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How to Transcribe and Summarize Meetings with AI
By StackPilot Team · June 14, 2026 · 5 min read
An AI meeting assistant joins your calls, transcribes them, and hands back a summary with action items — so you can actually pay attention. Here is what to look for and the tools that do it best.
What a good one should do
- Join Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams automatically.
- Produce accurate transcripts with speaker labels.
- Summarize decisions and action items, not just words.
- Let you search across past meetings.
The tools to try
Otter.ai
AI meeting notes and transcription.
AI MeetingsFreemium · Free / $17/mo
Fireflies.ai
AI notetaker that records and analyzes meetings.
AI MeetingsFreemium · Free / $10/mo
Fathom
Free AI notetaker that transcribes and summarizes video calls.
AI MeetingsFreemium · Free / $15/mo
Most have a free tier — start there before paying. Sales teams should also see AI tools for sales teams.