Add bookmarks and notes while recording

While a recording is running you can do three things besides listen: drop a Bookmark at the current moment, type a title, and write notes. All of them are saved with the recording — bookmarks become tick marks on the playback scrubber, and the title and notes are on the recording when it's ready.

How do I bookmark a moment?

Tap the Bookmark button on the recorder whenever something worth returning to happens — a decision, a number, a name. Each tap marks the current timestamp. There's no limit worth thinking about; bookmark freely.

After the recording is processed, the bookmarks appear as ticks on the audio scrubber. Tap one to jump playback to that moment and read the transcript around it. Bookmarks are yours to navigate with — they don't change what the AI writes in the summary.

How do I title a recording while it records?

Type into the Recording title field at the top of the recorder. If you leave it empty, Canto generates a title from the content once transcription finishes — so titling during the meeting is a convenience, not a requirement. A title you type is kept; the AI doesn't overwrite it.

How do notes during recording work?

The Notes area on the recorder is a plain text field for whatever you'd scribble in a margin: agenda items, "follow up on this", things said before you hit record. When the recording is ready, what you wrote is in the recording's notes, alongside — not replaced by — the AI-written summary. You can keep editing notes at any point after the recording too.

Notes are typed by you; if you want a short burst of speech turned into text in a field, that's dictation — see Use Canto for dictation and voice notes.

Where does everything end up?

During recording	After processing
Bookmark taps	Ticks on the playback scrubber; tap to jump there
Recording title	The recording's title (AI titles it only if left blank)
Notes	The recording's notes, next to the AI summary

FAQ

Can I add bookmarks after the recording is finished?

The bookmark button on the recorder only works live. Afterwards, tap any transcript line to jump to its audio — with a transcript, finding moments by content usually beats remembering to mark them. See Tap a word to play the audio

Can other people see my notes?

Only if you share the recording — shared recordings include notes. See Share a recording with a link

Do bookmarks work from the widgets?

Recording started from a widget or tile behaves the same once you open the app — open the recorder screen to bookmark and type notes.