# Ask AI
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/ai-tools/claude-code

Ask AI questions about the meeting

As the meeting progresses, participants can use Cuckoo’s built-in **Ask** AI to ask questions about the conversation. Cuckoo provides quick-access buttons for five common questions, making it easy to get answers with a single click.

Click **Ask** at the top of the page to open the Ask AI panel.

<img alt="Ask AI" />

* 💬 Summarize so far – Get a concise summary of the discussion up to this point.
* ❓ Questions raised – Review questions that have been asked or remain unanswered.
* 🎯 Suggest what to ask – Get recommended follow-up questions based on the conversation.
* 🔍 Anything to clarify – Identify ambiguous points, assumptions, or topics that may need clarification.
* 📊 Key terms & data – Extract important terms, names, figures, dates, and other key information mentioned in the meeting.


# Summaries
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/ai-tools/cursor

Get post-meeting multilingual summaries

After the meeting ends, Cuckoo provides the summaries of the meeting in all the selected languages.

Click **Summary** at the top of the page to open the Summary panel.

<img alt="Ask AI" />

From the Summary panel, you can:

* **Open in** ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to continue working with the full transcript, translations, and summaries.
* **Download** transcripts, translations, and summaries in multiple formats.
* **Copy** summaries in any available language.

You can also automatically send summaries to meeting participants by enabling email notifications under **Settings -> Notifications**.

<img alt="Ask AI" />


# Your first Cuckoo meeting
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/bot

Invite Cuckoo to your first online meetings

Welcome to Cuckoo. Here, we’ll walk you through the details of starting your first meeting with Cuckoo using our bot. You can also use our [calendar integration](/calendar) or [desktop app](/desktop) to quickly spin up Cuckoo's translation.

## Signing in

Create your Cuckoo account at [www.cuckoo.so](http://www.cuckoo.so) using your work email. Once you’re signed in, you are ready to create your first meeting with Cuckoo.

## Invite Cuckoo

<Steps>
  <Step title="Get your meeting link">
    For online meetings, Cuckoo uses your invite link to join your meeting. Copy the link to the meeting you've created or scheduled.

    For each meeting platform, the invite link should look like the following:

    * Zoom – `https://us06web.zoom.us/j/{meeting_ID}?pwd={meeting_password}.1`
    * Google Meeting – `meet.google.com/{meeting_ID}`
    * MS Teams – `https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/{meeting_ID}?p={meeting_password}`
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create a new Cuckoo meeting">
    On Cuckoo, click **New meeting** and select the meeting platform.

    <img alt="click New meeting and select the meeting platform" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter meeting title and link, and select languages">
    Fill in the new meeting form.

    <img alt="click New meeting and select the meeting platform" />

    * **Title** – Meeting name displayed in Cuckoo and shared with participants.
    * **Link** – Paste your Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams meeting URL.
    * **Languages** – Select all the languages spoken in the meeting. Cuckoo automatically handles language switching.
    * **When to invite Cuckoo**
      * Use **Now** to invite Cuckoo to an ongoing meeting.
      * Select **At specific time** to have Cuckoo join automatically a few minutes before the meeting starts.

    Click **Create** to invite or schedule Cuckoo. 
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approve Cuckoo to join meeting">
    Back on Zoom, Google Meet, or MS Teams, approve Cuckoo to join the meeting.

    <img alt="Approve Cuckoo to join meeting" />

    Once approved, Cuckoo shares a live translation link in the meeting chat. Participants can click the link to follow the translations.

    <img alt="Approve Cuckoo to join meeting" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Follow Cuckoo's translations">
    Cuckoo will begin translating into the selected target languages in real time.

    <img alt="click New meeting and select the meeting platform" />
  </Step>
</Steps>


# Connecting your calendar
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/calendar

Have Cuckoo join your meetings automatically

Cuckoo’s Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar integrations allow you to get real-time translations for your scheduled meetings with pre-selected languages, removing the need to set up Cuckoo manually.

