Recorder on somebody’s computer

Tactiq is not in your call — what to do if somebody is using it

Tactiq transcribes from inside its owner's browser, and on the free plan it starts on its own a few seconds into every meeting unless its owner pauses it.

Not in the list of people it records on its owner's computer Read on 9 November 2026

How it hears the call

If it is yours: stop it recording

  1. Its owner clicks the Pause button at the bottom of the Tactiq widget. Clicking it again starts it.
  2. On Tactiq's paid plans its owner can switch on Auto-pause in Settings, so it waits until they choose to start it.

If somebody else in the call is using it

  1. You cannot remove it — it is not a participant. Ask whether anybody is transcribing, and ask them to pause it.
  2. Tactiq says that once paused, the part that was skipped cannot be brought back. A pause really is a gap.

What it keeps

The transcript stays in its owner's Tactiq account. Tactiq's page on pausing does not say whether the part before a pause is kept; it says the paused part is never captured.

In Tactiq's own words

On the free plan
Tactiq“On the free plan, transcription is automatic.”help.tactiq.io/en/articles/9355800-how-to-decide-which-meetings-get-transcribed
The setting that stops it starting
Tactiq“Auto-pause”help.tactiq.io/en/articles/9355800-how-to-decide-which-meetings-get-transcribed
Pausing it in a meeting
Tactiq“Click the Pause button at the bottom of the widget”help.tactiq.io/en/articles/5446776-stop-or-pause-transcribing-at-or-before-a-meeting
What a pause means
Tactiq“there's no way to bring back the parts you skipped during transcription”help.tactiq.io/en/articles/5446776-stop-or-pause-transcribing-at-or-before-a-meeting

Read on 9 November 2026 from Tactiq's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.

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