The quote was perfect. Did you catch it?
Fluent captures the interview — pendant on your collar or phone on the table — and gives you the verbatim transcript, the moments worth quoting, and a record of every source you've spoken to.
Write the story. The quotes keep themselves.
Verbatim, not approximate
The line that makes the piece is the one your notebook half-got. Fluent keeps the exact words — attributed, timestamped, citable — so the quote survives fact-check and legal.
A source record that compounds
Every interview with a source feeds their profile — what they told you in March, what changed by October. When the story develops, the history is already assembled.
Search the whole archive
Ask Claude through Fluent's MCP server — "when did anyone mention the warehouse?" — and it answers from the transcripts, instead of you re-listening to nine hours of audio.
Field-ready, no laptop
A pendant or the phone in your pocket. The interview stays a conversation — no screen between you and the source, no recorder app to babysit.
From interview to filed piece
The reporting workflow, minus the transcription tax.
- Sit-down interviews — captured verbatim, quotes marked, the full transcript waiting when you file.
- Walk-and-talks and coffees — the profile reporting that happens away from any desk.
- Press conferences and scrums — your own record of what was asked and answered, not just the pool feed.
- Source relationships over months — what they said before, what they said this time, and the delta that is the story.
Recording law varies by jurisdiction and beat — disclose per your practice and local rules. The consent guide covers the landscape; your standards desk owns the policy.
Questions
Is Fluent accurate enough to quote from?
The transcript is the working draft — Fluent keeps the verbatim audio attached, so you can verify any quote against the source recording before it goes in the piece. Quote from the audio; find it via the transcript.
What about phone interviews?
Fluent captures what your device hears — a phone interview on speaker, or the audio of the room you're in on a remote call. It doesn't tap the call stream, so record in the way your jurisdiction and practice allow.
How do I handle consent with sources?
Disclose it — most reporters already do. The consent guide covers the general landscape including all-party-consent states, but your newsroom's standards and local law govern. Fluent's job is the record; the ethics stay yours.
Can I look across all my interviews?
In the app, you find a conversation by its title, preview or who was in it; search doesn't cover transcript text. To ask across your interviews, connect Fluent to Claude through its MCP server: Claude can search the transcripts and answer from them.
Keep exploring
Transcripts
Verbatim and speaker-attributed — the interview record that cites itself.
Fluent in Claude (MCP)
Ask Claude about your interviews, with the transcripts to check.
Recording consent
The consent landscape — one-party vs all-party, and the disclosure language that works.
Plans
Free, Pro, and Premium — start free, no credit card.
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Lunches, site visits and 1:1s, recorded on your iPhone or a pendant, with no bot to invite.
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Report the story. Keep the tape.
Fluent holds the record so the interview can be a conversation again.
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