Meeting transcription.
Beside your call.

Yes. Install Meetings Brief from the Chrome Web Store in desktop Chrome 139 or later on Windows, macOS or Linux. The welcome page helps you prepare a supported speech-recognition language before your first call. You can also use live transcription on the website without installing anything or creating an account. AI briefs have daily limits.

On the website, confirm your email address using the code sent to your inbox and leave automatic email enabled. When a brief is generated, it can be sent to that address with the full transcript attached as a text file. It does not automatically email the other participants. You can also read and download the result on the website. If delivery fails, the page shows the problem so you can use the on-screen copy or Download instead.

The extension uses Chrome's on-device speech recognition. Choose the language people will speak, then wait until setup says Ready before the call. Download time and language availability depend on Chrome and your connection. If the language cannot be prepared, use live transcription or recording transcription on the website, which can use a different engine. The extension itself has no alternate speech engine.

The extension captures one selected Chrome tab and, if allowed, your microphone. It does not capture other tabs, another browser, a desktop meeting app or calls on your phone automatically. Use the website for other audio-sharing options; what it can capture depends on your browser and operating system. A phone browser cannot capture a call in another app on that phone. An existing recording you are allowed to use is another option.

Your microphone is labeled You and sound from the selected tab is labeled Others. All remote participants share that Others label; the extension does not identify each remote speaker. Check names, numbers, decisions and commitments in the transcript and AI brief before sharing or acting on them.

The extension keeps capturing the meeting tab and tells you your microphone stopped. Reconnect it or allow access, then choose Enable microphone to include your voice again. Words spoken while the microphone was unavailable cannot be recovered. Automatic brief creation pauses so you can review the transcript before choosing Get the brief.

With at least 150 words captured and no reported interruption, closing the meeting tab opens the brief page automatically. After about three quiet minutes, the extension also asks whether the meeting has ended, then stops 30 seconds later unless you choose No, keep listening. This quiet-call check starts only when enough words have been captured for a brief. To keep just the transcript, choose Stop without a brief yourself.

Reopen the extension to recover its latest saved transcript, copy or download it, get its brief, or delete it. New transcripts are protected automatically in this browser; there is no recovery key to set up. The last unsaved seconds may be missing, and listening never restarts automatically. This is one temporary recovery copy, not an unlimited archive; very long copies are limited to 400,000 characters. The website keeps meetings it successfully imports in that browser. Clearing browser data or removing the extension can delete saved copies, so download anything important. Older transcripts previously saved with a recovery key still need that key.