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The Start Scribe widget is the fastest way to begin a recording: tap it on your home screen, pick a patient, and your scribe is ready to record — no need to open the app and navigate to the patient first.
Save the clicks: from your home screen, the widget gets you to a ready-to-record scribe in just two taps — tap the widget, tap the patient. There’s no opening the app, finding the patient in the list, and starting a scribe from there.
Three phone screens: the Start Scribe widget on an Android home screen, the patient list picker it opens, and the New Scribe recording screen

Adding the Widget

1

Open the widget picker

Touch and hold an empty area of your home screen, then tap Widgets.
2

Find Commure Pro

Browse or search for Commure PRO in the widget list and tap it to expand. You’ll see the Start Scribe widget (2 × 1).
3

Place it

Touch and hold the Start Scribe widget and drag it to your home screen.

Starting a Scribe from the Widget

1

Tap the widget

Tap Start Scribe on your home screen. A patient list picker opens directly — the app presents a single scribe entry point rather than separate resume and new-scribe paths.
2

Pick a patient

Tap the patient for this encounter. If the patient has no scribe in progress, the New Scribe screen opens immediately with the patient’s identifiers populated.
3

Start recording

Choose a note template if needed and tap Start Recording. From here the flow is the same as any other recording — see Recording an Ambient Note.
If the patient you select already has a draft note, a Resume Scribe sheet appears instead, letting you resume the existing draft or choose Start New Scribe Instead.

App Shortcut Alternative

The same entry point is available as an app shortcut: touch and hold the Commure PRO app icon (in your app drawer or on the home screen) and tap Start Scribe. This opens the same patient list picker as the widget.
The Android launcher long-press menu on the Commure PRO app icon showing the Start Scribe shortcut
You can also touch and hold the Start Scribe entry in the shortcut menu and drag it to your home screen to pin it as its own icon.