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title: Recording and coaching at the same time
category: Coaching
summary: Archive the full audio of a meeting while also getting live coaching tips — the two run independently.
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# Recording and coaching at the same time

Recording and coaching are two separate features that can run together during the same meeting, without affecting each other.

## Why they're independent

- **Recording** archives the full audio for later listening. It's not time-sensitive, so it uploads at its own pace in the background.
- **Coaching** streams audio live to give you tips in real time, seconds after something is said.

Because they work differently, one never slows down or interferes with the other.
You can run both, either one on its own, or neither.

## Use both together

1. Open a meeting and start a recording.
2. Also start a coaching session for the same meeting.
3. Both continue running throughout the conversation; the recording captures the full audio for your archive, while coaching gives you live tips.
4. Stop each one independently when you're done.

## Good to know

- Running both at once doesn't cost more than the sum of what each costs on its own, recording is free, coaching is metered by the minute. See [What coaching costs](../credits-and-billing/what-coaching-costs).
- You can photograph documents during either a recording or a coaching session. See [Photographing documents during a meeting](https://www.meetfy.ai/en/helpcenter/captures/photographing-documents-during-a-meeting).