Put Frasiey on the room's laptop

What the room needs

A laptop that stays in the room for the whole session, the microphone the room already uses, and an ordinary internet connection. The microphone can be a ceiling array, a table microphone, or the feed from the lectern into the laptop. Frasiey shows you a level meter before you commit to any of them.

A Mac running macOS 12 or later works, and so does a 64-bit Windows 10 laptop or later. The download page has a button for each. If you are running this at a venue, ask them which laptop drives the room screen. Most houses have both.

frasiey.com/download lists the exact hardware and setup requirements for whichever laptop you use.

1. Download it, on the laptop that will stay in the room

Open frasiey.com/download on that laptop and press the download button. Free to install, and it updates itself quietly from then on.

2. Let Frasiey hear the room

The first time it opens, Frasiey asks for the microphone and explains why: it listens to this room's microphone and turns what is said into text, on this machine. Only the text leaves the computer. Say yes.

If the laptop belongs to an IT department the answer may be blocked rather than refused. Frasiey says so, and the fix is to ask whoever manages the machine to allow Frasiey, then open Frasiey again.

3. Connect it to your account

Frasiey shows a six-character code and a QR square beside it. Scan the square with the phone you are already signed in on and the laptop joins your account in one tap. No phone to hand? Open app.frasiey.com/pair on any computer you are signed in on and type the six characters.

A code lasts fifteen minutes and works once. If it goes stale, press New code and use the fresh one. You never have to sign into Frasiey on the venue's laptop, and you should not: the laptop takes its instructions from your dashboard from here on.

4. Give it a room

Which room this laptop is gets decided in your dashboard, not on the laptop. Open the meeting, go to Rooms & devices, and pick this laptop for its room. Until you do, the laptop simply says it is waiting. A room that has a laptop shows a live dot.

5. Test the audio, the day before if you can

On the laptop, choose Audio test. Pick the microphone this room actually uses, speak for five seconds, and read back what Frasiey heard. If those words come back right, the room will too. The transcription happens on that machine and nothing is sent anywhere.

The first time in a room, Frasiey also gets itself ready, which is a few minutes and about 300 MB. It happens once per laptop. Doing it now, rather than in front of a full room on venue Wi-Fi, is the single best five minutes you can spend on setup.