Saving sessions

.txt & Audio

-s (also written --save) saves the conversation to text and audio file in ~/.vtmate/conversations: one .txt transcript plus a single .wav for the whole session - the simplest format, good for grepping later or feeding into another tool.

Start it

Conversation mode

vtmate -s

Debate mode

vtmate --debate "Aristoteles" "Ptahhotep" "Who was the first philosopher?" -s

Save a single response (see Single run mode)

echo "Can you find any suspicious processes in this list? If so, why?" | vtmate -q -i - -s

Combining with the HTML player

-s and -s-html (see HTML & Audio) are independent flags and can be passed together in the same run - one produces the flat .txt/.wav pair, the other the per-turn browsable folder:

vtmate --debate "God" "Devil" "How to succeed in life?" -s -s-html

Start it live, with Control+E

Press Control+E at any point during a conversation or debate to open a popup and start saving without restarting - pick .txt+.wav there instead of passing -s up front.

The same popup lets you stop a running save with a "Stop recording" button once you no longer need it.