Bot-free meeting notes
Bot-free meeting notes are captured from your computer's own system audio rather than a bot that joins the call, so nothing appears in the participant list.
Last updated May 24, 2026
Bot-free meeting notes are meeting notes captured from your computer’s own system audio — the sound your speakers/headphones play — rather than from a bot or assistant that joins the call. Because nothing joins the meeting, no extra participant shows up in the attendee list.
How bot-free capture works
Instead of dialing a bot into your Zoom/Meet/Teams call, a bot-free tool taps the operating system’s audio output locally:
- macOS — a CoreAudio tap / loopback of system output.
- Windows — WASAPI loopback capture.
- Linux — a PulseAudio/PipeWire monitor source.
The audio is transcribed and summarized on the fly, which is what enables real-time meeting summarization with no plugin and no virtual audio device.
Why people prefer it
- No bot in the participant list — better optics on client and sales calls.
- Works across platforms — any meeting that plays through your speakers can be captured, regardless of the conferencing app.
- Privacy — capture and processing can stay local; well-designed tools discard raw audio after transcription.
Bot-free capture is increasingly table stakes (Granola, Jamie, and Canary all do it). What you do with that audio — notes after vs a rolling summary during — is where tools differ.