A take a look at the ChromeOS Recorder app for Chromebook Plus

With ChromeOS 130 later this month, Google will roll out a Recorder app for Chromebook Plus. From real-time transcription that works offline to speaker identification and summaries, there are quite a lot of similarities with the Pixel Recorder app.

In addition to the shared identify, there’s a predominantly pink waveform icon. The app could be very aligned with Materials You, with the “My Recordings” homescreen making use of containers and playing cards, with the primary few traces of the transcript showing inline.

Faucet the three-dot button to have the cardboard slide over for Extra particulars, Export, and Delete. You possibly can manually shrink the window to appear to be a cellphone app.

There’s a big capsule to begin recording on the backside with the flexibility to decide on your microphone and whether or not you need inside “Chromebook audio” made by tabs or the system to be included.

Recorder settings on the other finish lets you’ve got Do Not Disturb robotically allow to “Silence notifications whereas recording,” with “Maintain display on whereas recording” additionally an possibility. Beneath “Transcription and abstract,” you may allow/disable:

• Audio transcription: The offline mannequin is round 100MB
• Permit speaker identification: Presently out there in English (US)
• Recording abstract and [file]identify creation: An roughly 2GB obtain

The fullscreen recording UI incorporates a waveform with the dual-column view letting you see a real-time transcription. There’s a giant “Cease recording” button on the backside, whilst you can pause/resume or instantly delete. 

The playback UI is comparable with the flexibility to regulate the velocity (.25 to 2x) and scrub the timeline, in addition to search. You’ve the flexibility to export the audio (.webm, apparently) and transcript (.txt) out of the Recorder app. In the meanwhile, recordings look to be saved regionally.

Recorder will likely be out there with ChromeOS 130 on the finish of October on Chromebook Plus gadgets. It may be paired with a brand new “Studio-style mic” in “Video name controls” discovered in your shelf when the microphone is energetic. It reduces noise and room reverberation with an “AI-based high-quality mic simulation” to make you “sound crystal clear.”