Start real-time audio transcription (microphone and system audio). Returns status message confirming transcription started.

Stop (pause) the current transcription session. Returns status message confirming transcription stopped.

Get the current status of the ParrotScribe service. Returns: version, status (listening/stopped), session ID, duration, model, capture settings, output directory.

Get recent transcript entries. Returns TOON format: timestamp,source,status,segment,confidence,duration,language,text

• source: M=microphone, S=system (audio), E=events

• status: C=confirmed, U=unconfirmed, T=translated, N=no_speech

• segment: sequential segment number

• confidence: 0-1 for confirmed, empty for unconfirmed

• duration: seconds

• language: ISO 639-1 code (e.g., en, sv, de)

• text: transcribed content (quoted if contains commas)

Use 'n' for last N lines, OR 'since_line' to poll from a specific line (mutually exclusive). For polling: call with since_line, note the last line number, then call again with that number + 1.

List recent transcription sessions. Returns: session ID, date, duration, segment count for each session.

Force start a new transcription session. Use when you want a clean session boundary. Returns confirmation with new session ID.

Display complete transcript sessions with time-based filtering. Returns TOON format: timestamp,source,status,segment,confidence,duration,language,text

• source: M=microphone, S=system (audio), E=events

• status: C=confirmed, U=unconfirmed, T=translated, N=no_speech

• segment: sequential segment number

• confidence: 0-1 for confirmed, empty for unconfirmed

• duration: seconds

• language: ISO 639-1 code (e.g., en, sv, de)

• text: transcribed content (quoted if contains commas)

Use this for historical queries like "summarize yesterday's standup" or "what was discussed last week". Convert natural language time references to ISO8601 (e.g., "yesterday morning" → appropriate timestamp).

Search for patterns across transcript sessions.

Use this for queries like "did anyone mention deployment last week?" or "find all references to the API". Returns matching lines with session ID prefix. Use --count for summary statistics.