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title: "Questions"
description: "Ask respondents questions alongside their recording, using short text, multi-line text, choice and rating answer types."
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# Questions

## Adding questions to a recorder

![The Questions tab of a recorder, listing what respondents are asked](/help/media/recorder/recorder-questions.jpg)
Your recorder can ask respondents questions alongside their recording. To set them up:

1. Open the recorder and go to the **Questions** tab.
1. Click **Add Question**.
1. Enter the question text, choose an **answer type**, optionally map it to a field, and mark it required if needed.
1. 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.

## Prefill and control the recorder from the URL

You can preselect a recording type, prefill the name, email, folder and question
answers, let the respondent download their recording, or send them somewhere
after they submit. Add the values as query parameters on the recorder link:

```text
https://recorder.speakai.co/your-custom-url?preselect=audio&name=John%20Doe
```

Someone arriving with their answers already filled skips the questionnaire and
goes straight to recording. The full parameter list, with types and defaults, is
in [Embedding and iframe controls](/help/recorder/embedding/).

If there is something else you want to collect, message us on live chat in the
app and we will look at whether it can be added.

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: [Embeddable recorder](/help/recorder/) · [Browser support](/help/recorder/browser-support/)

Source: https://docs.speakai.co/help/recorder/questions/index.mdx