# Live Session

A live session is a real-time transcription with tone annotation running as you speak or listen.

## Starting a session

1. Open Linnet at [http://localhost:8521](http://localhost:8521)
2. Click **New session**
3. Grant microphone access if prompted by the browser
4. Linnet begins transcribing immediately

## What you see

The session view shows a scrolling transcript. Each line includes:

- **Speaker label** — Speaker A, Speaker B, etc. (requires diarization to be enabled; see below)
- **Transcript text** — the spoken words as recognized by Whisper
- **Tone label** — the emotional/social register of that segment, shown as a tag (e.g. `Apologetic`, `Stressed`)

In [Elcor mode](elcor-mode.md), tone labels appear as bracketed prefixes inline with the text instead of as separate tags.

## Speaker diarization

For calls with multiple participants, enable **Diarization** in the session settings before starting. Linnet will assign speaker labels (Speaker A, Speaker B, etc.) based on voice characteristics. Labels can be renamed after the session ends.

Diarization adds a small amount of processing overhead. For single-speaker use (personal recording, dictation), you can leave it off.

## Pausing and resuming

Click **Pause** to stop audio capture temporarily. The transcript is preserved. Click **Resume** to continue. Pausing is useful when you need to focus on the conversation without visual distraction from the scroll.

## Ending a session

Click **End session**. Linnet saves the full transcript, tone timeline, and speaker map to local storage. The session appears in [Session History](session-history.md).

After ending, you can:
- Review the transcript with tone labels
- Export meeting notes (see [Meeting Notes Export](meeting-notes-export.md))
- Make corrections to the transcript (see [Corrections](corrections.md))
- Translate the transcript (see [Translation](translation.md))