# After the call

The call card in the thread, what's in a transcript, how the bot follows up on what you said, and how to read, copy, or call again.

Canonical page: https://themachine.myapps.ai/docs/desktop/live/after-the-call

When you hang up, the call becomes part of the thread. Nothing is lost, and
nothing needs retyping.

## The call card

The transcript appears in the thread as a **call card**, sent from you:

![A finished call in the thread: the folded call card, then the bot's follow-up](/images/docs/desktop/live-call-card.webp)

The folded card shows:

- **Live call with Writer · 4 min**, and how many lines were said.
- The **last thing said**, so you remember where you left off.
- Up to four **pictures** the bot made on the call.

### Read the whole call

- **On Machine Desktop:** click the card's header. It opens in place and shows
  every line, with tool results in boxes and pictures you can click to open.
  Click again to fold it.
- **On a phone:** tap the card. The transcript opens in a sheet, with
  **Call again** and a copy button at the bottom.

![The call card opened: every line of the call, and the poster made during it](/images/docs/desktop/live-call-card-open.webp)

## The bot follows up

The transcript is sent to the bot as a normal message from you, ending with:
*"That was our Live call. Carry on from it here and do anything I asked for in
it."*

So the bot:

1. **Reads the whole call**, including the pictures and search results from
   Glyph's tools.
2. **Replies in the thread**, usually with a summary of what you agreed.
3. **Does the work** you asked for on the call, using its computer and your
   connected apps, like any other request.

This is the best way to use Live: talk it through, hang up, and let the bot
write it up and get on with it.

> **It counts like a message**
> The bot's follow-up uses your Machine credits, the same as if you'd typed the
> request. The call itself is on your Glyph plan.

## What's in a transcript

| Line | Looks like |
|---|---|
| What you said | **You:** We open Saturday at 7… |
| What the bot said | **Writer:** Love it. Warm and round… |
| A tool result | **Image** · *Made an image: …*, with the picture |

A few details:

- Several things in a row from the same person are joined into one line.
- Placeholders such as "[inaudible]" are left out.
- The length is rounded to whole minutes, and is at least 1 minute.

## Copy a transcript

- **On a phone:** open the card and tap the **copy** button next to **Call
  again**. It says **Copied** for a moment.
- **On Machine Desktop:** open the card, select the text, and copy it. You
  can also [export the conversation](/docs/desktop/chat/find-share-export).

## Call again

Each call starts fresh on Glyph's side: it doesn't pick up the last call
where it stopped. What the bot knows on a call is the thread itself. When a
call starts, Machine gives it the thread's **last 16 messages**, each cut to
its first **600 characters**. An earlier call's transcript is one of those
messages, so the bot remembers it only if it's among the last 16, and a long
call only by its opening lines. The bot's follow-up summary in the thread
helps here, so the next call sees what you agreed.

- **On a phone:** open a call card and tap **Call again**.
- **Anywhere:** click **Live** (or the Live button by the message box) in the
  same thread.

## Where transcripts are kept

The call card is a message in the thread, so it's kept wherever the thread
is: on Machine, on every device you sign in on. Deleting the thread deletes
its call cards.