# Retrieve current speaker in Web SDK

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/retrieve-current-speaker-in-web-sdk/16040>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [May 4, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/retrieve-current-speaker-in-web-sdk/16040 "2020-05-04T17:45:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![danut.huru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/danut.huru/32/7631_2.png) [@danut.huru](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/danut.huru)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/retrieve-current-speaker-in-web-sdk/16040/1 "2020-05-04T17:45:19Z")

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Hi

In our web app we want to retrieve the current speaker in the Zoom meeting.

Is this supported in the current version of the Web SDK? How about Electron?

Thanks  
Dan

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/retrieve-current-speaker-in-web-sdk/16040/2 "2020-05-06T20:39:12Z")

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Hey @danut.huru,

Currently this is not possible with the [Web SDK](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/native-sdks/web) or [Electron SDK](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/sdk/hybrid-frameworks/electron).

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![danut.huru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/danut.huru/32/7631_2.png) [@danut.huru](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/danut.huru)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/retrieve-current-speaker-in-web-sdk/16040/3 "2020-06-28T07:04:27Z")

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Thanks Tommy for your reply!  
Our use case is to be able to identify what each speaker is saying (real-time or offline with recordings).  
Is there anyway we can access this functionality?

Thanks  
Dan

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/retrieve-current-speaker-in-web-sdk/16040/4 "2020-06-29T18:55:57Z")

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Hey @danut.huru,

You can do this with [Cloud Recordings](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/cloud-recording/recordingget) and the [timeline file](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/cant-find-timeline-file-type/8637/16). 🙂

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/retrieve-current-speaker-in-web-sdk/16040/5 "2020-08-21T22:29:50Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 10:29pm UTC