## Connect Google Calendar

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connect your Google Calendar">
    On the Home page, click **Connect** under **Google Calendar**.

    <img alt="Connect your calendar" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select your Google account">
    You will be asked to sign in to your Google account in a new tab. Select the Google account you use for Cuckoo and click **Continue**.

    <img alt="Select your Google account" />

    <img alt="Select your Google account" />

    Click **Allow** and allow Cuckoo to access your calendar events.

    <img alt="Allow Cuckoo to access your Google Account" />

    When integrated, you will be able to see upcoming events on the Home page.

    <img alt="Allow Cuckoo to access your Google Account" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite Cuckoo to meetings">
    Turn on Cuckoo for meetings that require translation, select the languages, and click **Confirm**.

    Cuckoo will automatically join the selected meetings. You can update the languages or disable Cuckoo at any time before the meeting starts.

    <img alt="Invite Cuckoo to meetings" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Connect Outlook Calendar

Under **Settings -> Calendar**, you can connect an additional calendar.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connect your Microsoft Outlook Calendar">
    Click **Connect** under **Microsoft Outlook**.

    <img alt="Connect an additional calendar" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select your Microsoft account">
    You will be asked to sign in to your Microsoft account.

    <img alt="Select your MS account" />

    Click **Accept** and allow Cuckoo to access your calendar events.

    <img alt="Select your Google account" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite Cuckoo to meetings">
    When integrated, you will be able to see upcoming events on the Home page.

    Turn on Cuckoo for meetings that require translation, select the languages, and click **Confirm**.

    Cuckoo will automatically join the selected meetings. You can update the languages or disable Cuckoo at any time before the meeting starts.

    <img alt="Allow Cuckoo to access your Google Account" />
  </Step>
</Steps>


# Meeting-specific
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/customization/meetings

Add meeting-specific documents or keywords to improve translations

For each meeting, you can upload PDFs and add meeting-specific keywords. From the PDF, Cuckoo extracts relevant context and terminology and uses them to improve translation accuracy.

## Keywords

Select **Customization** at the top of the page to open the **Customization** panel. Under Keywords, click Edit to add, remove, or update keywords before or during the meeting.

<img alt="Keywords" />

After adding or updating keywords, click **Save** to apply your changes.

<img alt="Keywords" />

## Documents

Documents provide additional context for the meeting and improve translation accuracy.

Start by clicking **Upload PDF** under **Documents**, and select a document.

<img alt="Keywords" />

Cuckoo will extract context from the document including the summary and keywords. Click **Save keywords** to confirm.

<img alt="Keywords" />


# Organization-specific
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/customization/organization

Improve translations with keywords, presets, and replacement rules

While Cuckoo works great out of the box, you can further improve translation accuracy with organization-wide keywords and customization rules under Customization. It also helps keep terminology consistent across languages, meetings, and teams.

Customizations are automatically applied to all meetings within the organization.

## Keywords

<img alt="Keywords" />

Keywords help Cuckoo recognize and translate important terms more accurately. Add product names, company names, and technical terminology to help Cuckoo capture and translate them correctly during meetings.

* `Cuckoo` – Product names are a great example. Adding "Cuckoo" helps the AI recognize and translate the correct term instead of similar-sounding alternatives such as "Kuku".
* `Cuckoo (カッコウ)` – Add the original term and its target translation to guide Cuckoo in both languages, mapping "Cuckoo" to "カッコウ" when translating into Japanese.
* `OpenAI; ChatGPT; Codex (코덱스)` – Add multiple keywords separated by semicolons.

In addition to manually added keywords, Cuckoo automatically detects meaningful keywords after each meeting. **Auto-detected keywords** are continuously updated based on recent meetings and their context.

## Presets

<img alt="Keywords" />

Presets help larger, cross-functional teams organize and apply groups of keywords by topic, team, product, or use case.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create a new preset">
    Click **New preset** to create a preset, then enter a name and description.

