Listen in mode

Listen in mode allows you to record conversations and utilise the power of Salt for in-person meetings or meetings on other platforms - without participants needing to join our webapp.

When using listen in, you must ensure that your device's microphone is able to capture all meeting participants clearly to enable Salt to provide accurate feedback.

See below for recommendations for specific devices and recording methods.

Capture meetings on external meeting apps such as Zoom, Teams and Google Meet

Salt will capture audio via your device's microphone, this means that you can use utilise Salt as long as your meeting is audible to your device. This means:

• Do not wear headphones - Salt cannot hear others unless the meeting is playing out-loud!
• Use your system mic or a conferencing mic - these microphones are better at capturing meetings, as opposed to directional microphones (i.e. the mic on your headphones or studio mics)

Best practice for recording meetings

Use your laptop/PC to join the meeting you wish to record, then use a secondary device (such as your phone) to record the sound coming from your laptop/PC.

Recording a meeting on the same device

Depending on your device and its configuration - you may not be able not be able to use your microphone for both the meeting app and the Salt webapp simultaneously. Always test to ensure that Salt can hear your meeting participants first.

Capture in-person meetings

Just make sure that all participants are near your device's microphone!

If it is not possible for all of your participants to situate themselves close to the device, consider using a conferencing microphone - these are designed to capture speech from a greater distance.

How to test that Salt can hear your meeting participants

Once Salt has started "Listening", instruct your participants to introduce themselves by name, then begin your discussion.

When asking for insights, the insight (or the context) should contain at least one of the participant's names and the insight should be relevant to your conversation topic.