we know about the Acme account."
How to do it, step by step
Bulk export your Fathom transcripts
Install the TranscriptExporter Chrome extension, connect your Fathom account, and click Export All. Choose .md (markdown) or .txt as the format. You'll get one ZIP file containing every transcript, named by meeting and date. 25 transcripts takes about 30 seconds; 1,000 takes about 20 minutes.
Unzip and check your source count
NotebookLM allows 50 sources per notebook on the free plan, 300 on NotebookLM Plus. If you have more transcripts than your limit, you have two options: combine multiple transcripts into single files (one file per month or per client works well), or split across multiple notebooks by topic.
Upload to NotebookLM
Create a new notebook at notebooklm.google.com, click "Add source," and drag your transcript files in. NotebookLM indexes them in a minute or two. Markdown files keep speaker labels intact, which helps NotebookLM correctly attribute who said what.
Ask questions across your entire meeting history
Every answer NotebookLM gives cites the specific transcript it came from. Try: "List every action item I committed to in May," "Which clients mentioned budget concerns?", or "Create a study guide of our product decisions."
If you have 1,000+ meetings: combine before uploading
A customer of ours had thousands of transcripts and used the terminal to concatenate them into bigger files before uploading. You can do the same on a Mac in one command: open Terminal in your unzipped export folder and run cat *.md > combined.md. Split by month or client first if you want NotebookLM's citations to stay precise.
Why NotebookLM + your meeting history is worth setting up
Your Fathom transcripts are the most accurate record of your business that exists: real customer language, real objections, real commitments, in everyone's actual words. But locked inside Fathom's per-meeting view, they're unsearchable as a body of knowledge.
NotebookLM is free, built by Google, and designed for exactly this: drop in a pile of documents, get a research assistant over them. The pairing costs you $29 once (the exporter) and 15 minutes of setup, and you end up with something most companies pay thousands for: an AI that knows everything said in every meeting.
Common questions
Does this work with Fathom's free plan?
Yes. The extension exports whatever transcripts your Fathom account can access, on any Fathom plan.
Will new meetings sync to NotebookLM automatically?
Not directly, but close: the Pro upgrade auto-syncs every new Fathom recording to Google Drive as it happens, and you can add Drive files to NotebookLM as sources. Re-running a bulk export periodically also works fine.
Is my data safe?
The extension downloads transcripts directly from Fathom's API to your computer. Your transcript content never touches our servers. See the privacy policy.
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