Recording
Record from a browser tab or capture full system audio with the Mac app. Choose how transcript text arrives, and use the same pipeline for voice memos.
Recording in the browser
Before recording starts, you're asked:
- Whether to include tab audio — this is how other participants get captured. Your microphone is always on.
- Language — English only, or Auto-detect.
While recording, you'll see a live audio level and timer, a red dot next to the thread in your sidebar, and transcript lines arriving as they're recognized.
Recording stops when you press Stop, stop sharing the tab, close the page, or after three minutes of silence. All of these end the recording normally — nothing is lost.
How transcript text arrives
Set this in Settings > AI > Transcription:
- Every 15, 30 or 60 seconds — text arrives in blocks, with speakers separated.
- Realtime — text appears as people speak, with the lowest possible delay. Speakers are not separated in this mode.
Recording with the Mac app
The desktop app exists to capture your whole system's audio — so a call in Zoom, Teams, Slack, or any browser tab gets recorded without sharing anything.
- Audio never leaves your Mac. Speech is recognized on-device; only the resulting text is sent to Meetia. More on this in Privacy & Data.
- Both sides are always captured — your mic and the system output, with remote participants split into individual speakers automatically.
- The transcript is cleaned before saving — filler words, stutters, and repeats are removed on-device. The raw version is kept too.
Three ways a recording can start:
- You press record, same as on the web.
- Your calendar starts it. Set rules on the Calendar page — has a video link, you're the organizer, working hours only, title contains/excludes words, attendee limits, skip all-day or recurring events, only accepted invites. Any single meeting can be force-recorded or force-skipped regardless of the rules, and you choose which workspace it lands in.
- The app notices a call has started. A floating panel asks "Record this meeting?" and names the app it heard — this catches calls that weren't on your calendar. It also reminds you to confirm consent from other participants.
Staying aware of a running recording: a menu bar timer, a REC badge on the Dock icon, and a floating Stop/Pause panel (Pause can mute just the mic or everything). If the meeting app quits or the screen locks, the app asks "Still recording?" rather than assuming — it never stops a live recording on its own.
Voice memos
The desktop app also works without any call attached — open it and use it to transcribe a voice memo using the same on-device pipeline.