Turning a recording into a write-up
How to use Scribe to turn a meeting, sermon, or Bible study into finished minutes, sermon notes, or a clean transcript — recording right in your browser or uploading a file, telling Scribe what it is, and what happens while it writes it up. Which plans include Scribe and how it uses your AI credits.
Scribe turns a recording into a finished document. Record a board meeting, a sermon, or a Bible study — Scribe transcribes it and writes it up as clean minutes, sermon notes, or a summary, always with a searchable transcript underneath. It's part of the Community and Growth plans, and it's admin-only.
Open it from Scribe in the admin sidebar, then choose New recording. You'll go through four quick steps.
1. Add your recording
You can either record right here or upload a file you already have.
- Record now — click Record, allow your browser to use the microphone the first time it asks, and Scribe captures the audio live. You can pause and resume, and stop when you're done. Handy for a meeting happening at your desk. (If the browser never asks for the microphone, check that Psalmly is allowed to use it in your browser's site settings.)
- Upload a file — drag a file onto the box, or click to choose one. Scribe accepts MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4 and more, up to 500 MB and about 4 hours long. Recorded a meeting on your phone? That works perfectly.
Split across several files? Add them all — Scribe joins the parts in order into one write-up. Use the up and down arrows to get the order right, and remove any file you didn't mean to add.
2. Tell Scribe what it is
Pick the kind of recording — this decides the document Scribe writes:
- Meeting → minutes with decisions and action items, attributed by name.
- Sermon → sermon notes with the theme, scripture, main points, and application.
- Bible study → a summary of the key points.
- Something else → a clean summary and transcript.
3. Add a few details
The more Scribe knows, the better the write-up. Give it a title and, if you like, the date. Depending on the type you'll see a couple of helpful extras — the body or committee and who was there for a meeting (so decisions are attributed correctly), or the speaker, scripture, and series for a sermon. The "anything else" box is the place for a tricky name spelling, an acronym, or the meeting's purpose.
4. Confirm and write it up
The last step shows about how many AI credits this recording will use and how many you have left, then Write it up sends it off. By default Scribe deletes your audio once the write-up is done and keeps only the documents — tick the box on this step if you'd rather keep the original audio.
What happens next
Scribe transcribes the audio and drafts your document. This usually takes about a minute for each hour of audio, so you can leave the page and come back — you'll get a note in your Updates when it's ready (see Your updates inbox). When it's done, open it to read, edit, and share it — see Reviewing, editing, and sharing a write-up.
If a write-up doesn't go through, your recording is safe and you won't be charged — Scribe returns the credits and lets you try again without re-uploading.
Plans, credits, and privacy
- Scribe is part of the Community and Growth plans. On the free plan you'll see an upgrade prompt instead. See Managing your plan and billing.
- Scribe draws on your church's monthly AI credits, the same pool shared with the assistant and AI drafts. Longer recordings use more. If you're running low, you can add credits or upgrade for a larger monthly allowance — Psalmly shows a heads-up before you run out. See Your church's AI assistant for how credits work.
- Scribe is admin-only, and your audio is deleted after each write-up unless you choose to keep it. The finished documents stay in Scribe until you delete them.