iPad User Guide

Record and transcribe a call on iPad

In some countries and regions, you can record a phone call when you’re talking to one other person. In select regions and languages, you can view the transcript of the call in the Notes app. See the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.

Note: Call recording isn’t currently available in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Egypt, the European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Record a call

Before you begin, check the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website to see if call recording is available in your language and region, and make sure the other call participant is willing to be recorded.

  1. Go to the Phone app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Make a call.

  3. During the call, tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Call Recording.

    Both call participants hear an audio notice that the call is being recorded.

  4. To stop recording, tap 👁 the Stop button
    or just hang up.

    iPad automatically saves call recordings to a Call Recordings folder in the Notes app.

  5. To see the call in the Notes app, tap View Saved Call.

Play a recorded call

  1. Go to the Notes app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap a note in the Call Recordings folder, then tap 👁 the Play button
    .

View a call transcript

In select regions and languages, you can view the transcript of a recorded call in the Notes app. The transcript may not be available immediately—you may see a message that the transcription is in progress.

Note: Verify the accuracy of a transcription before relying on it. It might not be a perfect representation of the conversation.

  1. Go to the Notes app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap a note in the Call Recordings folder, then tap 👁 the Show Transcript and Summary button
    .

    Note: Spoken words in supported languages are automatically transcribed. If you don’t see a transcript, your iPad doesn’t meet the minimum requirements or detect a supported language.

    In the transcript, the speaker of each statement is identified.

  3. While viewing the transcript, you can do any of the following:

If Apple Intelligence* is turned on, you can get a summary of a phone call you record in the Phone app. See Use Apple Intelligence in Phone.

Delete a recorded call

  1. Go to the Notes app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap a note in the Call Recordings folder, tap 👁 the More button
    ,     then tap Delete.

    Note: Deleting the audio recording also deletes the transcript.

Turn off Call Recording

Call Recording is on by default, but you can turn it off.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPad.

  2. Tap Apps, then tap Phone.

  3. Tap Call Recording, then turn off Call Recording.

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