Nothing is kept unless you say so
Saving conversations is off to begin with. With it off, nothing is kept once you start a new conversation, or leave for more than 30 minutes. Audio isn’t recorded, except a meeting you record for a transcript. To keep them, turn on Menu → Conversation → Save conversations on this device. They stay on that device, not in your account, and Delete all saved conversations clears them.Take the text with you
Menu → Conversation downloads, copies or shares the captions so far as text, whether or not saving is on.Recap
Recap, on the captions so far, a saved conversation or a meeting transcript, has Claude write a short summary: what was decided, who said they’d do what, and the details worth keeping, such as dates, numbers, names and instructions. Say what it was, so the recap fits:- A conversation: the main points and what was left open.
- An appointment: every instruction, medicine and next step, as given.
- A class or talk: its main points, in order.
A transcript of a meeting
Menu → Conversation → Record a meeting records the device’s microphone until you stop, whether or not captions are on. A timer at the top shows it’s recording. Then it’s sent to be transcribed, and a few minutes later the transcript, with each speaker’s turns and when they started, is under Meeting transcripts.- Only you and your account’s owner see your transcripts.
- Readout doesn’t keep the recording once it’s sent. Before you send it, the app says which service will write the transcript, and whether that service keeps a copy.
- A recording can run up to about 3½ hours (about an hour in Safari).
- The recording is kept on the device until it’s sent, so a reload doesn’t lose it.