Wispr Flow launches a Granola-styled meeting notetaker
Wispr Flow has launched a meeting notetaker for Mac that uses system audio to transcribe meetings without joining them. The notetaker cleans up transcripts, creates action items, and lets users query across meeting history with the help of AI. Wispr Flow's launch puts it in competition with other meeting notetakers such as Granola, Fireflies, and Otter.
- ▪Wispr Flow's meeting notetaker generates transcripts, summaries, actions, and insights from meeting data.
- ▪The company has raised over $81 million and is valued at $700 million, with talks of a new round valuing it at $2 billion.
- ▪The notetaker uses AI to catch users up on meetings and allows them to see live transcripts.
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Update August 5, 12.10 am PT: Wispr Flow has officially launched its notetaker for Mac. The notetaker, similar to the one of Granola’s, uses system audio to transcribe a meeting without joining one. It also cleans up transcripts, creates action items, and lets users query across meeting history with the help of AI. Users can see a live transcript and ask AI to catch them up as well. Our original reporting based on Wispr Flow’s terms change is below Dictation app Wispr Flow is preparing to launch a meeting notetaker, according to the tool’s updated Terms of Service. The company also sent an email to its customers about the change in both its terms and its privacy policy to accommodate related features.
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