Speaker Recognition

Parrot Scribe uses speaker names to help you keep track of who said what. People you have not named appear with generic labels such as "Speaker 1".

Before You Begin

To identify speakers after a session, enable Settings > Output > Audio Retention > Retain audio recordings. Parrot Scribe needs retained audio so you can review each speaker before naming them.

Name Speakers in a Session

Open Identify Speakers from the menu bar or Library. When analysis runs in Library, one progress bar appears at the bottom. Select Cancel or press Escape to stop the analysis.

Review each speaker and, if needed, play the retained audio sample.
Enter the speaker's name.
To reuse the name in later sessions, enable Remember [name]'s voice.
Select Save Names.

Save Names updates the names in the current session. Remember [name]'s voice asks Parrot Scribe to save a voice profile securely on this Mac. When a profile can be saved, Parrot Scribe can use the name in later sessions. It does not rename past sessions.

To leave every unnamed person with a generic label, select Skip All.

Show Identify Speakers Automatically

In Settings > General > Speakers, enable Auto-show speaker identification to open Identify Speakers when a recording with unknown speakers ends.

When this setting is off, the session remains available in Library. You can open Identify Speakers later from Library or the menu bar.

In Settings > General > Speakers, enable Prompt for speaker consent to ask before storing a new voice profile.

If consent is declined, the voice profile is not saved. Settings describes those people as "Unknown" in later recordings. Naming someone in the current session and remembering their voice for future sessions are separate choices.

Managing Speakers

Remove Speaker

Remove Speaker removes the speaker from your list and deletes their voice profile. The person can be added again if they appear in a later session.

Forget Speaker

Forget Speaker permanently deletes every session where that speaker appeared, including other speakers' text in those sessions. This action cannot be undone.