Live Transcribe — Start

Start real-time microphone transcription. The script captures audio, streams to ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime via WebSocket, and writes committed text to a temp file continuously.

Start command

source ~/.claude/skills/transcribe/scripts/.env && \
  ELEVENLABS_API_KEY="$ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  nohup python3 ~/.claude/scripts/realtime-transcribe.py > /tmp/realtime-transcribe.log 2>&1 &

Wait ~4 seconds, then read the first line of /tmp/realtime-transcribe.log for the startup JSON:

{"status": "started", "pid": 12345, "output_file": "/tmp/transcribe-20260526-143022.txt", ...}

Before starting

Check if one is already running:

test -f /tmp/realtime-transcribe.pid && kill -0 $(cat /tmp/realtime-transcribe.pid) 2>/dev/null && echo "ALREADY RUNNING"

If already running, tell the user and offer to stop first.

What to tell the user

1. Transcription is running
2. The output file path
3. Ways to stop: say "אוקי, זה מספיק, בוא נעצור את התמלול", or ask the agent to stop, or /live-transcribe-stop
4. They can ask to read the transcript anytime

Audio cues

Pre-recorded sounds play automatically:

• Start: "התחלתי תמלול!" (before recording begins)
• Stop: "סיימתי את התמלול." (after recording ends)
• Reminder: "אני עדיין מתמלל." (every 30 minutes)