    <img alt="Keywords" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add keywords to the preset">
    Add one or many keywords separated by semicolons, with optional target translations in parentheses.

    <img alt="Keywords" />
  </Step>

  <Step>
    Under **Default presets**, checked presets that you want to apply to all meetings by default.

    <img alt="Keywords" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Replacement rules

If you notice recurring mistranscriptions or mistranslations, add a **Replacement rule** to enforce a specific term mapping. Replacement rules are deterministic and are applied consistently across both transcripts and translations.

Replacement rules can also be used to define "do not translate" terms. To do this, set the replacement value to the original term. For example, replace "スノーフレイク" with "Snowflake" to ensure the brand name remains unchanged.

<img alt="Keywords" />


# Using the desktop app
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/desktop

Real-time translator, right on your desktop

Cuckoo’s desktop app translates audio directly from your computer, eliminating the need for meeting bots.

The app stays in your dock and automatically activates whenever one of your meetings starts, whether it’s on Zoom, Slack, VooV, or other conferencing platforms.

## Install Cuckoo

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1. Download the desktop app at [https://www.cuckoo.so/desktop](https://www.cuckoo.so/desktop).
2. Open Cuckoo installer from your Downloads folder.
3. Run the Cuckoo installer.

## Start translation

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1. Make sure the Cuckoo desktop app is running, then start or join a meeting on Zoom, MS Teams, or Google Meet.
2. Cuckoo will automatically detect the meeting and show a **Start translation** button or trigger a notification to start translation.
3. View the transcript or share it with your team by clicking **Share** and copy link.

During the meeting, you can click **Pop out to overlay** at the top right of the translation to open an overlay that stays on top of other windows. You can freely move and resize the window.

<img alt="Pop out to overlay" />

<img alt="Pop out to overlay" />

## Troubleshooting

During installation, the desktop app will ask you to enable access to your device microphone and other accessibility features.

If the app does not work, check whether Cuckoo is enabled in these three settings under Mac Privacy & Security. Under each section, you should see Cuckoo listed and toggled on.

* Accessibility
* Microphone
* Screen & System Audio Recording

<img alt="App settings" />

<img alt="App settings" />


# In-person meetings
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/in-person

Use Cuckoo in your in-person meetings

For in-person meetings, Cuckoo captures audio directly from your device microphones, so performance depends heavily on your device’s mic volume.

## Create a meeting

<img alt="Create an in-person meeting" />

1. Click New Meeting and select In-person.
2. Enter a title and select the languages for your meeting.
3. Click Create.

## Start translation

<img alt="Start an in-person meeting" />

1. Under **Mic**, select your microphone input and verify that the volume indicator is active.
2. Click **Start** to begin translation or **Pause** to pause it.
3. Click **End** when the meeting is over. Ended meetings cannot be restarted.

## Share translation

You can share the QR code or link to the translation by clicking the Share button at the top right of the page.

<img alt="Start an in-person meeting" />

## Troubleshooting

If your microphone does not appear in the **Mic** list, or if the volume indicator is responding but speech is not being translated, verify that Chrome has permission to access your microphone and that the correct input device is selected.

Click the settings button on the top left of Chrome, and toggle the mic settings.

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  <Column>
    <img alt="Start an in-person meeting" />
  </Column>

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    <img alt="Start an in-person meeting" />
  </Column>
</Columns>

For Chrome-based browsers, you can also visit [Chrome microphone settings](chrome://settings/content/siteDetails?site=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.cuckoo.so) page and check if Microphone is **Allowed** for Cuckoo.


# Using the iOS app
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/mobile

Real-time translator, right from your pocket

Consumer translation apps like Google Translate and Papago are great for quick conversations.

Cuckoo brings that same one-button experience to more technical, long-running, business-critical meetings on the go. It works especially well for business trips or as a companion app for online meetings.

