Guides to meetings, interviews and transcription
Everything we have written about capturing conversations: how the tools work, what to check before you choose one, and how a recording becomes notes people actually read.
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Phone recording guide
How to record a phone call on iPhone
How iPhone call recording works, where Apple blocks it, safe alternatives, consent checks and how to transcribe a recording.
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Check whether Android call recording works on your phone, carrier and region, then transcribe a permitted recording into searchable text.
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AI notes and minutes
AI note taker for meetings, interviews and calls
Klang takes notes for you: it records or joins the meeting, transcribes in 40+ languages, separates speakers and drafts a summary with decisions and to-dos. Built and hosted in Europe.
ReadAI meeting assistant: joins, records, answers
Klang's AI meeting assistant joins your Google Meet, Teams and Zoom calls from the calendar, records, transcribes and drafts notes. Then it answers questions across every meeting. EU-hosted.
ReadAI meeting notes: from recording to decisions
Klang turns a meeting recording into structured notes: summary, decisions and to-dos, with every sentence linked to the audio. In 40+ languages, processed in Europe.
ReadAI meeting minutes and AI minute taker
An AI minute taker for every meeting: Klang drafts minutes from the recording, with summary, decisions and ToDos, each line linked to the audio.
ReadMeeting follow-up email: templates, examples and checklist
Write a useful meeting follow-up email with clear decisions, owners and next steps. Free templates for team, client and sales meetings, plus an AI review checklist.
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Transcription by platform
Zoom transcription: three ways to get a transcript
Get a transcript of any Zoom meeting: Zoom's built-in captions, uploading the recording to Klang, or letting Klang's assistant join the call. What each one gives you, honestly compared.
ReadGoogle Meet transcription, with or without Gemini
Turn Google Meet calls into transcripts and notes: what Meet's own transcription covers, where it stops, and how Klang transcribes any Meet call with speakers, summaries and EU data processing.
ReadMicrosoft Teams transcription, license or not
Teams can transcribe meetings, if your Microsoft 365 license and admin settings allow it. Klang transcribes any Teams meeting with speaker separation, summaries and EU data processing.
ReadWord transcription: upload audio, fix issues and export
Use Microsoft Word to transcribe a recording, check its upload allowance, and fix a missing Transcribe option. Compare another route to a reviewed DOCX.
ReadGoogle Docs transcription: live speech or audio files?
Use Google Docs voice typing for live speech, fix microphone problems, and choose a practical file-transcription workflow for MP3s and recorded interviews.
ReadMP3 to text: transcribe, check and export your audio
Turn an MP3, M4A or WAV recording into reviewed text. Choose transcript or subtitles, keep timestamps and export Word, TXT, SRT or VTT without needless conversion.
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Choosing a tool
Meeting transcription software: what to look for
Choosing meeting transcription software? The six things that separate useful tools from wall-of-text generators: accuracy, speaker separation, languages, security, and what happens after the transcript.
ReadInterview transcription software for research
Transcribe research and investigative interviews with named speakers, verbatim accuracy and every sentence linked to the audio. Analyze across interviews. GDPR compliant, EU-hosted.
ReadOtter.ai alternative for European teams
Compare Otter and Klang on supported languages, file-import limits, transcript exports and review effort. Use a real recording before switching or choosing a paid plan.
ReadWhisper transcription: local setup, checks and alternatives
Evaluate local Whisper transcription with a practical offline checklist. Compare model size, review effort and exports, and distinguish local processing from cloud tools.
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Use cases and comparisons
Transcribe video to text
Upload MP4, MOV or WebM, or paste a YouTube link. Get a transcript with speakers and timestamps, a summary and SRT/VTT subtitles. Free plan.
ReadQualitative data analysis, from recording to themes
Transcribe interviews and focus groups, find themes across them and trace every finding to the quote in the audio. EU-processed, never used to train AI.
ReadLegal transcription software for law firms
Transcribe client meetings, witness interviews and dictation with speakers, timestamps and a verifiable summary. EU-hosted, ISO 27001, on-premise.
ReadA Granola alternative that keeps the recording
Like Granola's bot-free notes but need the recording, EU data processing or interviews and uploads too? An honest Granola vs Klang comparison.
ReadA Fireflies.ai alternative built for European teams
Fireflies transcribes 100+ languages but stores and processes data in the US by default. Klang processes in the EU and goes beyond meetings. An honest comparison.
ReadA Plaud alternative without another device to carry
Record meetings, interviews and calls with the Klang app instead of a separate device, and let Klang join your online calls. An honest Plaud comparison.
ReadA Wispr Flow alternative that also records your meetings
A free Wispr Flow alternative with stronger privacy: dictate in any Mac app with no weekly word limit, record meetings without a bot, data processed in the EU.
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