A captured meeting has a record — audio, video, or rough notes taken during the session — but no transcript. The content is preserved but not yet accessible as text. This is the entry point for the meeting processing track.
Capture is the minimum bar for a meeting to enter the vault. Without it, the meeting exists only in memory. A meeting note at captured stage has metadata (date, attendees, topic) and a pointer to the recording or notes, but the substance of the conversation remains locked in its original format.
Captured → Transcribed: When a transcript is produced from the recording, either via automated tool (Whisper, Fathom, Otter) or manual effort. The transcript may be rough but represents the spoken content as text.
Processing track design from [[Linear Processing Stages for Meetings]]↑. Track placement within the three-track status system from [[Status Lifecycle Tracks]]↑.