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Learn how to automatically generate summaries and transcripts of your Daily video calls. This guide covers both automatic and manual methods for processing call recordings. This is a pay as you go feature add your credit card details to your Daily account to enable it.

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Steps

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1. Enable Recording in Your Daily Room

First, make sure your room is set up for recording:
  1. Use the create room or update room action
  2. Enable cloud recording in your room settings
You can start recording either:

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2. Submit the Recording for Processing

Once you have a recording ID (from the recording event or recording action), submit it for processing:
  1. Use the submit job action
  2. Set the preset to “summarize” for summaries + transcripts or just “transcript” for transcripts
  3. Set the source type to “recordingId”
  4. Input your recording ID

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3. Retrieve the Output

Since processing takes time, you have two options to get your results:

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Option A: Manual Retrieval

Use the get output from job action to fetch the results (note: that processing may take time). Set up webhooks to automatically process results: Update your webhook to listen for these events:
  • recording.ready-to-download - Triggers when recording is ready
  • batch-processor.job-finished - Triggers when processing completes
Update your raw data in bubble to look for this response 
{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "type": "recording.ready-to-download",
  "id": "rec-rtd-c3df927c-f738-4471-a2b7-066fa7e95a6b-1692124192",
  "payload": {
    "recording_id": "08fa0b24-9220-44c5-846c-3f116cf8e738",
    "id": "1dae15c5-6a85-4d65-ab00-4b19bb054b84",
    "room_name": "Xcm97xRZ08b2dePKb78g",
    "start_ts": 1692124183,
    "status": "finished",
    "max_participants": 1,
    "duration": 9,
    "share_token": "ntDCL5k98Ulq",
    "s3_key": "api-test-1j8fizhzd30c/Xcm97xRZ08b2dePKb78g/1692124183028"
  },
  "event_ts": 1692124192
}

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Example Workflow

Here’s a complete workflow for automatic summaries:
  1. Start Recording:
    • Trigger: When owner joins room
    • Action: Start Recording (or use automatic start)
  2. Submit for Processing:
    • Trigger: When recording.ready-to-download event fires
    • Action: Submit Job with “summarize” preset
  3. Save Results:
    • Trigger: When batch-processor.job-finished event fires
    • Action: Get Output from Job
    • Action: Save summary to your database

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Best Practices

  1. Recording Setup
    • Always use cloud recording for summaries
    • Consider automatic recording start for consistency
    • Store recording IDs for reference
  2. Processing
    • Use webhooks for automated workflows
    • Consider storing both summaries and transcripts
  3. Storage
    • Save summaries in your database for easy access

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