## Install Cuckoo

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      Available globally
    </Card>
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    <Card title="Android" icon="android">
      Coming soon in Fall
    </Card>
  </Column>
</Columns>

## Start translation

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  <Column>
    <img alt="iOS app" />
  </Column>

  <Column>
    <img alt="iOS app" />
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    <img alt="iOS app" />
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1. Select your languages and tap New Meeting.
2. Tap Start to begin translation.
3. Tap Share to send a link or QR code to the translation page. Participants can view live translations from any mobile browser.


# Create sessions
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/sessions/create

Create your first Cuckoo for Events session

Cuckoo for Events provides real-time translation for in-person events, from community meetups to multi-day conferences with several tracks. Attendees can open a public link or scan a QR code to follow translations on their phones. Organizers can also show one or more translated languages on a shared screen.

## Sign in

To use Cuckoo at an upcoming event, [contact our team](https://www.cuckoo.so/contact) or [schedule a call](https://cal.com/cuckoohq/30m) to enable Cuckoo for Events.

After we enable access, [sign in](https://accounts.cuckoo.so/sign-in) and select the correct organization. Cuckoo for Events is not available in personal workspaces.

## Create a session

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create a conference">
    Open [Conferences](https://app.cuckoo.so/conferences) and click **New conference**.

    <img alt="New conference button" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the title and languages">
    Complete the conference form.

    <img alt="New conference form" />

    * **Title:** The conference name shown in Cuckoo and to attendees.
    * **Link:** An automatically generated, editable URL that attendees use to access translations.
    * **Speaker languages:** All languages that speakers will use during the event. Cuckoo detects when the language changes.
    * **Audience languages:** All languages you want Cuckoo to translate into.
    * **Enable audio:** Let attendees listen to spoken translations on their devices with headphones. This feature is currently in beta.

    Click **Create** to open the host page.

    <img alt="Conference host page" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start translation">
    Under **Mic**, select your microphone input. You can use a USB microphone or an audio interface connected to the venue's audio system.

    Check the **Volume** indicator to confirm that Cuckoo is receiving audio.

    <img alt="Microphone and volume controls" />

    Click **Start** to begin translation. The first translated segments should appear within 1 to 3 seconds.

    Click **Pause** to pause translation. Once you end a session, you cannot restart it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Clear the test transcript">
    After a microphone test or rehearsal, click **···** to the right of the event title and select **Clear transcript**.

    <img alt="Clear transcript menu" />
  </Step>
</Steps>


# Display translations
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/sessions/display

Show live translations on projectors, TVs, and external displays

Use **Wide display view** to show live translations on an audience-facing projector, TV, or external monitor.

To let attendees follow translations on their own devices, see [Share translations](/sessions/share).

## Open Wide display view

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Wide display view">
    On the session host page, click **Share** in the upper-right corner.

    In the sharing window, click the session's **Audience page** link. On the audience page, select **Wide display view**.

    <img alt="Sharing options with the Audience page link" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the displayed languages">
    Open the display settings and select the languages you want to show.

    Use one language when most attendees need the same translation. Show multiple languages when the audience is multilingual and each language will remain readable on the screen.

    <img alt="Wide display view with language settings" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Adjust the layout">
    Configure the display for the venue. Available options include:

    * **Text size:** Increase or decrease the translation size.
    * **Line spacing:** Adjust the space between translated lines.
    * **Bottom spacing:** Keep text clear of the bottom of the screen.
    * **QR code position:** Place the audience QR code at the top or side of the display.

    <img alt="Wide display view with language settings" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Show translations on another display

### Use a dedicated display

Connect your computer to a projector, TV, or external monitor with an HDMI cable. Use the appropriate adapter if your computer does not have an HDMI port.

Move the **Wide display view** browser window to the connected display, then enter full-screen mode:

* **Windows:** Press `F11`.
* **macOS:** Press `Control + Command + F`.

If you want to keep the session controls on your computer, set the connected display to extend your desktop instead of mirroring it.

See a [multilingual event display at Weights & Biases' APAC event](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7392157087977381888).

## More ways to display translations

These options require one laptop to run both the event content and captions throughout the event. It also requires installing and testing the desktop app or Chrome extension in advance.

