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title: "Recording controls"
description: "Control a live recording, pause it for a private moment, then analyze and share whatever the assistant captured afterwards."
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# Recording controls


The Meeting Assistant starts recording the moment it joins, and you stay in control while the call runs. Pause it over a confidential stretch, resume when you are ready, and share the finished recording once Speak AI has processed it.

## Pause and resume a live recording

Open the [Meeting Assistant page](https://app.speakai.co/meeting-assistant) and find the active call on the **Upcoming** tab. Open the menu at the end of its row and select **Pause Recording** before a confidential part of the conversation, then **Resume Recording** from the same menu when it is safe to continue. Speak confirms each one with a **Recording paused** or **Recording resumed** message.

The menu only offers what the call's current status allows. **Pause Recording** appears while the status is **In Call (Recording)**, and **Resume Recording** replaces it once the status is **Paused**. Anything said while the recording is paused is not captured, so it never reaches the transcript.

## When recording stops

The assistant leaves and the recording ends when the meeting ends. You can also end it yourself with **Remove From Meeting** in the same row menu. If the host removes the assistant from the call, recording stops immediately. For the full list of conditions that end a recording, see [auto-join](/help/meeting-assistant/auto-join/).

## Share what the assistant captured

Once processing finishes, open the file in your library. Select **Share** to send attendees a link, or grab the embed code to put the player somewhere else. [Share links](/help/sharing/links/) covers who can see what.

Want a hand setting this up? [Book a free consult](https://calendly.com/speak-ai/consult?utm_source=docs&utm_campaign=consult) and we'll do it together on your account.

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Related: [Meeting Assistant](/help/meeting-assistant/) · [Auto-join](/help/meeting-assistant/auto-join/)

Source: https://docs.speakai.co/help/meeting-assistant/recording-controls/index.mdx