When a session is complete, it opens on its details page. Here you read and edit the summary, check the transcript, work through action items, and share, export or follow up on the session.

Sessions that are still recording, stopped but not completed, or interrupted open on the recording screen instead. Click Complete session there to finish them.

Header

The header shows:

the template name, which is also a menu for switching templates (see Change the template);
the date and time, the session length, and its origin (Captured locally or From audio file);
the title: click it or the pencil to rename; click the sparkle button to Generate title with AI;
topics: add or remove topics with the topic picker.

Header buttons:

Button	What it does
Ask AI	Opens a chat about this session. See Ask TalkBar.
Share	Opens the share window. Its menu has Publish link, Send content and, once links exist, Manage links. See Share links.
⋮ (Session actions)	More actions, listed below.

The ⋮ menu:

Action	What it does
Record follow-up	Starts recording a linked follow-up right away, with the same series, project, title and template.
Schedule follow-up	Opens the Schedule window, filled in with the series, project and title.
Scan for knowledge	Scans this session for knowledge cards. Hidden when the session's privacy mode doesn't allow it. See Review and scans.
Export session	Exports the session. After the first export, it becomes a submenu with Export again…, a way to open the exported files, and View export history. See Exports.
Add source / Edit source	Records where the session comes from, with a name and an optional link.
Audio Player	Show Player or Hide Player, Export Audio and Delete Audio. Only shown when the session has audio.
Move to Trash	Moves the session to Trash after you confirm.

To pin a session, use its row menu in the Sessions list.

The player sits under the header. Play the recording, scrub the waveform, and jump to speaker changes. A session recorded in several parts (after Continue session) shows which recording you're playing.

Click the time on any transcript line to Play from here. Search results and links from the summary or chats also jump to the right moment.

Hide Player hides it for all sessions; Show Player brings it back.

Search this session

The Search this session… field searches the transcript, timeline, action items, decisions, questions and knowledge cards of this session, and jumps to each match.

Tabs

Tab	What it shows
Overview	Statistics, the summary, participants, project and series.
Action items	Tasks, follow-ups, questions and decisions, with a count.
Transcript	The full transcript, and the timeline.
Notes	Your session note.
Documents	Files attached to the session.
Knowledge	The session's knowledge cards, with a count.

Overview

Statistics

The tiles at the top show Duration, Speakers (people who actually spoke), Turns and Mentioned (cards and action items that came up in conversation). For practice templates, such as Presentation Practice, they show Words per minute and Longest pause instead.

Summary

The Session Summary card holds the summary. It opens with an overview and key takeaways, followed by the sections of the session's template.

Each section has a ⋮ menu:

Action	What it does
Set Action item	Flags the section text as an action item.
Copy text	Copies the section.
Add bookmark	Bookmarks the section.
Add to note	Adds the section to your session note.
Regenerate section	Rewrites only this section. Asks first if you edited it.
Edit text	Edits the section in place.
Delete section	Removes the section from the summary.

The card's AI menu changes how the summary is written:

Option	What it does
Summary sections	Shows how many sections are on, for example 5 of 6 sections. Switch sections on or off, or Add section from another enabled template.
Summary language	The language of the summary. Reset to Auto follows the spoken language.
Summary length	Short, Standard or Detailed. A dot marks lengths already written for this session, which switch instantly.
AI model	The model used for this summary. Reset to default goes back to your configured model.
Regenerate summary	Writes the whole summary again with the current settings and template.

A changed language, length or model waits for you to regenerate. The card shows Your new summary settings apply when you regenerate. with Regenerate and Cancel. Regenerating replaces manual edits, so TalkBar asks first.

The card footer shows when the summary was generated or edited, which model wrote it and how long it took. It also has Share summary, Copy as text, Copy as markdown and Regenerate summary.

If a session has no summary yet, click Generate summary.

Change the template

Open the template name in the header or on the summary card and pick another template. TalkBar asks Switch to template?:

Switch only changes the template, but keeps the current summary as it is.
Switch & regenerate changes the template and writes a new summary with its sections. If you edited the summary, TalkBar warns you that this replaces your edits.

Sections you added to this session are kept.

Side panels

Panel	What it does
Participants	Every speaker, ordered by talk time, with their share of the conversation. Click a speaker to rename or edit them (see Speakers).
Source	Where the session comes from. Edit source to change it.
Project	The session's project. Change project moves it; you can also move its knowledge cards to the new project.
Series	Add to series, or for a session in a series: Open series, Change series… and Remove from series. Shows the session's position and the next session. See Series.
Scheduled as	For a scheduled session: the planned time and length, whether it started on time, and Schedule follow-up.
Knowledge scan	Whether the session was scanned for knowledge and what was found, with Scan now, Scan again or Open Review.
Recent changes	A history of edits to the session.

