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Practical guides to local AI, meeting privacy and notes you can act on. Written from how Meetingly actually works.
How to use an AI meeting assistant without a meeting bot
A desktop meeting assistant listens to the audio your computer already plays. You can get a transcript and ask follow-up questions without adding a participant to the call.
Read guide Privacy & controlLocal vs cloud transcription: what leaves your computer?
There are three separate data paths in a meeting assistant: audio for transcription, context for AI answers, and saved history for sync. Check each one before assuming a meeting stays local.
Read guide Developer guideUse Meetingly with Ollama and a local AI model
Meetingly can send AI requests directly to your own OpenAI-compatible endpoint. A local Ollama model gives you control over the answer path as well as the local transcription engine.
Read guide Meeting practiceA meeting notes template for decisions and action items
A useful meeting record tells someone what was decided, what happens next, and who owns it. A transcript is evidence for that record, but it still needs review.
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