The best way to take meeting notes
Good meeting notes come from paying attention, not transcribing every word. Here's a habit that keeps you present in the room and still leaves you with a clear record.
Be present, then recap
The most common mistake is typing throughout a meeting — you end up with a transcript and no memory of the conversation. The better habit is to stay engaged, then spend the sixty seconds after the call speaking a quick recap: what was decided, who owns what, what to chase next. Notabe transcribes that recap on-device, so you never sit down to a blank page.
Let the note file and summarize itself
Once you have spoken the recap, the AI does the tidying: a clear title, a few tags, and a short summary of the action items on request. A week of meetings sorts itself by project without you maintaining folders, and each note is scannable at a glance instead of a wall of text.
Find any meeting again
Meeting notes are only worth taking if you can retrieve them. Semantic search finds a recap by meaning — "the pricing call with the design team" — and the Graph links a thread of meetings into one story. For the full workflow, see the meeting notes use case, and if you need live multi-speaker capture instead, compare Notabe vs Otter.ai.
Frequently asked
Should I type notes during the meeting or after?
Typing during a meeting splits your attention and you miss the conversation. A better habit is to stay present, then capture a short spoken recap in the sixty seconds after it ends, while the decisions are fresh. Notabe transcribes that recap on-device and files it.
Do I need to record the whole meeting?
Not to take good notes. Recording every meeting creates hours of audio nobody revisits. A focused recap of what was decided and who owns what is more useful and more private — and Notabe is built for exactly that.