Voice
Fathom
Fathom records calls and delivers notes and action items. The individual plan is free, and teams pay for shared features.
- meetings
- notes
Freemiumfathom.ai
Best AI meeting notes
The note-takers below either join the meeting or listen on your computer. AssemblyAI and Whisper are listed for a different choice: you already have the audio, and you want the transcript.
Descript is not in this list. It edits podcasts and video by editing the transcript, which is a different job from writing the meeting notes.
How to choose
If a bot in the call is a problem, Granola keeps notes on your computer without joining. Fireflies is the one that files a summary into a CRM. Otter and Fathom both offer a free allowance. For a pipeline you operate, AssemblyAI is an API with a free credit, and Whisper is an open source model with no hosted product.
For editing a recording from the transcript, see Descript.
Notes from the meeting
These produce a summary or action items, not only a raw transcript.
Voice
Fireflies
Fireflies joins meetings, transcribes them, and files a summary. It connects to common calendars and CRMs.
- meetings
- transcription
- CRM
Freemiumfireflies.aiVoice
Granola
Granola takes meeting notes on your computer without a bot joining the call. It blends your own notes with a transcript.
- meetings
- notes
Freemiumgranola.aiVoice
Otter
Otter records meetings and writes a transcript with a summary. A free plan covers a limited number of minutes each month.
- meetings
- transcription
Freemiumotter.ai
Transcript only
Use these when you will store or label the words yourself. Whisper runs on your machine. AssemblyAI is a hosted API.
Voice
AssemblyAI
AssemblyAI turns speech into text through an API, with extras such as speaker labels and summaries. Developers get free credit to try it.
- transcription
- API
Freemiumassemblyai.comVoice
Open sourceWhisper
Whisper is OpenAI's open source speech recognition model. You run it yourself to transcribe audio, with no hosted product attached.
- transcription
- local
- models
Open sourcegithub.com
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