diff --git a/www/app/(errors)/errorMessage.tsx b/www/app/(errors)/errorMessage.tsx
index d5109733..f048cac5 100644
--- a/www/app/(errors)/errorMessage.tsx
+++ b/www/app/(errors)/errorMessage.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const ErrorMessage: React.FC = () => {
         setIsVisible(false);
         setError(null);
       }}
-      className="max-w-xs z-50 fixed top-16 right-10 bg-red-100 border border-red-400 text-red-700 px-4 py-3 rounded transition-opacity duration-300 ease-out opacity-100 hover:opacity-75 cursor-pointer transform hover:scale-105"
+      className="max-w-xs z-50 fixed bottom-5 right-5 md:bottom-10 md:right-10 bg-red-100 border border-red-400 text-red-700 px-4 py-3 rounded transition-opacity duration-300 ease-out opacity-100 hover:opacity-80 cursor-pointer transform hover:scale-105"
       role="alert"
     >
       <span className="block sm:inline">{error?.message}</span>
diff --git a/www/app/transcripts/audioInputsDropdown.tsx b/www/app/transcripts/audioInputsDropdown.tsx
index 4b7b3cdc..7772358b 100644
--- a/www/app/transcripts/audioInputsDropdown.tsx
+++ b/www/app/transcripts/audioInputsDropdown.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
-import { faMicrophone } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import Dropdown, { Option } from "react-dropdown";
 import "react-dropdown/style.css";
@@ -7,36 +5,34 @@ import "react-dropdown/style.css";
 const AudioInputsDropdown: React.FC<{
   audioDevices: Option[];
   disabled: boolean;
+  hide: () => void;
   setDeviceId: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<string | null>>;
-}> = ({ audioDevices, disabled, setDeviceId }) => {
+}> = (props) => {
   const [ddOptions, setDdOptions] = useState<Option[]>([]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (audioDevices) {
-      setDdOptions(audioDevices);
-      setDeviceId(audioDevices.length > 0 ? audioDevices[0].value : null);
+    if (props.audioDevices) {
+      setDdOptions(props.audioDevices);
+      props.setDeviceId(
+        props.audioDevices.length > 0 ? props.audioDevices[0].value : null,
+      );
     }
-  }, [audioDevices]);
+  }, [props.audioDevices]);
 
   const handleDropdownChange = (option: Option) => {
-    setDeviceId(option.value);
+    props.setDeviceId(option.value);
+    props.hide();
   };
 
-  if (audioDevices?.length > 0) {
-    return (
-      <div className="flex w-full items-center">
-        <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faMicrophone} className="p-2" />
-        <Dropdown
-          options={ddOptions}
-          onChange={handleDropdownChange}
-          value={ddOptions[0]}
-          className="flex-grow"
-          disabled={disabled}
-        />
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-  return null;
+  return (
+    <Dropdown
+      options={ddOptions}
+      onChange={handleDropdownChange}
+      value={ddOptions[0]}
+      className="flex-grow w-full"
+      disabled={props.disabled}
+    />
+  );
 };
 
 export default AudioInputsDropdown;
diff --git a/www/app/transcripts/new/page.tsx b/www/app/transcripts/new/page.tsx
index eddf4fcc..4bbba050 100644
--- a/www/app/transcripts/new/page.tsx
+++ b/www/app/transcripts/new/page.tsx
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ const TranscriptCreate = () => {
   const [stream, setStream] = useState<MediaStream | null>(null);
   const [disconnected, setDisconnected] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const useActiveTopic = useState<Topic | null>(null);
-  const [deviceId, setDeviceId] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [recordStarted, setRecordStarted] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENV === "development") {
@@ -43,17 +41,6 @@ const TranscriptCreate = () => {
     getAudioStream,
   } = useAudioDevice();
 