### Use translations in OBS

Use OBS when you want to combine translations with slides, video, speaker footage, or other event visuals.

Open the session's **Audience page**, select **Wide display view**, and add the page to OBS as a browser source or window capture. Resize or crop the source to the translation region, then position it in your event layout.

This option gives the production team the most control over the size and placement of translations. Test the final layout, screen resolution, and text size on the venue display before the event begins.

### Use desktop app or Chrome extension captions

Use the Cuckoo desktop app or Chrome extension when you want to show a smaller caption or overlay on top of slides, videos, or other content from the same computer.

Install the [Cuckoo desktop app](/desktop) or Chrome extension before the event.

<img alt="Use in OBS dialog configured to show Japanese captions in a three-line overlay" />

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the overlay settings">
    On the session host page, click **Use in OBS** in the upper-right corner.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure the captions">
    Under **Language**, select **Japanese**. Under **Display settings**, select **Lines**, set **Number of lines** to **3**, and set **Text size** to **2**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Activate the overlay">
    Click **Open overlay**. The caption overlay opens above your other windows.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Drag the overlay to place it anywhere on the screen. You can move it between apps or drag it onto another display. The overlay stays in front of other windows, including a full-screen PowerPoint presentation, so you can position captions without leaving the presentation.


# Share translations
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/sessions/share

Share a public link or QR code so attendees can follow live translations

Attendees can follow live translations on their phones, tablets, or laptops through the session's public audience page. They do not need a Cuckoo account.

Share the audience link on your event website or in email and webinar chat. Put the QR code on slides, signs, and screens at the venue. To show translations on a projector or TV, see [Display translations](/sessions/display).

## Share the audience page

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the sharing options">
    On the session host page, click **Share** in the upper-right corner.

    The sharing window shows the session's public audience link and QR code. The link and QR code do not change if you pause and resume the session.

    <img alt="Session sharing options with the audience link and QR code" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy the audience link">
    Copy the link and share it wherever attendees receive event information, such as your event website, email, or webinar chat. Anyone with the link can open the audience page without signing in.

    The URL begins with `https://live.cuckoo.so/at/` and then includes the organization name and event title.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Share the QR code">
    Download the QR code and display it where attendees can easily scan it with their phones. Good locations include the opening slide, registration desk, printed program, table cards, and screens near the stage.

    Add a short instruction, such as **Scan to follow live translations.**
  </Step>

  <Step title="Preview the audience experience">
    On the host page, click **Audience page** to preview what attendees will see.

    Attendees can select any language available for the session. The page scrolls automatically to show the latest translations.

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      <Column>
        <img alt="Language selection on the audience page" />
      </Column>

      <Column>
        <img alt="Live translations on the audience page" />
      </Column>
    </Columns>
  </Step>
</Steps>


# Security and data
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/settings/security

Set organization-wide data auto-deletion

Admins can configure automatic deletion of meeting data after a specified retention period. This includes transcripts, summaries, recordings, and all associated meeting metadata.

<img alt="Auto delete meeting data" />

Admins or meeting owners can also manually delete data for an individual meeting from the meeting page.

<img alt="Ask AI" />


# Team management
Source: https://docs.cuckoo.so/settings/team

Manage team settings and members

The **Team** tab allows you to manage your workspace information, invite teammates, and control member permissions.

Users who belong to a team workspace can switch between their team workspace and personal workspace by clicking the workspace selector in the top-left corner of the screen.

<img alt="Organization settings" />

## General

<img alt="Organization settings" />

* Team name – The name of your workspace.
* Organization URL – Your workspace's unique URL identifier used in shared links and workspace-specific pages.
* Language – Select the default language used across the workspace interface.
* Logo – Upload your company or team logo to personalize your workspace.

## Members

<img alt="Team settings" />

1. To add users to your workspace, click **Invite** in the **Members** section.
2. Enter the user's email address, select the role and click **Invite**.
3. You can change a member's role at any time from the **Members** list.