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Start, stop, pause and discard

Start a recording yourself, pause for a private moment, stop with a click or a keyboard shortcut, or discard a recording.

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Start a recording yourself

On a Mac

Click the Transcript Audio icon in the menu bar and choose Start recording. Use it for in-person meetings, or when a call did not start recording by itself.

On Windows

Click the Transcript Audio icon in the system tray (click the small arrow if it is hidden) and choose Start recording. Use it for in-person meetings, or when a call did not start recording by itself.

Mac
The Transcript Audio menu when no call is on: Ready, then Start recording, When a call starts, Recent meetings, Open meetings folder, Settings, Setup guide, Help and Quit.The Transcript Audio menu when no call is on: Ready, then Start recording, When a call starts, Recent meetings, Open meetings folder, Settings, Setup guide, Help and Quit.
Windows
The Transcript Audio menu when no call is on: Ready, then Start recording, When a call starts, Recent meetings, Open meetings folder, Settings, Setup guide, Help and Quit.The Transcript Audio menu when no call is on: Ready, then Start recording, When a call starts, Recent meetings, Open meetings folder, Settings, Setup guide, Help and Quit.

While it records

  • A notification says Recording: and the meeting name, with a way to stop it.
  • A recording bar shows at the top of every app window with the meeting name, the elapsed time, Pause (or Resume) and Stop recording.
  • The menu bar or tray icon changes to show it is recording.
The Transcript.audio window during a call: a purple bar with a red dot shows "Recording: Pension transfer review", above a list of recent meetings marked Recording or Done.The Transcript.audio window during a call: a purple bar with a red dot shows "Recording: Pension transfer review", above a list of recent meetings marked Recording or Done.
The recording bar at the top of the app window, above Recent meetings.

Stop

Choose Stop recording in the menu, the recording bar or the notification, or press the shortcut:

Mac
The Transcript Audio menu while a meeting records: the first line names the meeting and the time so far, with Stop recording (and its keyboard shortcut), Pause and Don't record this meeting.The Transcript Audio menu while a meeting records: the first line names the meeting and the time so far, with Stop recording (and its keyboard shortcut), Pause and Don't record this meeting.
Windows
The Transcript Audio menu while a meeting records: the first line names the meeting and the time so far, with Stop recording (and its keyboard shortcut), Pause and Don't record this meeting.The Transcript Audio menu while a meeting records: the first line names the meeting and the time so far, with Stop recording (and its keyboard shortcut), Pause and Don't record this meeting.
While it records, the menu names the meeting and offers Stop recording, Pause and Don't record this meeting.

On a Mac

Press Cmd Shift . anywhere.

On Windows

Press Ctrl Shift . anywhere.

Change or clear the shortcut in Settings > Recording > Keyboard shortcut to stop recording. After you stop a call yourself, the app does not start again on the same call (unless you turn off After I stop a recording, don't start again until the call ends).

Pause and resume

Pause is for a private moment in a call. The paused part is not recorded. Choose Resume to carry on.

Don't record this meeting

Don't record this meeting in the menu deletes the recording so far from this computer. A confirmation asks first (Don't record or Keep recording). There is no undo.

Very short recordings

Recordings shorter than 60 seconds are deleted, and a Short recording discarded notification says so. Change it in Settings > Recording > Throw away very short recordings (0 keeps everything).

Long meetings

  • On unlimited plans, every 4 hours the app asks Still recording? Choose Keep recording, or Stop now. With no answer in 5 minutes, it stops and processes what was recorded.
  • If your plan limits how long one recording can be, a Recording stops in 5 minutes notification warns you first. What was recorded is kept and processed.
  • One recording at a time per account: if your account is already recording on another computer, a new recording does not start.
  • Time paused does not count.

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