Training
🎙️ Audio is what Tater runs on
Tater can only work with what it hears. The live transcript feeds everything: themes, summaries, polls, word clouds and every answer from Ask Tater. Clear audio is the single biggest factor in how useful Tater is, so plan it like you'd plan your slides.
💻 Virtual events
Your streaming setup usually handles this well. Run Tater on the computer you present from and pick its audio source in the live console: your microphone, or Shared tab / system audio to capture the meeting through your computer's speakers.
🏛️ In person
You'll be moving around the room, so the laptop's built-in mic won't reach you. Wear a Bluetooth microphone connected to the computer running Tater, in addition to any in-house amplification. The venue PA makes you loud in the room; your Bluetooth mic captures your voice directly as the facilitator track.
Highly recommended📱 Participants
Nothing extra to set up. Each participant's audio comes through their own device, whether they join on a computer or a phone. They join their table and turn on their mic, and Tater hears that table.
Create an event
From My Events, hit New event and give it a name and a join code participants will use.
Set it up (Preflight)
Open Event Setup — add your tables, set branding, pick a Tater personality, and drop in your run of show, handouts, and knowledge base so Tater speaks your context. Plan your audio: in person, have your Bluetooth mic charged and paired.
Bring the room in
Connect your mic in the live console, then share the join code. Participants join by table on their own phone or computer and turn on their mic; Tater captures the conversation live.
Facilitate with Tater
In the live console, ask Tater for themes, a summary, or the next activity — grounded in what the room is actually saying.
Wrap up
Close with an automatic recap of themes and takeaways you can share with the room.
Ask for the themes
Tater surfaces what tables are converging on so you can steer the discussion.
“What themes are coming up?”Get a live summary
Pull a quick recap mid-session to reset the room or hand off to a co-facilitator.
“Summarize the last 10 minutes.”Design an activity
Give Tater a goal and it proposes an engagement exercise to move the group forward.
“Suggest a 5-minute exercise on trust.”Add toppings
Turn on extras per event — free ones like Raffle and Timers, or premium ones like Speaker separation.
Event Setup → ToppingsYour facilitator track is whatever the computer running Tater's live console hears. When you're moving around a room, the built-in laptop mic isn't enough. Here's how to get clean audio in and drive Tater hands-free.
Wear a Bluetooth microphone
A Bluetooth headset or clip-on (lavalier) mic moves with you and keeps a steady level as you work the room, far better than a fixed table or laptop mic. Clip a lav near the collar, about 6–8 inches from your mouth.
Connect it to the computer running Tater
Pair the Bluetooth mic with the computer that runs the live console, then choose it as the input in the console's Connection panel (Audio source: Microphone). For the cleanest sound, a wireless lav kit whose receiver plugs into the computer by USB (Rode Wireless or DJI Mic-class) is a step up, and a dual-channel kit lets you add a second speaker later.
Venue amplification is separate
The house PA mic makes you loud in the room — it usually doesn't feed your computer. Keep your lav going to Tater in addition to any venue mic. If the venue can give you a line-out/USB feed from their board, that also works as Tater's input.
Ask Tater out loud
Tap Ask Tater in the live console or on the slide window, ask your question, and Tater answers aloud. There's no wake word to remember: Tater only listens when you tap.
Test before you start
Connect the mic, watch the level, and tap Ask Tater for a quick “Can you hear me?” check. Mute participant capture during setup so you're not feeding the room into the transcript early.
Short walkthroughs, mostly under 15 seconds. You'll also find a ▶ Watch button next to each feature in Event Setup and the live console.