I’ve tried a lot of AI note-takers over the past few months, including tl;dv, which helped me avoid taking minutes for the longest time. However, it always required me to join meetings with my regular account and a bot account, a setup which confused people (at best) and annoyed them (at worst). Tl;dv isn’t the only one with this issue; nearly every meeting assistant I’ve used forces some version of this awkward arrangement.
Jamie is the first tool I’ve tried that doesn’t. It captures your notes without appearing as a meeting guest, handles both online and offline conversations, and has become my default meeting assistant.
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iOS, MacOS, Windows
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Free (paid plans available)
An AI-powered meeting notes app that works across all meeting platforms to automatically transcribe and organize conversations into structured, actionable summaries.
Jamie works without a bot and still does everything you need
A full meeting assistant that never pops into your call or announces itself
Instead of relying on bots, Jamie captures the audio playing through your device, whether you’re on a MacBook, Windows PC, or iPhone. If I’m in a Zoom or Google Meet call, or even using any open-source video conferencing software, it records exactly what I hear, even when I’m using headphones, so I don’t have to adjust anything about how I join or host the meeting. For in-person conversations, I simply let my device’s microphone pick up the audio in the room as naturally as a voice memo.
Even though Jamie avoids the theatrics of joining calls, it doesn’t cut corners on what it delivers afterward. Every recording becomes a complete, word-for-word transcript that you can skim, search, or edit. Its summaries are consistently well-structured and polished, more like what you’d expect from a detail-oriented colleague. Key points, decisions, and follow-ups are automatically highlighted, and I rarely need to make corrections.
One feature I didn’t expect to rely on as much as I do is speaker memory. Jamie recognizes repeat participants from previous meetings and labels them automatically, so I’m not renaming the same people over and over. It also infers speakers from context, picking up on names mentioned during the conversation and assigning them correctly. When you’re moving between several meetings a day with overlapping teams, this saves more time than you’d think.
Jamie also integrates smoothly with the tools I already use. Connecting my Google or Outlook calendar lets it autofill meeting titles and nudge me to record when a call begins. Once the summary is ready, I can copy and drop it directly into whatever app I’m using for follow-ups or feedback.
My favorite feature, though, is Ask AI. I can type something like, “What did Eric ask for in last week’s meeting?” or “Remind me of Dave’s action items,” and it pulls the answer from my meeting history within seconds.
Jamie skips the bot, but it doesn’t skip the work. To round everything out, it permanently deletes audio files once processing is complete, and the developers promise that none of your data will ever be used for model training.
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How I use Jamie for online meetings, offline meetings, and even podcasts
It can capture every kind of conversation, whether you’re on Zoom or at a coffee shop
Setting up Jamie is as simple as downloading the app, signing in, and clicking one button. There’s no configuration checklist and no maze of integration to work through. The entire setup took me about half a minute, which is super quick for a tool that ends up managing hours of your week.
When you join an online meeting, you can click Start Jamie or wait for the microphone-based reminder that appears as soon as the app detects you’re on a call. If you start recording yourself, you can choose a microphone before the recording begins. Otherwise, you can still switch microphones mid-recording.
Once Jamie is running, it captures exactly what you’re hearing. It works across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and every other platform I’ve tried, and because it records system audio directly, I never have to worry about whether I’m using Bluetooth earbuds.
For offline meetings, I only need to place my laptop on the table and click Start Jamie. Jamie handles these conversations with the same accuracy as an online call. It’s the only note-taking setup I’ve used that works for both my digital and face-to-face work without requiring two separate tools or workflows.
I’ve also started using Jamie for long-form audio: workshops, training sessions, interviews, and even podcast recordings. It can handle sessions up to three hours long, depending on your plan. This has become one of my favorite uses because the transcripts are accurate, and the summaries make it easy to pull quotes, recap discussions, or draft show notes without digging through raw audio.
Everything syncs to the cloud. Since there’s no Android app, I record on my Windows laptop. However, if you were to record on your Mac, you can review the notes on your iPhone later. If you record on your iPhone, you can edit the transcript on your PC. And even though the native apps are only available for Mac, iPhone, and Windows, the web dashboard works in any browser, including my Chromebook, so I can review or share anything wherever I am.
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This tool is great if you want meeting notes without the awkward AI interruptions
Jamie delivers transcripts, summaries, and action items with the kind of consistency you’d normally expect from a bot hovering over the call. Yet, it handles everything quietly in the background, so you stay focused on the people in front of you.
Whether I’m on Zoom, in a conference room, or catching up on a podcast, Jamie handles the details I don’t want to track manually without interrupting the moment.