If the session has temporary memories, a banner offers Keep all or Discard all.

Speakers

Click a speaker's chip, in Participants or in the transcript, to open its menu:

Option	What it does
Rename voice	Names the speaker. Type `@` to link the speaker to a saved person.
Session Leader	Marks the person leading the session.
This is me	Marks the speaker as you.
Ignore speaker	Hides the speaker's lines and keeps their text out of AI. The audio keeps every voice.
Label	Gives the speaker a role label, such as Client or Manager. Manage labels opens Settings → Voice → Speakers.
Combine speakers…	Moves all speech from this speaker to another one, when TalkBar split one person in two.
Color	Changes the speaker's color.

Names carry into the transcript and summary. See Speakers for how TalkBar recognizes voices.

Transcript

The Transcript tab has two views: Transcript (every turn) and Timeline (the notes written while you recorded).

Right-click a line, or use its ⋮ menu:

Action	What it does
Set Action item	Flags the line as an action item.
Speaker → Assign to…	Moves the line to another speaker, or type `@` to pick a person.
Speaker → Join with previous	Merges the line into the one before it.
Copy text	Copies the line.
Add bookmark	Bookmarks the moment.
Add to note	Adds the line to your session note.
Edit text	Corrects the wording.
Delete	Removes the line. This can't be undone.

The View menu switches between Classic layout, Avatar layout and Chat layout, sets the order, and opens Previous transcripts. If the session was translated, both the original and the translation are shown.

Enhance transcript

Enhance transcript runs the saved recording through a more accurate speech model on your computer, to improve the text and the speaker separation. It is available for completed sessions that still have their audio.

Click Enhance transcript, choose the Enhancement model and Spoken language, and start. TalkBar offers to download a model if one is missing.
When it finishes, review the result in the Enhanced transcript ready for review card. Show preview shows the new text.
If some speakers didn't match, map each one to an existing speaker, or keep it as a new speaker, then click Apply speaker mapping.
Click Replace session transcript to use the new version, or Discard enhanced transcript to keep the old one.

The old transcript stays under View → Previous transcripts. After replacing, regenerate the summary if you want it to reflect the new text.

Action items

The Action items tab lists everything to do or remember from the session: tasks, follow-ups, questions and decisions. Switch between All, This meeting and Brought in (items carried over from earlier sessions or prep).

Show items as a Table or a Board, and filter by status, type or source.
Click Add item to create one, or Add existing action item to bring one in.
Check off tasks, answer questions, and mark decisions as superseded.
An item's menu can Edit, Convert it to another type, open its source in the transcript or summary, or remove it.

Removing an action item you created deletes it for good; action items don't go to Trash. Removing one from the summary hides it, and it won't come back if you regenerate the summary.

See Action items for how they work across sessions and projects.

Notes, Documents and Knowledge

Notes: your rich-text session note. Notes elsewhere that link to this session are listed above it. See Notes.
Documents: attach files with Upload file, From document library or From notes, and search inside them. Remove from session keeps the document in your library. See Documents.
Knowledge: the session's knowledge deck and card drafts. Add a New card, Scan for cards or Add from knowledge. Came up in conversation lists cards mentioned in the session, with links to the moment. See Knowledge cards.

Skills

Skills are reusable AI prompts you use in chat. To use one on this session, click Ask AI, then click Skills in the chat and choose one, such as Draft a follow-up email or Write a short recap. The result appears as the chat reply. See Templates and skills.

Audio and storage

Delete Audio (in ⋮ → Audio Player) deletes the session's recording for good after you type DELETE to confirm. The transcript, notes and summary stay, but playback and Enhance transcript are no longer available. You can't delete audio while the session is recording, still saving its audio, or being enhanced.

Export Audio saves the recording as OPUS (Original), MP4 (AAC), MP3 or WAV.

To remove audio from every new session automatically, turn on Delete audio when a session ends in Settings → Voice → Recording → Saved recording (off by default). The same section sets the recording Quality. TalkBar has no setting to keep audio for a set number of days; to clean up old sessions, use Session retention (see Trash).

Move, rename and trash

To…	Do this
Rename	Click the title.
Move to a project	Project panel → Change project.
Add to or move between series	Series panel.
Pin	Use the session's row menu in the Sessions list.
Move to Trash	⋮ → Move to Trash. Restore it from Sessions → Trash.

Session series

Group recurring meetings and related sessions into a series, with a shared schedule, default setup, open action items and history.

Starting a session

Open the New session window and choose the template, audio, speakers, AI model, project, context, summary language and privacy for a recording.

Session details