Getting started
Record a conversation from your iPhone
Fluent works without a pendant. Phone capture is rolling out: record a meeting straight from your iPhone's microphone and get the same transcripts, meeting notes, action items, and people profiles as pendant audio.
Record a conversation
- Open Fluent and tap the record button on the home screen.
- Put the phone on the table — microphone side toward the room. Live transcription starts as people talk.
- Tap to stop when the conversation ends. The recording uploads, gets processed, and lands as a conversation with a transcript and notes.
Keep the phone's mic unobstructed — a laptop or papers over the bottom edge muffles the room noticeably.
When the phone is enough, and when it isn't
Meetings, interviews, dinners, site visits — anywhere you can put a phone on a table, phone capture works.
All-day ambient capture — the pendant is still the right tool. Recording continuously from a phone means a deliberate start/stop every time and a mic that lives in your pocket, not on your collar. If that's the use case, pair a pendant.
Consent still applies
The mechanism doesn't change the law. If you're in an all-party-consent state or recording someone who'd reasonably object, disclose first — the consent guide covers how professionals handle it.
Related
Related questions
Do I still need a pendant?
Not for meetings — phone capture records straight from your iPhone's microphone. A pendant still wins for all-day ambient capture, where pulling out your phone isn't practical.
Does the other person see anything?
Fluent records locally on your device — nothing joins the room or announces itself. Recording laws still apply; in all-party-consent states you need everyone's agreement. See the consent guide.
Does phone capture drain the battery?
Recording and live transcription use power, but a normal meeting is fine on a typical charge. For all-day capture, that's what the pendant is for.