Smart Summary and Chapters
Once a Transcript exists, you can generate a “Smart Summary” for the recording: pick a summary template, and the system automatically distills the topic, time, participants, action items, and key points. At the same time, structured “Chapters” are created to help you locate key content quickly, even in long recordings.
Generating a Smart Summary
- Open the recording details and go to the “Smart Summary” tab (a Transcript must already exist).
- Tap “Generate Smart Summary”.
- Choose a template in the “Select Summary Template” dialog. Each template shows an icon, name, and description, and the dialog shows how many generations you have left this month (“Smart summaries available this month: X” / “Remaining smart summary generations: X”). The count is configured centrally by your organization administrator.
- Tap “Continue” and generation begins in the background. The page shows “Generating smart summary. You will be notified when done.” — you can leave anytime.
- You’ll get a notification when it’s done. Tap it to view the summary.
If you haven’t renamed the speakers yet, tapping “Generate Smart Summary” first prompts “Please edit speaker names before generating the smart summary.” Follow “Editing Speaker Names” first for more accurate people info in the summary.
- While the task is queued, the page shows “Waiting to generate smart summary. You will be notified when done.”
- Each Smart Summary generation consumes one generation from your quota. Your monthly allowance depends on your organization’s licensing; if it’s used up, you’ll see “Generation failed: no available quota. Please contact your organization administrator.”
- Summaries can’t be generated from an empty Transcript. If no template is enabled in the management console, you’ll see “No Available Templates” — contact your organization administrator.
Built-In Summary Templates
LanEcho provides 8 built-in summary templates covering common recording scenarios. Templates are maintained by your organization administrator in the management console, and only templates in the “enabled” state appear in the app’s selection dialog.
| Template | Best for |
|---|---|
| Meeting Minutes | Formal meetings with discussions & conclusions |
| Keynote Speech | Solo speech with views and case sharing |
| Daily Communication | Light work coordination for 2-3 people |
| Study & Lecture Notes | Course training & knowledge point recording |
| Personal Affairs | Personal/family daily life planning & notes |
| Client Interview | Business needs & feedback with clients/partners |
| Interview Report | Recruitment Q&A & evaluation for candidates |
| Visit & Tour | Travel, exhibition & inspection highlight recording |
What’s in a Summary
A finished Smart Summary contains structured content — topic, time, participants, action items, and key points — with visual renderings such as mind maps and flowcharts, so you can take in the whole picture on one screen.
A disclaimer sits at the end of every summary: “The above content is intelligently generated by AI and is for reference only.”
Chapters
When a Smart Summary is generated, the system also creates “Chapters” automatically — Chapters don’t consume any generation quota themselves. On success, a “Chapters” tab appears after “Smart Summary” in the tab bar.
What’s in a Chapter
Chapters are divided automatically by AI along the recording’s timeline and topic changes. Each chapter has four elements:
| Element | Details |
|---|---|
| Time | The chapter’s start time, in hh:mm:ss |
| Topic | A summary of the chapter’s subject |
| Content Overview | A full rundown of the chapter’s discussion |
| Conclusion | Decisions, consensus, or action items reached; if none, “No clear conclusion was reached in this chapter” is shown |
Tap a Time to Jump
- On the “Chapters” tab, tap a chapter’s time.
- The page returns to the “Transcript” tab, then jumps automatically to the text at that time and highlights it.
- If no timestamp in the Transcript matches exactly, it jumps to the nearest position.
Chapter Rules
- Chapters are AI-generated and can’t be edited manually.
- Regenerating a Smart Summary updates the Chapters in step.
- Share recipients can view Chapters (view only).
- If no chapter content could be produced this time, the “Chapters” tab simply doesn’t appear — the Smart Summary itself is unaffected.
Regenerate Summary
For a recording that already has a summary, generate again to refresh the content or switch templates:
- Tap “···” at the top right of the recording details and choose “Regenerate Summary”.
- The template dialog opens with the current template preselected — pick another if you like.
- Tap “Continue” to start regenerating. When done, both summary and Chapters update, and members it was shared with see the latest content too.
You can’t trigger another generation while one is running — tapping again shows “Operation failed. Please wait until the smart summary is completed.” Wait for the current generation to finish.
Smart Rename
When a Smart Summary is generated or regenerated, the system automatically uses the summary topic as the recording name, making the recording list easier to search:
| Recording name state | On generate / regenerate |
|---|---|
| Never renamed (default date-time name) | Automatically renamed to the summary topic |
| Previously auto-renamed by the system | Can be overwritten by the new topic on regeneration |
| Manually renamed by you | Never auto-overwritten |
For renaming a recording manually, see the “Renaming” section in “Export and File Management”.
Recording Info
The “Recording Info” tab shows this recording’s archive details:
- Creator, Created at, Synced at, Duration, File Size, and Source.
- If the recording was shared with you, the sharer and share time are also shown — tap the sharer to open their Lansenger contact card.
Completion and Failure Notifications
Transcription and summary results arrive as card messages from the “LanEcho” service account in Lansenger:
- Success: “Smart Summary Generated” — ‘The smart summary for recording file “XX” has been generated. You can view or share the content.’
- Failure: “Smart Summary Generation Failed” — ‘Failed to generate smart summary for recording file “XX”. Please try generating again if needed.’
Tap a notification card to jump straight to the matching tab in the recording details. If the recording was deleted before the notification went out, no notification is sent — no dead-end messages.
For generating a Transcript and playback tips, see “Transcript and Playback”. Summaries can be exported as documents and forwarded — see “Export and File Management”.