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Live Recording

Roll for Initiative

The Recording tab (keyboard shortcut: 1) is where your session begins. TaleKeeper captures audio directly from your microphone and processes it when you stop.

Recording tab showing the Start Recording button, Upload Audio button, and speaker count selector

Starting a Recording

  1. Navigate to your session's Recording tab
  2. Set the Speakers count (1–10) to match your party size
  3. Click Start Recording (the red button)

Microphone Permissions

Your browser will ask for microphone access the first time. TaleKeeper needs this to capture audio — it never leaves your machine.

During Recording

While recording, you'll see:

  • A pulsing red dot with elapsed time (HH:MM:SS)
  • Pause and Stop buttons
  • A recording badge in the session header visible from any tab

You can:

  • Pause — temporarily halt recording, then Resume
  • Stop — end the recording and begin processing

After Stopping

When you stop recording, TaleKeeper automatically:

  1. Combines your recording into one complete file
  2. Filters out silences and background noise
  3. Converts speech to text
  4. Identifies which parts belong to which speaker
  5. Suggests a session title (if an AI assistant is connected)

A progress bar shows the current phase:

  • "Uploading..." — finalizing audio
  • "Transcribing X / Y chunks — ~N min remaining" — speech recognition in progress
  • "Assigning speakers..." — diarization running

Process All

Hidden Feature: One-Click Full Pipeline

After recording and processing are complete, a Process All button appears. Click it to run the entire pipeline in sequence: transcription → diarization → summaries → image generation. Progress phases light up as each step completes, and a final summary shows how many segments, summaries, and images were created.

Process All is available once a session has been recorded or has audio uploaded, as long as no other processing is currently running.

Hidden Feature: Speaker Count Override

You can adjust the speaker count right before stopping — useful if unexpected guests joined or someone left early.

One at a Time

Only one session can be recorded at a time. If another session is recording, you'll see a message indicating it's locked.

Next: Or Upload Pre-Recorded Audio →