Use Recording Tools when a recording needs cleanup before minutes are generated: back-to-back meetings in one file, a meeting paused for closed session, or any meeting captured across multiple files.
Open Recording Tools and select recordings
Open Recording Tools from the left toolbar. On a phone, tap Tools in the bottom bar.
Click Select recordings.
Choose one or more audio or video files from the same session.
Each file appears as a clip on the Timeline and as an output under Output Recordings, named after the file. Each output becomes its own set of minutes.
Split a recording
Click the clip on the timeline where you want to split. The player jumps to that point.
Use the player to find the exact spot (see "Find the right split point" below).
Click Split or press S.
Repeat until each meeting is its own output.
The playhead must be inside the selected clip, not at its very start or end. Otherwise MinutesGenerator asks you to move it first.
The two new outputs are named after the original with "Part 1" and "Part 2" added. An agenda attached to the original stays with Part 1.
Combine recordings
Drag the clips into the right order on the timeline.
Click the join button between two adjacent clips. You can also select a clip and press C to join it with its neighbor.
To combine every clip into one output, click Merge all.
A joined output is named after both originals, for example "Part A + Part B", and keeps the first agenda attached to either one. Merge all names the result "Merged recording".
Find the right split point
Click the timeline near the place you want, then press play to preview it.
Use Back 30 seconds and Forward 30 seconds to move in larger steps.
Change Playback speed (0.5x to 2x) to review faster or slower.
Pause at the exact point, then split.
Good split points include adjournments, roll calls, recesses, or the first agenda item of the next meeting.
Clean up the timeline
Drag clips left or right to change their order. A placement line shows where the clip will land.
Click Undo to reverse the last split, join, merge, reorder or removal. You can undo up to 30 steps.
Under Output Recordings, use the trash button on a segment to remove that part, or the trash button next to an output's name to remove the whole output.
Rename each output in its name field. MinutesGenerator uses that name for the recording it creates.
Removing an output doesn't delete the original file from your computer.
Attach agendas
Each output can have its own agenda. Agendas are optional, but they help MinutesGenerator understand agenda item names, meeting order and expected topics.
Under Output Recordings, find the output.
Click Attach agenda and choose the file. PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, MD, RTF, PNG and JPG files are supported.
To change it, click the trash button next to the agenda's name and attach another.
Generate minutes
Review each output's name, length and agenda.
Remove any output you don't want minutes for.
Click Generate minutes for all.
Generate minutes for all creates minutes for every output on the list. It's available once every output has a name and all recordings have finished loading. With one output, MinutesGenerator opens that meeting. With several, links to each one appear under Started minutes.
To keep a copy of an edited recording, see Download an edited recording. If something isn't working, see Troubleshoot split and combined recordings.