Live recording turns your browser into the capture device: you speak, and the text appears as you go. It suits interviews, stand-ups, lectures and voice notes where you want the words while the conversation is still fresh.
Get the audio right first
- Allow microphone access and pick the right input before you start — a laptop lid mic three feet away is the most common cause of thin transcripts.
- Record in a room with soft surfaces; hard rooms add echo the engine has to guess through.
- Keep one recorder running. Two apps competing for the same microphone produces near-silent audio.
During the recording
Pick the spoken language up front if you know it, or leave it on automatic for mixed conversations. Speaker labels are applied as people take turns, and the finished take is saved to your library with its audio, so you can play any line back later.
Say names in the first minute. Labelling speakers afterwards then takes seconds instead of a scrub through the whole file.
When to upload instead
Upload a file when the audio already exists, when it is long, or when the connection is unreliable — uploads resume and long jobs keep processing after you close the tab. Live recording is for capture; uploading is for everything you already have.
Either way you end up in the same place: a searchable transcript with timestamps, speaker labels and all 15 export formats, sitting next to the rest of your library.
Record Something And Watch It Appear
Open the recorder in your browser, speak, and see the transcript build line by line — free to try right now.
Record And Transcribe Free