Recordings
Use Ardela Voice on the web for dictation, meetings, uploads, and reviewed drafts.
Recordings is your personal Voice collection in the web Workspace. It keeps source audio, the editable timeline, the current transcript, and generated legal drafts together.
Web recording does not show a live transcript. Pause saves a part; only Finalise submits the current timeline for batch transcription.
What you can do
| Action | Guide |
|---|---|
| Browse work you own | List and search |
| Understand the editor layout | Editor overview |
| Record solo speech | Dictation mode |
| Record a multi-speaker meeting | Meeting mode |
| Import audio files | Upload audio |
| Generate reviewed legal drafts | Generate and export |
| Use Clara in the editor | Clara in recordings |
| Keyboard shortcuts | Shortcuts |
Recording modes
| Mode | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Dictation | Solo file notes, attendance-note source material, letters, and matter updates |
| Meeting | Client meetings, witness interviews, conferences, and other authorised multi-speaker recordings |
Typical workflow
Record or upload -> review the timeline -> Finalise -> transcribe
-> correct the transcript -> generate -> review -> share to matter -> exportYou can pause and resume, append audio to a draft, and link the recording to a client and matter. If you edit the audio after transcription, Finalise the new timeline and wait for its matching transcript before generating again.
Matters and recordings
A recording can be associated with one matter. That link does not publish the audio or drafts by itself.
- Start from a matter to pre-fill the client and matter.
- Completing a linked recording can place the transcript in the matter's Files.
- Generated notes and documents stay in My work until you select Share to matter.
- Recordings without a matter stay in this personal collection.
See Matter workspace.
Other Voice surfaces
| Surface | Best for | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Quick dictation while working in another application | Text inserted into a compatible active field; no web Recording is created |
| Mobile | Native capture away from a desk | A local draft that you trim and upload in the foreground |
A transcript or generated document is a working draft. The responsible fee-earner must check the source, correct the content, and decide what can be exported or placed on the matter file. Sharing to a Matter is not approval.