Recover from interrupted recording
If the tab closed, the browser crashed or the save failed, reopen the consultation on the same device to recover the recording.
Purpose
While you record, Keel keeps a backup copy of the audio on the device. If the tab closes, the browser crashes or the save fails, that copy can usually still become a note. Work down the list in order.
Checklist
- If you see: You haven't left the page yet, and the browser asks before leavingStay on the page. Leaving loses the recording captured so far.
- If you see: The screen says CAPTIONS STOPPEDIt's still recording. Carry on, then end the consult as usual.
- If you see: The screen says The save didn't go through.The recording is safe on this device. Select Try again.
- If you see: You're on the same device and browser you recorded onThe backup is only on that device. Reopen the consultation there.
- If you see: You've reopened the consultationIn Scribe, find the patient under YOUR DAY marked NOT FINISHED and select Continue. Or open the appointment and select Resume recording.
- If you see: Recover this recording?Select Finalize note to write the note from the saved audio.
- If you see: This recording is missing a speakerNo note can be written from it. Select Keep the recording. Writing the note by hand on the web isn't available yet (Write a note manually).
- If you see: Nothing was recordedNo audio reached the device. Select Start a new recording.
- If you see: This recording could not be readSelect Try again. If it keeps failing, don't start a new recording on this device. Ask for help first.
- If you see: That consultation is still recording on another deviceStop the recording on that device first.
- Working: The note is being writtenDone. Understand capture, upload and draft processing
Good to know: recover soon. An unfinished recording left on a device can be removed after about four hours. If you choose Keep the recording, it stays on the device for a day, then goes.
Good to know: Delete recording asks again before it acts. The copy on the device is the only one, so deleting it leaves nothing.
Good to know: in a private or incognito window the backup is kept only in memory, so a closed tab can't be recovered.
Checked against the Keel product source and in the live product on 2026-10-11. No step on this page was observed. The leave warning, Not finished rows, the recovery screen and its choices were not exercised.