> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wispera.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Capture your first note
> The three capture modes, and the ways to record a note.
Capturing is the whole point of RinkNotes: you talk, it writes. Open the **Capture** tab
and pick a mode.
## Three modes
A timed session with a running clock and periods. Best for game day.
A session with no clock. Best for practices and skills sessions.
No session at all — just a quick note about the team or a player, anytime.
### Game mode
Start a game and RinkNotes shows a running clock. You can start from an **upcoming game**
you've scheduled (it fills in the opponent) or tap **New Game**.
When you create a new game you can **say it or type it**. Tap **🎤 Say the game** and speak
("home game against Northgate, Friday at 7") — RinkNotes fills in the opponent, date, time,
and home/away for you to review. Or type the fields in directly. Either way you confirm the
details before the game is created.
During the game you can mark periods — **1st, 2nd, 3rd, OT, SO**. RinkNotes may suggest
the next period ("Looks like 2nd?"); you confirm it. Every note you capture is tagged with
the game time and period, so game stats line up with when things happened.
### Practice mode
The same capture experience with **no clock and no periods** — just start a practice and
speak your notes.
### General mode
No session. Tap the mic and leave a quick note about the team or a player. Good for
between-games thoughts.
## Ways to record
Tap the **mic button**, speak your note, and it's captured. This works everywhere
RinkNotes runs, including the web app.
On the **iOS app**, during a session you can capture without touching your phone:
* **Say "RinkNotes"** — the wake word starts a note; say "RinkNotes" again (or tap) to end it.
* **Press your AirPod stem** — starts and ends a note.
Hands-free needs microphone and notification permissions. If a note contains the word
"RinkNotes," it will end itself — the on-screen button is always there as a fallback.
Hands-free wake word and AirPod capture are features of the **iOS app**. On the web,
use tap-to-record.
### Prefer to type?
You don't have to speak. Tap **Type a note instead** to write a note by hand — useful when
you're somewhere you can't talk, or when you want to jot something after the fact. Typed
notes go through the same review and become the same outputs as spoken ones.
## Attribute a note to a player (optional)
After (or before) you speak, tap a **jersey number** to attribute the note to that player.
Only players whose parents have consented appear. If you don't attribute it, the note is
kept at the team level.
## Offline is fine
If you lose signal, RinkNotes queues your notes on the device and shows how many are
waiting. They upload automatically when you're back online — you'll see a "Synced" status.
Your note is captured. It appears in your **[Feed](/coaches/review-feed)** to review and confirm.