Everything under Settings → Audio controls how talat captures audio and how long it keeps the recording on disk after a meeting ends. Transcripts are always kept, regardless of these settings.
Microphone input
Choose which microphone talat uses to capture your voice. Leave this on System default to follow whatever the operating system is using at the time, or pick a specific device if you always want talat to record from the same one (for example a USB mic, an audio interface, or a headset).
Changes take effect at the next recording.
Audio recording
When Record audio is on, talat saves the meeting audio to disk alongside the transcript so you can play it back later from the meeting view. When off, only the transcript is kept and no audio file is written.
Turn recording off if you only ever read transcripts back and want to save disk space. Existing audio files from past meetings aren’t affected by the toggle. They stay where they are until the retention period catches up with them.
Audio storage
Auto-delete recordings after sets how long talat keeps the audio for a meeting before deleting it automatically. Only the audio file is removed. The transcript and the meeting itself stay.
- 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, 1 year. Audio older than the chosen window is deleted.
- Forever. Audio is never deleted automatically. Disk usage will grow over time, so pick this only if you actively need the audio for every meeting.
The cleanup runs in the background once a day. Changing the retention period takes effect on the next cleanup cycle. Nothing is deleted retroactively the moment you change the setting.
The default is 30 days, which suits most people: long enough to revisit a recent meeting, short enough that disk usage stays bounded.