Anyone using a dedicated AI note taker for in-person meetings instead of typing notes?
Manage client accounts, so I'm in in-person meetings several times a week. The constant problem: choosing between actually listening and keeping up with notes. Usually both suffered.
Been using the Plaud NotePin S for about six weeks now. It clips to a collar or jacket, records the room offline, then you sync it to an app that generates a transcript and summary.
What actually shifted: I stopped writing during meetings. Not because I trust the AI completely, but knowing I can check the recording afterward allows me to just listen. The conversations got better.
The summaries are usable. Decisions and action items come out structured. Names and internal jargon still need correcting before I would forward anything, but that takes a few minutes rather than rebuilding from scratch.
I also like how i can flag a moment mid-meeting by pressing a physical button. When someone drops a hard deadline or a budget number, I press it once and that moment gets marked in the transcript. No more scrubbing through an hour of audio to find one sentence.
Where it breaks down: large rooms with more than seven or eight people. People at the far end get picked up less clearly.
Question for the thread: how are people handling the recording disclosure conversation with colleagues or clients? I always mention it before starting but it still comes across as a formal announcement. Has anyone found a way to normalize it?