-  const getCurrentStream = async () => {
-    setRecordStarted(true);
-    return deviceId ? await getAudioStream(deviceId) : null;
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (audioDevices.length > 0) {
-      setDeviceId[audioDevices[0].value];
-    }
-  }, [audioDevices]);
-
   return (
     <>
       {permissionOk ? (
@@ -65,60 +52,74 @@ const TranscriptCreate = () => {
               setStream(null);
             }}
             topics={webSockets.topics}
-            getAudioStream={getCurrentStream}
+            getAudioStream={getAudioStream}
             useActiveTopic={useActiveTopic}
             isPastMeeting={false}
+            audioDevices={audioDevices}
           />
+
           <div className="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-2 grid-rows-2 lg:grid-rows-1 gap-2 lg:gap-4 h-full">
             <TopicList
               topics={webSockets.topics}
               useActiveTopic={useActiveTopic}
             />
-            <div className="h-full flex flex-col">
-              <section className="mb-2">
-                <AudioInputsDropdown
-                  setDeviceId={setDeviceId}
-                  audioDevices={audioDevices}
-                  disabled={recordStarted}
-                />
-              </section>
-              <section className="w-full h-full bg-blue-400/20 rounded-lg md:rounded-xl px-2 md:px-4 flex flex-col justify-center align-center">
-                <div className="py-2 h-auto">
-                  <LiveTrancription text={webSockets.transcriptText} />
-                </div>
-              </section>
-            </div>
-
-            {disconnected && <DisconnectedIndicator />}
+            <section className="w-full h-full bg-blue-400/20 rounded-lg md:rounded-xl px-2 md:px-4 flex flex-col justify-center align-center">
+              <div className="py-2 h-auto">
+                <LiveTrancription text={webSockets.transcriptText} />
+              </div>
+            </section>
           </div>
+
+          {disconnected && <DisconnectedIndicator />}
         </>
       ) : (
         <>
-          <div className="flex flex-col w-full items-center justify-center px-6 py-8 mt-8 rounded-xl">
-            <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold">Audio Permissions</h1>
-            {loading ? (
-              <p className="text-gray-500 text-center mt-5">
-                Checking permission...
+          <div></div>
+          <section className="flex flex-col w-full h-full items-center justify-evenly p-4 md:px-6 md:py-8">
+            <div className="flex flex-col max-w-2xl items-center justify-center">
+              <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold mb-2">Reflector</h1>
+              <p className="self-start">
+                Meet Monadical's own Reflector, your audio ally for hassle-free
+                insights.
               </p>
-            ) : (
-              <>
-                <p className="text-gray-500 text-center mt-5">
-                  Reflector needs access to your microphone to work.
-                  <br />
-                  {permissionDenied
-                    ? "Please reset microphone permissions to continue."
-                    : "Please grant permission to continue."}
-                </p>
-                <button
-                  className="mt-4 bg-blue-400 hover:bg-blue-500 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded m-auto"
-                  onClick={requestPermission}
-                  disabled={permissionDenied}
-                >
-                  {permissionDenied ? "Access denied" : "Grant Permission"}
-                </button>
-              </>
-            )}
-          </div>
+              <p className="mb-4 md:text-justify">
+                With real-time transcriptions, translations, and summaries,
+                Reflector captures and categorizes the details of your meetings
+                and events, all while keeping your data locked down tight on
+                your own infrastructure. Forget the scribbled notes, endless
+                recordings, or third-party apps. Discover Reflector, a powerful
+                new way to elevate knowledge management and accessibility for
+                all.
+              </p>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+              <div className="flex flex-col max-w-2xl items-center justify-center">
+                <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold  mb-2">Audio Permissions</h2>
+                {loading ? (
+                  <p className="text-gray-500 text-center">
+                    Checking permission...
+                  </p>
+                ) : (
+                  <>
+                    <p className="text-gray-500 text-center">
+                      Reflector needs access to your microphone to work.
+                      <br />
+                      {permissionDenied
+                        ? "Please reset microphone permissions to continue."
+                        : "Please grant permission to continue."}
+                    </p>
+                    <button
+                      className="mt-4 bg-blue-400 hover:bg-blue-500 text-white font-bold py-2 px-4 rounded m-auto"
+                      onClick={requestPermission}
+                      disabled={permissionDenied}
+                    >
+                      {permissionDenied ? "Access denied" : "Grant Permission"}
+                    </button>
+                  </>
+                )}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </section>
         </>
       )}
     </>
diff --git a/www/app/transcripts/recorder.tsx b/www/app/transcripts/recorder.tsx
index 87e9955a..91cdcfac 100644
--- a/www/app/transcripts/recorder.tsx
+++ b/www/app/transcripts/recorder.tsx
@@ -5,17 +5,21 @@ import RecordPlugin from "../lib/custom-plugins/record";
 import CustomRegionsPlugin from "../lib/custom-plugins/regions";
 
