Meetings
When TellDone hears several speakers in a recording, it splits the transcript by speaker instead of giving you one flat block of text. Record a work meeting, an interview, or a conversation over coffee, and you get a transcript grouped into turns, so you can tell where one voice ends and the next begins.
TellDone tells the voices apart and labels them Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on, or uses a name when it recognizes one. You can't rename speakers, so you may want to note who is who yourself if the recording matters later.
Nothing to switch on
There is no toggle and no separate meeting mode. Record the way you always do, and TellDone checks the audio for multiple voices on its own. If it hears several speakers, the transcript comes back labeled by speaker. If it hears only you, the transcript looks exactly as it always has. Speaker labels aren't tied to a note type.
Speaker labels are only available when TellDone transcribes your recording. With Apple Speech Recognition turned on, your iPhone transcribes the recording, so the transcript has no speaker labels.
Someone who only says short things like "yeah", "uh-huh", or "got it" doesn't count as a second speaker. TellDone looks for at least two people who actually contribute to the conversation, so dictating a note with someone else in the room still gives you a normal flat transcript.
Where you see it
Open the note and scroll to the Transcript section on the detail screen. The text is grouped into turns, each one labeled with the speaker it belongs to, so you can follow the conversation from top to bottom. As always, the transcript is read-only.
Tasks that came from the meeting can play the full recording. The speaker-separated transcript is also included in your data exports.
Everything else about the note works the same way. You still get an AI-generated title, a summary, tags, and any tasks and events TellDone extracts from the discussion - so a meeting recording turns into follow-up items, not only a transcript. Tasks can carry their own deadline.
Put your iPhone where it can hear everyone and record the whole meeting. The more of the conversation TellDone hears, the more of it ends up in your transcript, your summary, and your tasks. Silence alone never ends a recording, so quiet stretches don't cut it short. Keep your plan's recording length limit in mind for long meetings - see Recording voice notes.
See also
- Recording voice notes - recording modes, tips, and limits
- Notes - what TellDone builds from every recording
- Tasks - tasks pulled out of your conversations
- Events - events pulled out of your conversations