How recording works

embral records on your computer, from two places at once: your microphone, and the audio that meeting apps are playing. Nothing joins the call. There’s no extra attendee, no invite, and nothing for other participants to see.

Because embral captures app audio directly, headphones don’t get in the way. It hears the other side of a Zoom, Teams, or Meet call whether it comes out of speakers or earbuds, and a phone on speaker reaches it through the microphone.

What feeds a recording

During a recording, the Sources picker in the header lists the apps playing audio and the machine’s microphones. Every app starts checked, and your primary microphone is always on. You can add or drop sources mid-meeting, and choices last for that recording only.

How embral notices a call

Every few seconds, embral checks which apps are holding an active microphone. When a meeting app grabs the mic, that’s a call. What happens next is up to your auto-start policy: record right away, ask first, or do nothing. See Turn on automatic recording.

Muting yourself in a call doesn’t end it. Meeting apps keep the microphone open through a mute, so embral keeps recording until the call ends or you stop it.

What happens to the audio

Transcription runs while you talk. When you stop, embral separates the voices, writes the final transcript, encodes the audio, and then writes the summary. Everything happens on your machine unless you turn on cloud processing.