Are you looking for a automatic way to record, analyze and briefly recording meetings and other conversations? Now you can do this with any paid chatgpt subscription, as long as you use Mac.
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On Wednesday, Openai announced that its new record mode is Now chatgpt plus accessible to customersThe recording capacity, which was closed in June, was initially limited to more expensive Chatgpt Pro, Enterprise and EDU schemes. But now, all paid customers can join using the Chatgpt Mac app.
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Record mode changes the audio spoken in the text
With record mode, Chatgpt will record meetings, voice notes and other types of conversations. AI then converts spoken audio into a lesson transcript. From there, you can analyze or briefly tell the chatgpt, and ask specific questions about the topics discussed. AI can also save the transcript in an email or computer code so that you can work in another project. The idea AI is often used to automate an unwanted task that will need to be handed over to a person otherwise.
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As Openai touts, you can “capture any meeting, brainstorming, or voice note. Chatgpt will translate it, remove the major points, and convert it into follow -up, plans, or even code.”
How to Try Chat of Chat
To try record mode, launch the Chatgpt app on Mac. When you are ready, click on the record button under the screen. The first time you do this, you have to provide the necessary permissions to AI. As you conduct the meeting, Chatgpt will record the audio of each speaker. After you are done, click on the stop on the Chatgpt recording button. Next, click on sending the chatgpt to the audio for transcription.
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In response, the AI displays a text summary of the meeting, with major points, action items and suggested questions. Using the prompt, you can type or speak a question or request to dive into specific elements of conversation.
To use record mode with Chatgpt, you have to pay $ 20 per month, but it grants you to other allowances, including intensive research, advanced voice mode, GPT-4O image generation and heavy use of other features. The main drawback is that the record mode is currently limited to the Mac app. But it is expected that Openai will expand the capacity of windows before a long time.
AI-based transcription option
Chattgpt’s record mode is an alternative to other AI-based transcription services, such as Otter.ai And Fireflies.aiWhich service you can choose depends on what you want and the price you are ready to pay.
The free version of otter.ai provides AI-based transcription and summary, but limits the number of minutes per conversation and per month. For more minutes, you have to choose one Payment schemeOter Pro with Oter Pro is a bill per month per month, bill annually, or $ 8.33 per month per month per month.
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Fireflies.ai also offers a free version but with limited AI transcription and summary. For unlimited access, you have to open out for One payment schemeFor example, the Pro version for $ 18 per seat is bills monthly, or $ 10 per seat per month per month per month.
Of course, remember that AI is flawed and incomplete by its nature.
This means that the record mode of Chatgpt can make mistakes. If you are looking for an AI to act as your meeting note and act as a summerizer, check various devices to see which is the most reliable and accurate.
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