Real-Time Transcription in Pluely v1

Pluely v1's real-time transcription is one of its flagship capabilities: it turns Listen mode into a live, speaker-labeled transcript of an entire conversation — your side and the other side — as it happens, without any bot joining the call. Everything is captured locally and streamed through Pluely, so what you see on screen updates in real time as words are spoken.

Two audio sources, one transcript

Pluely v1 listens to two audio streams at once:

• Your microphone — your own voice.
• Your computer's audio output — the other side of a call, a meeting participant, a video, or any other sound your machine plays.

Both are captured locally, cleaned up with echo cancellation (so the call audio coming from your speakers isn't transcribed a second time through your mic), and merged into one running transcript.

Speaker labels

Voices are told apart automatically and each line is tagged Speaker 1, Speaker 2, and so on — one of them is you. Identity comes from the voices themselves, not from which device the sound arrived on, so it stays correct even on speakerphone or when several people share a mic. Scanning back through a long meeting or interview, you can always follow exactly who contributed which point without re-listening to anything.

Live words, then finalized lines

Transcription happens in two stages, visible directly in the transcript:

• Interim (live) text appears immediately as you or the other person speaks — it may shift slightly as Pluely refines its understanding of the audio.
• Finalized lines settle once Pluely is confident in the wording, and no longer change.

This two-stage display is what makes the transcript feel instant while still ending up accurate.

The waveform and auto-scroll

A live waveform is shown while Listen mode is active, giving you a visual confirmation that Pluely is actively hearing audio — useful for confirming your microphone or system audio capture is working without having to speak and wait for text to appear.

The transcript view auto-scrolls to keep the newest line in view as the conversation continues. If you scroll up to reread something earlier, auto-scroll pauses so you're not fighting the view — it resumes once you scroll back to the bottom.

Starting, pausing, and stopping

1. Select Listen at the top of the overlay.
2. Press Start listening. The first time, Pluely asks for microphone and screen-recording permissions — screen recording is specifically what lets Pluely hear the other side of a call, not just your own voice.
3. The waveform activates and the transcript begins filling in live as people speak.
4. Pause at any point to free the microphone (your operating system's microphone indicator turns off) — useful mid-meeting if you need a private moment. Resume picks up right where you left off.
5. Stop ends the session entirely and saves the full transcript as a meeting in your library.

Context detection and automatic responses

Pluely quietly detects the shape of the conversation as it unfolds — whether it looks like an interview, a meeting, a code discussion, or a translation scenario — and tunes its behavior accordingly. And with Automatic responses, Pluely responds on its own as the conversation needs it: when someone asks a question (even when the transcription drops the question mark), or after every natural pause. You configure the trigger and pace from the Auto responses control; your selected prompt — with any files attached to it — decides what each response actually is.

Languages

Real-time transcription defaults to English but can be switched to other supported languages, including a multilingual mode for conversations that naturally mix languages. Change this from the Listen controls before or during a session.

Saving as a meeting

When you press Stop, the complete speaker-labeled transcript is saved automatically as a meeting. You can reopen any saved meeting later, add your own notes, and transform the transcript — into a summary, key points, a more concise version, a longer version, an explanation, or a translation. See History and Library for the full picture of what's saved and how to work with it afterward.

Privacy and permissions

No bot ever joins your call, and nothing dials in on your behalf — the entire capture happens locally on your machine and streams securely through Pluely. Real-time transcription requires microphone access and screen-recording permission; screen recording is what allows Pluely to pick up the other side of a call rather than only your own microphone. During a screen share, the overlay is designed to stay discreet — see Stealth Mode & Screen-Share Privacy for details.

Tips

• Grant both microphone and screen-recording permissions up front so Listen mode works the first time without interruption.
• Use Pause instead of Stop for short interruptions — it preserves your session and frees the mic, whereas Stop finalizes the meeting.
• If a conversation switches languages mid-way, switch to multilingual mode ahead of time rather than mid-call.
• Reopen a saved meeting afterward and transform it into key points for a quick recap instead of rereading the whole transcript.
• Watch the waveform if you're unsure whether Pluely is hearing you — it's the fastest way to confirm audio capture is active.

Related

• Ask mode
• History and Library
• Stealth Mode & Screen-Share Privacy