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How to Use Customize Summary

Wave makes it easy to personalize your summaries with custom styles and language preferences. Here’s a step-by-step guide:

Updated over a month ago

How to Use Customize Summary

1. Open the Customize Menu

  • On the Wave Summary screen, tap the Customize button

  • You’ll see two tabs at the top: Style and Language (default tab is Style).


2. Choose a Pre-built Template (Style Tab)

Under the Style tab, you'll see Pre-built Templates such as:

  • 🏛️ Executive Board Summary

  • 📞 Sales Call Analysis

  • 🛠️ Product Development Review

  • 📚 Lecture-to-Study Guide

  • And others

✅ Tap a template to instantly apply its formatting and tone to your summary.


3. Use or Manage Saved Customizations

Any custom summary styles you’ve created previously will appear under Saved Customizations:

  • Tap any saved style to apply it.

  • Tap the red ❌ to delete it.


4. Add a New Customization

If you want something more specific:

  • Use the Add New Customization field to describe your preferred format
    E.g., “Group by speaker, use concise bullet points with action items at the top.”

  • Toggle “Save this customization” if you’d like to reuse it later.

  • Tap Apply Style Customization to apply it immediately.


5. Switch to Language Customization

Tap the Language tab at the top to adjust the summary's output language and transcription behavior.

You’ll see two options:


Option A: Regenerate Summary in a New Language (No Retranscription)

  • 🔘 Turn off the “Full Audio Retranscription” toggle

  • Choose your language (e.g., Spanish, French, English)

  • Tap Regenerate Summary

  • ✅ This keeps the transcript in its original language and only translates the summary.

Best for: quickly switching summary languages without affecting the transcript.


Option B: Full Audio Retranscription

  • 🔘 Turn on the “Full Audio Retranscription” toggle

  • Choose a language (e.g., Spanish)

  • Tap Reprocess in Spanish

Wave will:

  • 🔄 Re-transcribe the entire audio in the selected language

  • 📄 Regenerate the summary based on the new transcript

Best for: translating the entire file, not just the summary.


6. Tap "Done" to Exit

After customizing the style or language settings, tap Done to return to the summary screen with your updated configuration applied.

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