# Record

> Record a Clip or a Memo on your iPhone, in your browser, or on a Sudo, Dex or Glyph.

You can record on the Italic app for iPhone, in the web app in any browser,
or on a device. Each recording becomes a Clip or a Memo, and it appears in
[Home](/home) on every device signed in to your account.

## Choose a Clip or a Memo [#choose-a-clip-or-a-memo]

Pick the kind before you start. Italic never decides from length.

- Record a **Clip** for a quick thought or something you'll paste. It's
  kept as text, with no title or summary.
- Record a **Memo** for a meeting, a call or a longer thought. It gets a
  title and a summary.

Either way, only the text syncs to your account. On iPhone, the recorder
also lets you choose when you finish: it has both **Save as Clip** and **Save
as Memo**.

Picked the wrong one after saving? A Memo can become a Clip, but a Clip can't
become a Memo. On iPhone, choose **Convert to Clip** from the Memo's menu; on
the web, choose **Move to Clips** from the **⋯** menu on its page. Its text
stays, but Italic asks first: it deletes the Memo's audio everywhere it's
kept, including its copy in Files, and that can't be undone.

## Record on your iPhone [#record-on-your-iphone]

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start recording">
    On Home, tap the microphone button (**Record**) at the bottom right,
    beside the tab bar. The recorder opens, reads **New Recording** and starts
    recording a Memo.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Speak">
    Pause and resume as you need. To throw the recording away, tap the trash
    button at the top right and confirm **Discard**; this deletes the audio
    you just recorded.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Save">
    Tap **Save as Memo** or **Save as Clip**; the button for the kind you
    started is highlighted. Italic transcribes the recording on your iPhone,
    then files it on Home.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Start a Clip or a Memo from anywhere [#start-a-clip-or-a-memo-from-anywhere]

The Italic app adds **Record Clip** and **Record Memo** to Spotlight, Siri,
the Shortcuts app and the Action button. Each one opens Italic on a recorder
for that kind; a Clip's recorder reads **New Clip**.

- **Spotlight**: search "Italic". Record Clip, Record Memo and Copy Latest
  Clip appear beside the app icon.
- **Siri**: say "Record a Clip in Italic" or "Record a Memo in Italic".
- **Action button**: in iPhone Settings, set the Action button to a
  shortcut and choose Italic's Record Clip or Record Memo.
- **Widgets**: the **Record Memo**, **Record Clip** and **Record** widgets on
  your Home Screen or Lock Screen start one in a tap. See [Widgets](/apps/iphone#widgets).

iOS only lets Italic use the microphone while the app is open, so these
shortcuts and widgets always open Italic first.

## Record in your browser [#record-in-your-browser]

The web app, in any browser and in Italic for Mac's window, records Clips and
Memos.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the recorder">
    Sign in at [app.italic.com](https://app.italic.com). On Home, choose
    **Record**, the round waveform button above the right end of the bar at
    the bottom. The mic inside the bar speaks a question to
    [Chat](/chat#ask-with-your-voice) instead.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Record">
    Choose **Start recording** and allow your browser to use the microphone.
    Choose **Pause** and **Resume** as you need; the pause is left out of the
    recording.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Save">
    Choose **Save as Memo** for a transcript, title and summary, or **Save as
    Clip** for just the words. It appears at the top of Home.
  </Step>
</Steps>

In the browser and Italic for Mac, record for as long as you need, then save
it as one Clip or Memo. You can pause and resume in the same recording. Keep
the page open while recording; your transcript appears after you finish.

The audio is sent to Italic to be transcribed. A Memo's audio is then kept
only in that browser, and a Clip's is deleted once its words are saved; only
the text syncs. A Memo's page in that browser has **Export audio** to keep a
copy, **Transcribe again** for new words from the audio, and **Delete audio**,
which keeps the Memo's text. **Keep recordings** under **Dictation** chooses how
long a Memo's audio stays: 7 days, 30 days, 90 days or Forever, the default.
It's set in each browser.

If saving fails, the recorder offers **Try processing again**, **Keep for
later** and **Discard recording**. A recording that didn't finish waits on Home
under a pill such as "1 recording to review", even if you close the page. Open
it to play a recording, **Retry** it, or **Export audio**. A long recording's
retry picks up from the audio already transcribed. **Retry all** retries
them one at a time, and **Clear all** deletes them after asking. Nothing else
deletes them: **Keep recordings** only reaches audio whose text was saved.

## Record with a device [#record-with-a-device]

Sudo, Dex and Glyph record to their own storage. Your iPhone downloads each
recording over Bluetooth, transcribes it and files it as a Clip or a Memo,
depending on how you started it on the device. Devices connect only through
the Italic app on iPhone. See [Devices](/devices) for
[Sudo](/devices/sudo), [Dex](/devices/dex) and [Glyph](/devices/glyph).

## After you record [#after-you-record]

- A new Memo gets a title and a summary. On iPhone, Profile →
  Personalization → Titles & Summaries has **Process with**, which chooses
  where they're written: **Automatic**, **Italic** or **Apple on-device**.
  See [iPhone](/apps/iphone).
- With [Clean Up](/clean-up) on, Italic removes filler words and false
  starts.
- If a workflow listens for a phrase you said, it runs. See
  [Workflows](/workflows).