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title: "How can we help?"
description: "Record a meeting, export a transcript, or find help with Recordstead."
updated: "2026-10-05"
canonical: https://docs.recordstead.app/
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# How can we help?

Choose what you want to do.

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<a class="task-card" href="/getting-started/install"><span class="task-kicker">Start here</span><strong>Install Recordstead</strong><span>Download the app and complete its setup guide.</span><span class="task-arrow" aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
<a class="task-card" href="/getting-started/first-recording"><span class="task-kicker">Record</span><strong>Record your first meeting</strong><span>Start a recording and find the transcript afterwards.</span><span class="task-arrow" aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
<a class="task-card" href="/meetings/export-transcript"><span class="task-kicker">Save a copy</span><strong>Export a transcript</strong><span>Get your meeting's text as a file you can open and share.</span><span class="task-arrow" aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
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## Something not working?

- [I can't hear myself or the other people](https://docs.recordstead.app/troubleshooting/no-audio-was-captured)
- [I refused a recording permission](https://docs.recordstead.app/troubleshooting/permissions-were-refused)
- [My meeting is waiting to be processed](https://docs.recordstead.app/processing/on-battery)
- [I need to report a problem](https://docs.recordstead.app/troubleshooting/send-diagnostics)

## More things you can do

- [Start your processing trial](https://docs.recordstead.app/getting-started/start-trial)
- [Activate a license key](https://docs.recordstead.app/getting-started/activate-license)
- [Transcribe an existing audio or video file](https://docs.recordstead.app/recording/import-files)
- [Name the speakers in a meeting](https://docs.recordstead.app/people/name-speakers)
- [Correct a transcript](https://docs.recordstead.app/meetings/correct-a-transcript)
- [Connect Google Calendar](https://docs.recordstead.app/calendar/connect-google-calendar)
- [Search your meetings](https://docs.recordstead.app/meetings/search-meetings)
- [Change the summary format](https://docs.recordstead.app/summaries/protocol-templates)
- [Move audio to an external drive](https://docs.recordstead.app/your-data/external-drive)

## Understand your data

[Where your data lives](https://docs.recordstead.app/your-data/where-things-are-stored) ·
[What leaves your Mac](https://docs.recordstead.app/your-data/what-leaves-your-mac) ·
[Move to another Mac](https://docs.recordstead.app/your-data/move-to-another-mac)