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Desktop app or browser

Meetings works in the Langdock desktop app and in a desktop browser. The desktop app transcribes both sides of an online call. The browser transcribes only your microphone. In the browser, select Get desktop app at the top of the Meetings page to download the app. Install it, sign in to your Langdock workspace and open Meetings from the sidebar. For download and installation details, see Desktop app.
Dialog Get the most out of Meetings with the Langdock desktop app, listing both sides of any call, starting when your call does and knowing who said what, with Not now and Download for Mac
If you transcribe in the browser, keep the tab open and your computer awake until you stop. Only one tab can transcribe at a time.

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System requirements

  • macOS: macOS 14 or later. Transcribing other participants requires macOS 14.2 or later. On macOS 14.0 and 14.1, only your microphone is transcribed.
  • Windows: Windows 10 or later.
  • Watermark camera: macOS 14 or later, or Windows 11.

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Set up Meetings

When you open Meetings for the first time, the Set up Meetings guide walks you through the setup. It ticks off each step automatically once it’s done.
Meetings page in the browser with the Set up Meetings guide, showing the steps Allow your microphone and Record your first meeting
The steps depend on where you use Meetings: The calendar step only appears when your workspace offers a calendar integration. Once you’ve connected your calendar, allowed your microphone and transcribed your first meeting, the guide shows You’re all set briefly and then disappears. You can reopen it any time from Get started. After that, the desktop app may show a See who’s speaking card. Select Enable to set them up, or Not now to hide the card for a day.

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Connect your calendar

Connect your calendar to see upcoming meetings under Coming up and transcribe them with one click.
1

Open the calendar step

In the setup guide, expand Connect your calendar and select Connect. You can also select a provider in the empty Coming up section.
2

Choose your provider

Choose Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar.
3

Sign in

Sign in with your work account and approve access.
4

Return to Langdock

Your upcoming events appear under Coming up.
Meetings shows events from today through the next 31 days. It reads your primary Google calendar or your default Outlook calendar. Other calendars you’ve created or subscribed to aren’t shown. Outlook Calendar works with Microsoft 365 work accounts. If you see no calendar options, your workspace hasn’t enabled a calendar integration. Meetings then shows “No calendar is available in this workspace. Contact your admin to enable one.”

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Hide or disconnect a calendar

In Personal settings, you can use the switch next to a connected calendar to show or hide its events in Meetings. This doesn’t disconnect the calendar. To disconnect it, open Integrations in the sidebar, open Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar and select Delete on your connection. See Connections for how connections work. If a calendar needs to be reconnected, Coming up shows “One calendar needs to be reconnected. Some events may be missing.”

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Allow microphone and system audio

Meetings needs your microphone to transcribe what you say. In the desktop app, it also needs system audio to transcribe what other people say on a call.

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Desktop app

Before your first transcription, the desktop app opens the dialog Complete setup to start recording.
1

Allow the microphone

Next to Enable Microphone, select Turn on and allow access when your computer asks.
2

Allow system audio (macOS)

Next to Enable System Audio, select Turn on and allow access.
3

Start transcription

When both permissions show Enabled, transcription starts.
The app checks these permissions before every transcription. If you denied access earlier, Turn on opens your system settings:
  • macOS: For the microphone, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Microphone. For system audio, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen & System Audio Recording. Langdock appears there under System Audio Recording Only.
  • Windows: Go to Settings > Privacy & security > Microphone. System audio needs no separate permission on Windows.
On macOS, if you turn microphone access off and on again while the app is open, select Restart app when prompted. macOS applies the new permission only after a restart.

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Browser

Select Allow in the Allow your microphone step and allow access when your browser asks. If you blocked access earlier, allow the microphone in the site settings next to the address bar, then try again.

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Turn on speaker names

Speaker names show who said what in the transcript. They’re available in the desktop app. To turn them on, use one of these options:
  • Select Enable on the See who’s speaking card
  • Select Turn on in the Turn on speaker names setup step
  • Turn on Speaker names in Personal settings
On macOS, allow Accessibility access for Langdock. The app reads who is talking from the call window. On Windows, no permission is needed. Speaker names work with:
  • Microsoft Teams (the new Teams desktop app)
  • Zoom desktop app
  • Google Meet in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi and other Chromium browsers, or the installed Meet app
They don’t work with classic Teams, Slack huddles, Webex, or Google Meet in Safari or Firefox. The conversation is still transcribed, without names.

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Next step

You’re ready to transcribe. Continue with Transcribing meetings.