Speaker Names
Put a name
to the voice.
Make the transcript easier to follow. Name a speaker, keep a useful label, and decide whether to remember their voice.
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Start with the name in this note.
A speaker label tells you who said a line. Renaming it does not save a voice for future meetings.
- Open a meeting and show its Transcript.
- Click a speaker name, such as Speaker 2. Type the correct name.
- When the speaker has several lines, choose All N lines to rename that speaker throughout this note, or Only this line to change a single turn.
- Check the surrounding lines and listen to the audio if you are unsure.
Name in this note · does not remember a voice
Interface illustration · fictional meeting
Keep a label in People.
Use a person’s page to bring their meetings together without enrolling their voice.
Priya
A name from your meetings.
Source-based interface illustration
Open People and find the name from your meetings. Choose Save label to keep the label and its person page.
Use a consistent name so the page is useful. Saving a label does not teach Locus to recognize that person by sound.
Remember a voice with care.
Voice memory helps name a familiar speaker in future meetings. Explain how you will use it and get the person’s permission before you save their voice.
- Open the person’s page in People.
- In Voice memory, choose Remember voice… after you have manually named this same speaker in three different recordings.
- Listen to three clips. Choose Yes, that’s Priya for a correct clip, or Skip if it is not clear.
- After confirming three clips, review the source recordings and choose Remember this voice. The voice is saved on this Mac.
Is this Priya?
Play this clip before you confirm.
Ready to remember Priya
Three recordings · the same speaker
Instruction sequence · one clip at a time, then the final review. Example recording titles.
Ask permission to keep a voice.
Explain why you want to remember the voice and get the person’s permission before you save it.
A name in a transcript, a saved label and a contact link do not give you permission to store someone’s voice. Make sure the person understands how you intend to use it.
Connect the person to a contact.
A contact link adds context. It does not grant consent or remember a voice.
Priya
priya@example.com
Illustrated contact link · fictional contact details
- Open People. Choose Allow Contacts access if needed.
- Open the person’s page. Choose Link contact or Choose contact. If there is no name match, choose Link an existing contact.
- Search by name or email and select the correct contact. If no contact exists, choose Add to Contacts… to create one.
- Check the linked details. Use Change to select another contact or Unlink contact to remove the connection. A new contact is saved to your Mac’s default Contacts account and may sync through that account.