If you've just downloaded talat, read what to expect on your [first launch](/content/docs/getting-started/first-launch/index.html). If anything is missing from this documentation or could be clearer at all, please [get in touch](/content/help/index.html).

# Getting started

- [First launch](/content/docs/getting-started/first-launch/index.html)  
The choices you'll make on first launch (permissions, auto-detection, speaker recognition, summarisation) and what they mean.

- [Permissions](/content/docs/getting-started/permissions/index.html)  
Microphone and system audio access on Mac and Windows.

# Recordings

- [Record a meeting](/content/docs/recordings/record-a-meeting/index.html)  
The ways talat starts a recording: auto-detection, manual, hotkey.

- [End a meeting](/content/docs/recordings/end-a-meeting/index.html)  
Auto-stop, titles, summaries, exports.

- [Recording status](/content/docs/recordings/recording-status/index.html)  
How talat signals an active recording from the menu bar or tray, plus the optional elapsed-time label.

- [Identify speakers](/content/docs/recordings/identify-speakers/index.html)  
How talat tells voices apart, names speakers, and recognises them in future meetings.

- [Edit a meeting](/content/docs/recordings/edit-a-meeting/index.html)  
Edit the title, transcript, and summary of a finished meeting.

- [Reorganise meetings](/content/docs/recordings/reorganise-meetings/index.html)  
Split one meeting into two, or merge two meetings into one, when talat captured them wrong.

- [Exports](/content/docs/recordings/exports/index.html)  
Export meetings as Markdown or PDF, manually or automatically into a folder of your choice.

# Settings

- [Audio recordings](/content/docs/settings/audio-recordings/index.html)  
Choose which microphone talat records from, whether to save audio alongside transcripts, and how long recordings are kept.

- [Transcription](/content/docs/settings/transcription/index.html)  
Choose the transcription model, live preview, speaker identification.

- [Summaries](/content/docs/settings/summaries/index.html)  
Turn summarisation on or off, pick a local or cloud provider, set your own prompt.

- [Notifications](/content/docs/settings/notifications/index.html)  
Control which events talat notifies you about, and how long notifications stay on screen.

- [Appearance](/content/docs/settings/appearance/index.html)  
Color scheme, hiding talat from the Dock and app switcher, UI scale.

- [General](/content/docs/settings/general/index.html)  
Launch at login and other small preferences.

# Integrations

- [Obsidian](/content/docs/integrations/obsidian/index.html)  
Save talat meeting transcripts and summaries into your Obsidian vault automatically.

- [Webhook](/content/docs/integrations/webhook/index.html)  
Push finished meetings to any HTTP endpoint as Markdown or structured JSON, with auth and retry.

- [MCP server](/content/docs/integrations/mcp-server/index.html)  
Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and other MCP clients to your local meeting data.