AI note takers guides
How AI note takers and AI meeting assistants work, how bot-based and bot-free tools differ, how accurate AI notes are, and the privacy questions to ask before you use one.
AI note takers for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams: built-in, bot or on-device?
There are three ways an AI can take notes in your calls. They differ in who can see it, which meetings it works in, and where your audio goes.
6 min read →AI note takers · GuideWhat is an AI note taker, and how does it work?
Four steps sit behind every AI meeting note: capture, transcription, speaker labelling and summarising. Each one can go wrong in its own way.
6 min read →AI note takers · GuideBot vs bot-free AI note takers: how they differ
The biggest design choice in AI note-taking isn't the AI. It's how the audio gets in.
6 min read →AI note takers · ExplainerWhat is Granola? How the AI notepad for meetings works
Granola popularised the bot-free meeting notepad. Here's how it works, explained plainly and with sources.
6 min read →AI note takers · ExplainerWhat is Wispr Flow Notetaker? The dictation app's move into meetings
Wispr Flow built its name on dictation. In August 2026 it added meeting notes. Here's what launched, with sources.
5 min read →AI note takers · GuideHow accurate are AI meeting notes? Where they go wrong and how to check
AI notes are usually right about the gist. The errors that matter hide in the details.
5 min read →AI note takers · GuideAre AI note takers safe? Ten privacy questions to ask before you use one
Meetings hold your most sensitive conversations. Ten questions to ask any AI note taker before you let it listen.
6 min read →AI note takers · GuideAI meeting assistant vs AI note taker vs transcription: what's the difference?
Three labels, often used interchangeably. They describe different jobs.
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How to take notes in Zoom meetings (manual and AI options)
Zoom gives you four ways to capture a meeting. Which ones you can use depends on your plan and on settings you have to switch on before you hit record.
7 min read →Google Meet · GuideHow to take notes in Google Meet, including Gemini's 'Take notes for me'
Google Meet can now write notes for you, on the right plan. Here's who gets it, how it works, and when your own notes still matter.
6 min read →Microsoft Teams · GuideHow to take notes in Microsoft Teams: transcripts, recap and Copilot
Teams has the most layered options of the three big platforms, and the most licence questions. Here's the map.
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