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Amanu's README says that if transcription fails, Amanu keeps the source recording so it can be tried again. It gives no number of days.

Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026

In the source's own words

“If transcription fails, Amanu keeps the source recording so it can be tried again.”

Amanu: README (source repository, gsamat/amanu), GitHub, gsamat/amanu, 2026, README, Meeting library on macOS.

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What it measures
This applies to the recording of a meeting whose transcript did not finish.
What it does not show
The README gives no period for how long the failed recording is kept.

In the data

A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as Amanu, kept after failed transcript: If transcription fails, Amanu keeps the source recording so it can be tried again. days.

Service
Amanu
What is kept
Audio recordings
When
Other
Reviewed by people
Not stated
As of
2026-10

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