You Can Have Google Meet Take Notes for Your In-Person Meetings Too

Google Meet's "Take Notes for me" characteristic is 1 peculiarly useful implementation of AI. When you're connected a video call, Gemini tin dictate what's being said, offering summaries and highlights of the conversation. Your attraction doesn't need to beryllium divided betwixt the speech astatine manus and penning down notes to retrieve cardinal points later: The notes are automatically generated arsenic a Google Doc erstwhile the gathering is over. It's the benignant of characteristic that sells maine much connected the full "AI assistant" thing, overmuch much truthful than an app trying to bid maine a coffee.

Video conferencing isn't the only clip dictation tin beryllium useful, of course. An in-person gathering tin use from the aforesaid perks arsenic a virtual one: Why fuss pinch scribbling down notes connected insubstantial aliases typing distant connected a laptop erstwhile your telephone tin transcribe the chat connected your behalf? I've utilized the Voice Memos app connected my iPhone for the task, since it's easy to grounds audio and an make automatic transcription of the speech that way. But if you're a regular Google Meet user, you now person a akin action successful your app of choice, arsenic Meet's "Take Notes for me" characteristic now supports live, in-person meetings too.

How "Take Notes for me" useful successful person

As noted by 9to5Google, here's really it works: You unfastened the Google Meet tract aliases app connected your device, but alternatively than commencement a call, you tin usage the "Take Notes for me" action to task Gemini pinch transcribing and summarizing your discussion. You tin deed "Pause" astatine immoderate clip to region dictation, and "Stop" followed by "Stop taking notes" to extremity it altogether. You tin besides modulation to a video telephone if you want to convention successful personification who isn't successful the aforesaid room arsenic you. And, conscionable arsenic pinch a Google Meet call, Take Notes for maine will automatically prevention the gathering notes successful a Google Doc.

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Google first announced this characteristic backmost successful April, but is now wide rolling it retired to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, arsenic good arsenic Workspace plans. If you person a Workspace account, your admin whitethorn request to activate it connected their end, astatine which constituent you should beryllium capable to commencement signaling your ain conversations. Google says the characteristic useful crossed platforms, but will rotation retired on different timelines: It has been trickling retired to Android since Aug. 11; web users will commencement seeing it today, Aug. 14; and iOS users will spot it starting Aug. 31.

Try an replacement to Google Meet's in-person dictation

There are plentifulness of alternatives if you don't person "Take Notes for me" disposable to you successful Google Meet. It won't beryllium a cleanable match, since Google Meet integrates pinch your Google relationship and does much than conscionable transcribe the call, but location are different options worthy considering.

As I mentioned, I really for illustration utilizing Apple's built-in tools: Voice Memos tin make automatic transcriptions, which you tin prevention to Apple Notes. But if you don't person an Apple instrumentality aliases you for illustration different option, PCMag has a bid of recommendations, including Otter.ai, GoTranscript, and Rev.