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# Can I deposit voice recordings, interviews, and meeting notes?

Title suggestion: AGENT - FAQ - Can I deposit voice recordings, interviews, and meeting notes?
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Tags: faq, asker, intelligent-netware, voice, recordings, transcription, interviews, deposits, whisper

## Public answer

**Question people actually type:**
Can I deposit voice recordings, interviews, and meeting notes?

Yes. Voice is often the best way in, because the judgment that makes you worth calling is usually the part nobody ever writes down.

You can speak directly into Compa with its microphone, and your words become text. You can also bring in recordings made elsewhere, such as a voice memo from your phone, a file from a pocket voice recorder, or the audio or video of a talk you gave. The .wav recording is transcribed into text, and the text becomes a draft deposit for you to review.

Structured interviews work especially well. Someone asks you the questions your clients ask, and you answer out loud. An hour of that conversation can become many deposits, each built around a single question.

A few habits keep voice deposits useful.

**Review before you approve.** Transcripts can mishear names and numbers, and spoken answers wander. Read each draft, trim it, and correct it. Only approved deposits reach your room.

**Keep one idea per deposit.** A long recording is better split into short pieces, each answering one question. Short deposits are easier for the room to find and use. An AI assistant can help you do the splitting.

**Leave other people out.** If a recording includes a client, a colleague, or anyone who didn't agree to be in your room, remove their words and any identifying details before you approve. Never deposit confidential client information, even if it came up naturally in a meeting.

**Keep the original.** The audio file can stay in your vault next to the transcript, so you can always go back to what you actually said.

Recording and transcription can also happen entirely on your own machine. Compa can run with local speech-to-text and a local model when you want everything to stay on your computer. 

If you find writing slow, start here. Many owners discover they can deposit more in ten minutes of talking than in an hour of typing.

## Related questions

- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_07-what-is-a-deposit-and-where-to-start|What is a deposit, and what should I deposit first?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_21-offline-and-full-privacy|Can it run offline, or completely private?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_23-client-confidentiality-what-not-to-deposit|What should I never deposit? Is client information safe?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_24-what-is-compa|What is Compa?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_37-can-my-team-contribute|Can my team contribute to the knowledge base?]]
- [[FAQ_2026-10-02_00-INDEX|All Asker FAQs]]

_Written by Daniel Comp with GB, Director of Operations, Intelligent Netware._