Set up your first recording

Voice is the most natural way for people to communicate. 44 makes it simple to capture, transcribe, and play back voice recordings in your application. Let's get you set up.

Create a project

Everything in 44 lives inside a project. A project keeps your recordings organized and your API keys separate—think of it as a workspace for a specific app, client, or use case.

Most teams create one project per application: "Mobile App", "Support Portal", or "Customer Feedback". You can always create more later.

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Create projects and test the recorder right here in the docs.

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Get your API key

Your API key authenticates requests from your server. Each key is scoped to a single project, so you can have separate keys for development and production—and revoke them independently if needed.

Keep your API key on your server. We'll show you how to create short-lived session tokens for client-side recording in the next step.

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Add the recorder

Recording happens in two parts: your server creates a session, then your client uses that session to record. This keeps your API key secure while giving users a seamless experience.

Create a recording session

When a user wants to record, your server requests a session token. Sessions expire after 10 minutes, so create them on-demand.

HTTP 
POST https://api.44.audio/v1/recordings/sessions
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
JSON 
{
  "sessionId": "sess_abc123...",
  "expiresAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}

Drop in the recorder component

Pass the session ID to our web component and you're ready to record. That's it—no complex setup required.

HTML 
<fortyfour-audio-recorder
  session-id="YOUR_SESSION_ID"
></fortyfour-audio-recorder>

<script type="module"
  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@44-audio/[email protected]/dist/recorder.es.js"
></script>

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Play it back

When a recording is complete, you'll receive a recording-id. Use it with our player component to let users listen to their recordings with synchronized transcription.

HTML 
<fortyfour-player
  recording-id="YOUR_RECORDING_ID"
></fortyfour-player>

<script type="module"
  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@44-audio/[email protected]/dist/player.es.js"
></script>

The player automatically fetches the audio and transcription. You can customize the theme with the theme attribute.

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Next steps

You've successfully set up recording and playback. Here's where to go next: