Google Meet’s latest AI-powered function, “take notes for me,” has began rolling out as we speak to Google Workspace prospects with the Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Schooling Premium, or AI Conferences & Messaging add-ons. It’s much like Meet’s transcription instrument, solely as an alternative of robotically transcribing what everybody says, it summarizes what everybody talked about. Google first introduced this function at its 2023 Cloud Subsequent convention.
Sadly, it solely helps spoken English proper now, however it looks as if it might make lacking an necessary assembly much less annoying; it robotically takes notes in a Google Doc and can connect that file to the calendar occasion after the assembly is over, so you possibly can reference them in a while. It can additionally ship that Google Doc to the assembly organizer and anybody else who turned the function on.
Working late to a gathering? Google says its new function may even provide you with a abstract of what you missed, so when you’ll be able to be part of, you possibly can rapidly catch up — and nobody ought to have to fret about repeating themselves. In case you use Google Meet’s recordings and transcripts instrument on the identical time, hyperlinks to these recordsdata may even be offered in the identical Google Doc with the assembly notes.
This function additionally seems like an excellent accessibility instrument for anybody (like me) who has hassle processing spoken language and taking notes on the identical time. It’d permit them to be extra centered and absolutely current throughout conferences as an alternative of getting to ask somebody to repeat what they stated a number of instances.
AI could make lots of errors; each time I’ve used Meet’s transcription instrument, I’ve to return via the robotically generated transcript to confirm that it appropriately captured the dialog. In my expertise, that usually entails listening to particular components of the recording once more and manually fixing the transcript. I’m skeptical however hopeful Google Meet shall be a greater note-taker than transcriber.
