Recorder on somebody’s computer
Jiminny is not in your call — what to do if somebody is using it
Jiminny, a sales-call recorder, has a desktop app that records a meeting from its user's own computer. Nothing joins the call, so nobody in it sees a notetaker.
Not in the list of people it records on its owner's computer
Read on 10 November 2026
How it hears the call
- Somebody in the call is a Jiminny user with its Desktop App running. It records what is on their screen and what their computer hears, then sends the recording to Jiminny to be transcribed and analysed.
- It works on any meeting they join themselves from a supported app — Google Meet in Chrome, Safari or Edge, and Zoom or Teams on the desktop — including meetings a customer set up.
If it is yours: stop it recording
- Only its user can stop it. Pausing leaves a stretch of black, silent video in the recording; quitting the app stops it completely.
- When the meeting ends, the recording stops by itself and goes to Jiminny.
- What the app records is governed by the recording, compliance and consent settings the company has set in Jiminny. Those settings may tell people in the call that it is being recorded.
If somebody else in the call is using it
- There is no participant to remove. If the company's Jiminny settings announce recording, that tells you; otherwise there may be no sign at all.
- Ask at the start whether anybody is recording, and ask them to stop if you do not agree to it.
- Jiminny keeps no recording shorter than two minutes.
What it keeps
The recording is sent to the company's Jiminny account for transcription and AI analysis. Recordings of two minutes or less are not kept.
In Jiminny's own words
No notetaker in the call
Jiminny“The Jiminny Desktop App lets you record your meetings without a visible notetaker joining the call”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
How it records
Jiminny“Instead of adding a bot as a participant, the app records the meeting from your own computer and then sends it into Jiminny for transcription and AI analysis.”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
Meetings other people set up
Jiminny“The app records from your computer, so you can record as long as you join the meeting yourself from a supported platform.”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
Whether people are told
Jiminny“Your organization’s compliance settings may still notify participants before or during the meeting.”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
The company's settings apply
Jiminny“The Desktop App follows your organisation's existing Jiminny recording, compliance, and consent settings.”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
When it stops
Jiminny“When the meeting ends, the recording stops and is sent to Jiminny.”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
Stopping it altogether
Jiminny“To stop it completely, quit the app.”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
Short meetings
Jiminny“Meetings are only saved if the recording duration is longer than 2 minutes.”
intercom.help/jiminny/en/articles/15373740-invisible-recording-with-the-jiminny-desktop-app
Read on 10 November 2026 from Jiminny's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.
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