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Calls, meetings and the write-ups that follow, without a bot in the room.

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How does the notch count me down to my next meeting?

Five minutes out, the notch counts down to your next meeting with Join and Record a point away, then asks whether to record it. Silence records nothing.

· 3 min read

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Your own model for meetings: when a local server wins

The built-in model writes up a short call well. A long one, or one you need in a hurry, can go to a model you run yourself, still on your Mac or your network.

· 7 min read

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Chat that stays on your Mac: when it beats a web assistant

A web assistant is bigger and knows the news. A chat on your Mac keeps the conversation off anyone's server. When each is the right one, and how to use both.

· 8 min read

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Taking notes in the meetings other tools are not allowed in

Legal calls, HR conversations, client work under NDA: the meetings that ban note-takers. What those rules object to, and how to set Dictera up to meet them.

· 8 min read

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Getting an answer during a live call without leaving it

Switching to a chatbot in another window mid-call means retyping the question and looking away. What an answer that arrives on its own needs, and its limits.

· 8 min read

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What a good meeting write-up contains

Summary, decisions, action items, open questions. What belongs in each section of a meeting write-up, and what good notes do when the meeting never supplied it.

· 8 min read

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Minutes, transcript or chapters: which one to ask for

Meeting Notes can produce four different documents from one recording. What separates them is what each is allowed to throw away - and that is how to choose.

· 8 min read

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Meeting notes without a bot in the room

Most note-taking tools join your call as a participant and upload the audio. Dictera does neither. How it hears both sides through macOS, and what it cannot do.

· 6 min read

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One language per meeting: preparing a multilingual call

The AI Assistant transcribes each session in one language you choose. How to pick it, what happens to the other language, and when dictation is the better tool.

· 5 min read

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