Adding questions to a recorder
Your recorder can ask respondents questions alongside their recording. To set them up:
- Open the recorder and go to the Questions tab.
- Click Add Question.
- Enter the question text, choose an answer type, optionally map it to a field, and mark it required if needed.
- Save the question.
Available answer types
You can choose from:
- Single Line:a short text answer
- Multiple Line:a longer, free-form written answer
- Checkbox:choose more than one option
- Radio Button:choose one option
- Dropdown:choose one option from a list
- Date and Date & Time
Respondents always record their audio or video answer. These question types capture the structured details you want to collect alongside that recording.
Multi-line and advanced types need a paid plan
Single Line is available on every plan. Multiple Line and the other answer types (Checkbox, Radio Button, Dropdown, Date, Date & Time) are part of recorder customization on our paid plans. If a type is locked, you will see Upgrade to unlock additional answer types under the answer-type menu. Upgrading turns all of them on.
The fastest way to reach us is the live chat in the app (the chat bubble in the bottom corner). You can also email success@speakai.co.
You can request the user’s name and emailwith the Speak embeddable audio and video recorder.
You can include your customized questionsand users’ needs to submit answers before initiating a recording.
When the user submits a recording through the embeddable recorder, you will see their information and where they were when they submitted the recording.
You can click on a button to open and play the recording easily.
Allow to download the recording:
If you want your users to download the recording - you can pass the query parameter as
https://recorder.speakai.co/your-custom-url?isDownload=true
Preselect the recording types and redirect to the recorder page:
Skip the recording selection screen by passing preselect values in the query parameters:
preselect=audio (for audio recording)
preselect=video (for video recording)
preselect=upload (for file upload)
preselect=screenshare (for screen sharing)
https://recorder.speakai.co/your-custom-url?preselect=audio
Please ensure the value matches.
Enter name-email or folderId questionnaire dynamically:
If you already have your customer’s name and email address, you can automatically fill in the information by passing the value in the query.
https://recorder.speakai.co/your-custom-url?email=test@gmail.com**&name=**your-customer-name&**folderId=**58285018
Ensure the folderId matches the Speak folderId.
It won’t ask them to re-enter the questions and skip the questionnaire screen automatically.
Prefill your dynamic questionnaire dynamically:
If you already have your question’s answer on the form you would like to collect - you can automatically fill up the information by passing the value in the query.
https://recorder.speakai.co/your-custom-url?**field1=first-q&field2=**second-q
You can keep adding field1 and field2, and all the information will populate back to the Speak.
It won’t ask them to re-enter the questions and skip the questionnaire screen automatically.
Redirect to the page
After submitting a recording, you can redirect a page to your targeted link.
Include redirectUrl as a query parameter in your recording query.
Example: https://recorder.speakai.co/your-custom-url?redirectUrl=https://speakai.co
Once the recording is completed, it will automatically redirect to the assigned link.
If you have other information you hope to collect, please send us a message through the in-app live chat, and we will set up the options for you.
Want a hand setting this up? Book a free consult and we’ll do it together on your account.
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