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Listen Mode: Live Meeting Transcription

Listen mode transcribes a live conversation in real time — your microphone and the audio coming from your computer, together — and shows a running, speaker-labeled transcript. No bot joins your call; everything runs from your own machine through Pluely.

Start listening

  1. Select Listen at the top of the overlay.
  2. Press Start listening. The first time, Pluely will ask for microphone and screen-recording permissions — screen recording is what lets Pluely hear the other side of a call.
  3. The transcript begins filling in as people speak. A live waveform shows Pluely is hearing audio.

Who said what

  • Voices are told apart automatically and labeled Speaker 1, Speaker 2, … — one of them is you. Pluely also runs echo cancellation, so the call audio playing from your speakers doesn't get transcribed twice through your microphone.
  • Words appear live as they're recognized, then settle into finalized lines.
  • The transcript auto-scrolls to follow the conversation, and pauses following if you scroll up to read back.

Pause, resume, stop

  • Pause stops sending audio and frees the microphone (your OS mic indicator turns off), then you can resume right where you left off. Paused time never counts against your monthly live-transcription allowance.
  • Stop ends the session and saves it as a meeting you can reopen later.

Get help from the conversation

Listen mode isn't just a recorder — it's a live copilot:

  • Automatic responses — Pluely responds on its own as the conversation needs it: when someone asks a question, or after every pause. You configure the trigger and the pace from the Auto responses chip; what it says comes from your selected prompt.
  • Ask from the transcript — tap Suggest, a quick action, or type an instruction, and Pluely answers using the recent conversation as context.
  • Context awareness — Pluely quietly detects whether you're in an interview, a meeting, a coding discussion, or a multilingual conversation, and tunes its suggestions.

Compact view

During a session, Compact view pops the live transcript into a small picture-in-picture panel — perfect when you want the conversation pinned in a corner while you work in another app. The full overlay keeps running underneath.

Languages

Listen mode supports English by default and can be switched to dozens of other languages, or to a multilingual mode that handles conversations that mix languages. The list is always current — set your language in the Listen controls before starting.

Session limits & safety

Listen mode protects both your privacy and your plan allowance:

  • The composer shows a live countdown of your remaining monthly transcription time while listening.
  • After 5 minutes of complete silence, the session stops itself — no reason to keep the mic hot or spend allowance when nobody's talking.
  • Every hour, Pluely asks "Still transcribing?" with a 10-second grace — tap Continue to keep going. A forgotten session never runs all night.
  • When your monthly live time runs out, the session ends gracefully at a natural break — never mid-sentence.

Privacy

  • Nothing "dials in" to your call — capture happens locally and streams securely through Pluely.
  • On screen shares, the overlay is designed to stay discreet.

Last updated 2026-07-10 · pluely.com