> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.openwhispr.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Record a meeting > Start a meeting note by hand or from a prompt, watch it transcribe live, and find it afterwards. A meeting note records the call, transcribes it as people talk, and saves the whole thing as a note you can search later. You can start one from the prompt OpenWhispr shows you, or start it yourself at any time. ## Start one yourself Press your **Meeting Mode Hotkey**. That opens meeting mode and begins a note straight away — useful when the prompt didn't appear, or when you're recording something that isn't a call at all, like a lecture or an interview. To set or change that shortcut, open **Settings**, then **Hotkeys** under **App**, and look for **Meeting Mode Hotkey**. The same panel has a **When triggered by hotkey, open in:** choice — **Full width** or **Side panel** — which decides how the meeting view appears when you use the shortcut. ## Start one from the prompt When OpenWhispr thinks a meeting has started, a card appears asking whether you want to take notes. Choose **Take notes** and recording begins. If the prompt came from a calendar event with a meeting link, the button reads **Join & transcribe** instead — that opens the meeting and starts the note in one go. The card is drawn by OpenWhispr rather than your operating system, so it still reaches you when Do Not Disturb or Focus is on. It's also excluded from screen capture, so it won't show up in a share or a recording. [How meeting detection decides](/help/meetings/how-meeting-detection-works) covers what triggers that prompt and how to turn it off. ## While it's recording Text appears as people speak. A pill sits at the top of the transcript with the recording controls, and if OpenWhispr is still waiting on your microphone it says so — **Waiting for microphone** — rather than failing quietly. Speaker labels are assigned live and tidied up once the call ends, so don't worry if they look rough mid-meeting. The app tells you as much: *"Still identifying speakers. Labeling accuracy will improve once the call ends."* See [speaker labels](/help/meetings/speaker-labels). Recording your own microphone is not the same as recording the people on the call. Capturing the other side needs a system-audio permission, and on some setups it needs a bit more than that — see [capturing both sides of the call](/help/meetings/capture-both-sides). ## Where the note ends up Meeting notes are saved into your **Meetings** folder automatically. If the prompt came from a calendar event, the note takes that event's title; otherwise it starts as **New note** and you can rename it. From there it behaves like any other note — editable, searchable, and available to the AI actions that clean up or summarise it. ## Choosing how meetings get transcribed Meeting recording keeps its **own** engine setting, separate from dictation. Open **Settings**, then **Speech-to-Text** under **AI Models**, and pick the **Note Recording** tab. Four options: | Mode | What it means | | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | **OpenWhispr Cloud** | Reliable accuracy, no setup. Needs you to be signed in | | **Cloud Providers** | Bring your own API key | | **Local** | On-device models, fully private | | **Self-Hosted** | Your own server on your network | Changing this tab changes meetings only. Your dictation engine and your audio upload engine are set on their own tabs and are unaffected. ## Related * [How meeting detection works](/help/meetings/how-meeting-detection-works) * [Speaker labels](/help/meetings/speaker-labels) * [Capturing both sides of the call](/help/meetings/capture-both-sides) * [Connect Google Calendar](/help/meetings/connect-google-calendar) * [Meeting audio isn't being captured](/help/fix/meeting-audio-not-captured)