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
+import { faMicrophone } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 import { faDownload } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons";
 
 import { formatTime } from "../lib/time";
 import { Topic } from "./webSocketTypes";
 import { AudioWaveform } from "../api";
+import AudioInputsDropdown from "./audioInputsDropdown";
+import { Option } from "react-dropdown";
 
 type RecorderProps = {
   setStream?: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<MediaStream | null>>;
   onStop?: () => void;
   topics: Topic[];
-  getAudioStream?: () => Promise<MediaStream | null>;
+  getAudioStream?: (deviceId) => Promise<MediaStream | null>;
+  audioDevices?: Option[];
   useActiveTopic: [
     Topic | null,
     React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<Topic | null>>,
@@ -38,10 +42,11 @@ export default function Recorder(props: RecorderProps) {
   const [waveRegions, setWaveRegions] = useState<CustomRegionsPlugin | null>(
     null,
   );
-
+  const [deviceId, setDeviceId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [recordStarted, setRecordStarted] = useState(false);
   const [activeTopic, setActiveTopic] = props.useActiveTopic;
-
   const topicsRef = useRef(props.topics);
+  const [showDevices, setShowDevices] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (waveformRef.current) {
@@ -186,8 +191,8 @@ export default function Recorder(props: RecorderProps) {
       record.stopRecording();
       setIsRecording(false);
       setHasRecorded(true);
-    } else if (props.getAudioStream) {
-      const stream = await props.getAudioStream();
+    } else {
+      const stream = await getCurrentStream();
 
       if (props.setStream) props.setStream(stream);
       waveRegions?.clearRegions();
@@ -195,8 +200,6 @@ export default function Recorder(props: RecorderProps) {
         await record.startRecording(stream);
         setIsRecording(true);
       }
-    } else {
-      throw new Error("No getAudioStream function provided");
     }
   };
 
@@ -210,8 +213,21 @@ export default function Recorder(props: RecorderProps) {
     return "";
   };
 
+  const getCurrentStream = async () => {
+    setRecordStarted(true);
+    return deviceId && props.getAudioStream
+      ? await props.getAudioStream(deviceId)
+      : null;
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (props.audioDevices && props.audioDevices.length > 0) {
+      setDeviceId[props.audioDevices[0].value];
+    }
+  }, [props.audioDevices]);
+
   return (
-    <div className="flex items-center w-full">
+    <div className="flex items-center w-full relative">
       <div className="flex-grow items-end relative">
         <div ref={waveformRef} className="flex-grow rounded-2xl h-20"></div>
         <div className="absolute right-2 bottom-0">
@@ -259,17 +275,41 @@ export default function Recorder(props: RecorderProps) {
         </>
       )}
       {!hasRecorded && (
-        <button
-          className={`${
-            isRecording
-              ? "bg-red-400 hover:bg-red-500"
-              : "bg-blue-400 hover:bg-blue-500"
-          } text-white ml-2 md:ml:4 md:h-[78px] md:min-w-[100px] text-lg`}
-          onClick={handleRecClick}
-          disabled={isPlaying}
-        >
-          {isRecording ? "Stop" : "Record"}
-        </button>
+        <>
+          <button
+            className={`${
+              isRecording
+                ? "bg-red-400 hover:bg-red-500"
+                : "bg-blue-400 hover:bg-blue-500"
+            } text-white ml-2 md:ml:4 md:h-[78px] md:min-w-[100px] text-lg`}
+            onClick={handleRecClick}
+            disabled={isPlaying}
+          >
+            {isRecording ? "Stop" : "Record"}
+          </button>
+          {props.audioDevices && props.audioDevices?.length > 0 && (
+            <>
+              <button
+                className="text-center cursor-pointer text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-700 ml-2 md:ml:4 p-2"
+                onClick={() => setShowDevices((prev) => !prev)}
+              >
+                <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faMicrophone} className="h-5 w-auto" />
+              </button>
+              <div
+                className={`absolute z-20 bottom-[-1rem] right-0 bg-white rounded ${
+                  showDevices ? "visible" : "invisible"
+                }`}
+              >
+                <AudioInputsDropdown
+                  setDeviceId={setDeviceId}
+                  audioDevices={props.audioDevices}
+                  disabled={recordStarted}
+                  hide={() => setShowDevices(false)}
+                />
+              </div>
+            </>
+          )}
+        </>
       )}
     </div>
   );