Skip to main content

Use the Live Transcript Panel

The Live Transcript Panel allows you to capture speech in real time and review the transcript as it streams.

Start a Recording

  1. Click the Clara sparkle icon in the header.

  2. Choose a recording mode:

    • Record Session → Multi-speaker conversation

    • Dictate Notes → Single-speaker dictation

  3. Click Start Recording.

During Recording

While recording, you can:

  • Use Pause, Resume, and Finish controls.

  • View live transcript segments with timestamps.

  • Click Scroll to Latest if you have scrolled upward.

  • Note: If the browser tab goes into the background, recording will pause automatically for safety.
    ​

If the Connection Drops

Live recording needs an internet connection. If the connection drops, Clara shows Reconnecting and tries again for up to 2 minutes. You do not need to do anything. When the connection comes back, the status changes back to Live. The transcript shows a connection interrupted line where the connection dropped. Some speech from that time may be missing.

If Clara cannot reconnect in 2 minutes, it stops the recording:

  • The status shows Stopped - not transcribing.

  • The timer and the microphone stop.

  • A message tells you the time when transcription stopped.

To keep what Clara captured, click Finish. Then submit the recording as usual. Speech after the stop time is not in the transcript. Add the missing details before you generate the note, or start a new recording.

If the Clara panel is closed when the recording stops, a Clara recording stopped message appears. Click Open Clara, then click Finish.

Using Transcript Only

After recording (or when pasting/uploading a transcript), you can choose Transcript Only when generating.

This option:

  • Cleans up the raw transcript

  • Organizes the content into a structured note

  • Generates documentation without applying a Clara Template

This is ideal when you want a polished version of what was said without template-based formatting.

Review the Transcript Later

You can review transcript content at any time:

  1. Go to Recordings.

    1. Click on a Recording to re-apply it

    2. Click a note to view the note the recording was applied to

​

Interrupted Recording Recovery

If a session is interrupted, Clara will offer:

  • Resume Recording

  • Use As-Is

  • Discard

Audio and transcript data are temporarily preserved so you can continue after a refresh or interruption.

Related Articles
Did this answer your question?