Free meeting summarizer: start with a transcript
A free workflow starts with notes you have permission to process.
Choose between extraction and summarization
The free action-item extractor on this site scans pasted text for explicit phrases such as “will” and “need to.” It produces candidate sentences locally in the browser. It does not transcribe audio, join calls or generate a narrative summary. Use it to begin an action list, then write the meeting context and decisions separately.
Prepare a useful short sample
Start with one agenda item from notes you can process. Retain speaker names, the meeting date and any conditions attached to commitments. Remove irrelevant personal details. Submit the text, then compare every returned sentence with the surrounding conversation; a keyword match can identify a prediction or a negated task rather than an assignment.
Example: a match is not a commitment
Illustrative notes: “Sam will send the draft by Friday. We will not migrate this week.” Both sentences can match the extractor. Keep the first as a proposed task and record the second as a decision against migration. If the result says no explicit phrases were found, read for implied tasks manually rather than assuming the meeting created no work.
Finish and share the notes
Create three short groups: decisions, confirmed actions and unresolved questions. For each action, confirm the owner and date with the participants. The extractor returns at most 30 matching sentences, so inspect longer notes in sections. An account-based AI workflow is separate; check its current allowance before relying on free access for recurring meetings.
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