record a meeting
Several people, one transcript, every voice named.
A meeting recording has two extra jobs a solo note does not: capture the other side of a call, and tell the voices apart. This guide covers both.
capture both sides of a call
For an in-person meeting, skip this step — the microphone hears everyone.
For a video call, turn on system audio capture first. yapyap then records what comes out of your speakers next to what goes into your microphone. The first time, macOS asks for the System Audio Recording permission — allow it, then start a new recording.
start before the meeting starts
Press Ctrl+Alt+R — the global shortcut works from any app, so you do not have to find the yapyap window mid-call. The tray icon shows that a recording runs.
mark the decisions
When something important happens, press Ctrl+Alt+M. Each mark becomes a flag pin on the transcript timeline, so you can jump straight to the decision instead of scrubbing an hour of audio.
stop and let the pipeline run
Press Ctrl+Alt+R again to stop. The pipeline transcribes, separates the voices, and runs your lenses. A long meeting takes a few minutes — you can keep working, the pipeline runs in the background.
name the speakers
Open the recording. Each voice has its own color and a generic name. Click a speaker to name them — yapyap remembers the voice, so the same person gets the same name in future recordings.
The details live in speakers & voiceprints.
get the minutes out
- A lens with a meeting shape (decisions, action items) runs on its own — see lenses.
- Actions → Export turns the transcript into Markdown, plain text, or subtitles — see export.
- Ask chat with Yap "what did we decide?"