This guide walks you through how to use Tiro. If you'd like a one-on-one video onboarding for how it works, book a time here and a team member will show you how to get the most out of Tiro.
Tiro runs in the web browsers you already use, like Chrome and Safari. There are also a desktop app and a mobile app.
*The feature descriptions below are based on the desktop app screens.
Once you finish signing up, you can start recording right away.
Try it like this
Before recording, give Tiro some context to improve recognition. Tell it the proper nouns and the situation, and it captures things more clearly.
1. Set the note title and attendees You can set the note title yourself to fit the conversation. If you don't, Tiro listens and generates a title based on the topic.
Attendees: enter emails in this field to add the people who joined the conversation. Registering attendees helps Tiro recognize their names more accurately during recording, makes it easier to invite them to the note afterward, and lets you search by attendee later.
2. Enter context Entering context before you start recording leads to more accurate notes and a better summary. Enter the situation, proper nouns, and people, as in the example below.
Example: This is a [business] meeting held with/at [company name]. Please record proper nouns like product names and attendees, and business terms, accurately, and write the summary in a professional, formal tone. People/company/product: [John Smith], [The Plato], [Tiro]
3. Set the language Tiro supports 12 languages, and you can set the conversation language and summary language separately. For a conversation in another language, set the summary language to your own. Tiro's real-time translation and summary raise the quality of the conversation.
4. Start recording After you press the start button, the red record button changes into a sound-wave button.
The conversation is going, but the waveform isn't moving
The waveform moves in proportion to the audio coming in. If the conversation is going but the waveform isn't moving, check your microphone input settings.
For more details, see the related guide.
1. Update live context
If you want to jot a note mid-conversation, use live context. Tiro reads what you note and reflects it as additional context. Add proper nouns or key terms that come up suddenly, and Tiro captures them accurately from the very next paragraph.
2. Real-time summary - conversation log
Tiro records and summarizes your conversation in real time. The live conversation log includes specific details in its summary. If you miss something during the conversation, check the conversation log tab.
3. Edit while recording
While recording, you can make edits if noise caused a misrecognition or you want to add to the summary. Open the original text in the transcript view, or click the text of the conversation currently being recorded, to edit it right away.
4. Pause and resume
Click the sound-wave button to return to the red record button and pause recording. Only while paused can you change the conversation (input) language, share the note, and create a one-page summary.
Custom document: when you end the conversation, a custom document is created automatically. Instead of a simple chronological recap, Tiro structures the summary around the key topics across the whole conversation.
Conversation log: the chronological summary that was generated in real time.
Transcript: the full record of the conversation. Even if there are grammar slips or filler words in speech, Tiro keeps the record in a naturally cleaned-up form, so you can use it right away without editing it separately.
Here's how to upload an audio file:
Step 1. On the main screen, click Upload audio file
Step 2. Click "Upload the audio file you want to convert"
Step 3. Click Start conversion
Step 4. Wait for conversion After a moment, the converted text appears. When conversion finishes, the progress bar disappears and the conversation log and transcript are created.
Step 5. Conversion complete You can also create notes from the converted note using various templates.
*For audio file upload, the conversation language is detected automatically, with support for about 120 languages.