Meeting Mode
Capture an authorised multi-speaker meeting and review its labelled transcript.
Meeting mode handles authorised multi-speaker work such as client meetings, witness interviews, conferences with counsel, and internal legal-team calls.
Confirm that the firm has authority to record and process the conversation. Follow the applicable law, professional duties, client instructions, and firm policy.
When to use meeting mode
| Scenario | Mode |
|---|---|
| Solo file note or letter draft | Dictation |
| Client meeting or interview with multiple speakers | Meeting |
| Authorised browser call with an audio-enabled source | Screen capture |
How it works
- Select Meeting on the Recorder tab.
- Confirm the client and matter if the recording belongs on a file.
- Choose Microphone or Screen capture.
- Capture or upload the audio. Pause saves the current part.
- Review the timeline and select Finalise.
- Ardela runs batch transcription with speaker diarisation.
- Identify the people behind the speaker labels and correct the segments.
- Generate a separate draft attendance note or document where needed.
Speaker labels
Ardela separates detected voices into labels such as Speaker 1 and Speaker 2. These labels begin without a person's name. Rename them to the appropriate role or person, such as Client, Solicitor, Counsel, or Witness, then correct any misattributed speech.
Speaker diarisation is an aid to review. Every identity and segment assignment requires human verification.
Transcript and attendance note
The meeting transcript is a working text representation of the audio. A generated attendance note is a separate draft based on that corrected transcript and its selected template.
Neither object becomes certified, official, or approved merely because Ardela created it. The responsible fee-earner must review the source, transcript, speaker assignments, and generated note separately.
Copy and export
The structured meeting-transcript view supports plain-text copy. It does not provide a dedicated meeting-transcript PDF or DOCX export. A separately generated and reviewed note or document can be exported to PDF or DOCX.
Guides
Tips
- State participant names at the start to help the reviewer assign labels.
- Use a central microphone for an in-person meeting.
- Ask participants to avoid speaking over one another where practical.
- Review important passages against the audio before generating.