Operator guide

Everything below lives on the meeting's control panel (/meetings/:id/control ) — the screen only you, the operator, see.

Mic setup & preflight

Pick a microphone from the dropdown and click Test mic. The meter cycles through three states: "Checking mic…", then "No signal — speak to test", then a green "Mic OK" once it hears usable audio. You can't switch microphones once you're recording — stop first.

If you click Start before the meter has heard anything, you'll see:

"No microphone signal detected yet. Speak into the mic and watch the meter, or click Start again to go live anyway."

A second click on Start goes live regardless — this is a nudge, not a hard block, for the rare case where the meter is wrong.

Keyboard shortcuts

All shortcuts are ignored while you're typing in a text field, so they never fight with normal typing.

Start / stop recording (control panel)
Pause / resume captions (control panel)
Open the stop-confirmation dialog (control panel)
New meeting (dashboard)
Focus search, where a page has one
Show the full shortcuts reference, from anywhere

Press on any signed-in page to pop up the same reference sheet without leaving what you're doing.

Pausing captions

Pause captions (or ) stops new captions from reaching viewers without ending the recording session — useful for a musical number, a video clip, or a break. Audio keeps flowing; press it again to resume.

While you're live

The transcript grid shows a timestamp, the original text, and the translation for every utterance, in order.
Speaker context is a freeform note (name and topic) that improves transcription accuracy — update it when the speaker changes.
Display font size is a slider (24–200px) that pushes live to every connected viewer's screen — handy if the room can't read the default size.
The QR code and display link are both on this panel, so you can re-share them mid-meeting without leaving the page.

If a connection banner appears, see Troubleshooting for what each one means.

Ending a session

Click Stop (or press ) to open a confirmation dialog, then confirm to end the recording. Viewers see the meeting end immediately — unless it's a recurring meeting, in which case the display just goes back to idle, ready for next week.

Locking the panel with a PIN

Set an operator PIN (4 or more digits, with confirmation) from a meeting's settings to require it before anyone can open that meeting's control panel. It only protects the control panel — the public display link never requires a PIN.