# Getting started with ActiveLens

> Sign in, bring your first call in, and find your way around.

Source: https://app.activelens.ai/help/getting-started

ActiveLens turns your calls and meetings into something you can actually use: a
written summary, a searchable transcript, and a short list of things to do
next. This article walks you from signing in to your first finished call.

## Sign in

Open the app and sign in with the email address your invitation was sent to.
There are three ways in, and you can use whichever suits you:

- **Password** — the one you set the first time you signed in.
- **Email me a login code** — we send a short code to your inbox and you type
  it in. Nothing to remember.
- **Continue with Google** — if your work email is a Google account.

If you were invited by a colleague, use the link in the invitation email the
first time. It takes you straight to setting your password.

Forgot your password? Choose **Forgot password** on the sign-in screen and
follow the email we send you.

## Find your way around

The **Active Hub** is home. It has two tabs:

- **Calls** — every call you can see, newest first. Search, filter by date or
  by person, and switch between a card grid and a list.
- **Tasks** — your to-do list. Tasks can be created by hand or lifted out of a
  call.

Everything else lives in the left sidebar: **Integrations** for connecting
other tools, **Settings** for your own preferences, and — if you are a
workspace admin — **Users & teams** and **Plan & billing**.

## Get your first call in

There are four ways to bring a call into ActiveLens. You do not need to pick
one and stick with it.

1. **Record in your browser.** Press **Record** in the Active Hub and start
   talking. Your microphone is captured and the transcript appears live.
2. **Record with the desktop app.** The desktop app captures both sides of an
   online meeting — you and the people you are talking to. This is the one to
   use for Zoom, Teams, Meet and softphone calls.
3. **Upload a recording.** Press **Upload File** in the Active Hub and pick an
   audio file you already have.
4. **Connect your phone system.** Once connected, recorded calls arrive on
   their own, with no button to press.

See [Record a call](/help/recording-a-call) for the details of each.

## What happens after a call

When a call finishes, ActiveLens works through it in the background. You do not
have to wait on the page — you will see the call appear in the Active Hub and
fill in as it goes.

- The **transcript** is written out, with each speaker on their own line.
- A **summary** is drafted from the transcript.
- **Actions** are suggested: an email to send, a meeting to set, a task to
  create, a record to update in another tool.

Open the call to read the summary, correct anything that is off, and work
through the actions.

## Invite your team

If you are an admin, go to **Users & teams** and add the people you work with.
They get an invitation email of their own. You can group people into **teams**,
which is how you later decide who can see whose calls.

## Install the desktop app

Open the user menu at the bottom of the sidebar and choose **Download desktop
app**. There is a Windows and a macOS version. The desktop app is what captures
the other side of a meeting, so it is worth installing even if you mostly work
in the browser.

## Where to go next

- [Record a call](/help/recording-a-call)
- [Work in the Active Hub](/help/active-hub)
- [Call summaries and templates](/help/call-summaries-and-templates)
- [My call did not appear](/help/call-not-showing-up)