> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.readout.tv/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# During a conversation

> Speakers, replies, the bell, and what the captions show besides words.

## Speakers

Each voice gets a label, **Speaker 1**, **Speaker 2** and so on. Tap a label to give it a name; the
TV updates too.

* **Two labels for one person?** Tap the newer one and choose **Same person as…**. Their lines, and
  what they say next, show as the earlier speaker. Tap the label again to undo it.
* **Someone comes back.** When captions start again, a voice heard earlier in the conversation is
  recognized once it has said a few seconds, and shown with its name. Voice patterns are kept only
  for that conversation, and never saved. Turn this off in **Menu → Speech**.
* **Someone reading the captions aloud.** When a line repeats what someone else just said, it folds
  away behind a **Read back** button instead of showing twice. Mark the person who reads the
  captions aloud (tap their label) and even short repeats fold.

## Replies

Type a reply at the bottom, or tap a quick reply. It shows in the conversation and on the TV, and
can be read aloud (**Menu → Replies**). While a reply is read aloud, captions keep listening: the
reply's own voice is left out, and anyone talking over it is still captioned.

Tap a reply to show it full screen.

## Sounds in the captions

Applause shows as *\[applause]* and music as *\[music]*, in italics on a line of their own, where they
happened, as TV captions do. Music is marked once a song, not again through its quiet moments.

## Words that may be misheard

A wavy underline marks a word the speech service wasn't sure of. To make names and terms come out
right, add them to **Menu → Languages → Names and words to recognize**, and give the topic under
**About this conversation**. Turn the underline off in **Menu → Display**.

## Swear words

Swear words show as their first letter and stars, such as f\*\*\*, in the app, on TVs, and
everywhere else Readout shows what's said. **Menu → Languages → Hide swear words** shows every word
instead, or hides them on TVs only. Saved conversations and exports keep every word.

## The microphone

**Menu → Speech → Microphone** chooses which of the device's microphones captions listen with, such
as a USB or clip-on microphone. Switching keeps captions going. If it's unplugged, captions use the
device's usual microphone and say so.

## Find anything

Everything is in the **Menu**, with a search box at the top: type a few letters, such as "text
size" or "bell", and it shows where each is. On a computer, ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) opens it from the
captions.


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