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Just a side note, something I've been using lately to monitor how much I talk in meetings is something called Read.ai - https://www.read.ai/ https://www.read.ai

Just a side note, something I've been using lately to monitor how much I talk in meetings is something called Read.ai - https://www.read.ai/ https://www.read.ai/ There's a bunch of other neat features, but monitoring talk time is what I use the most. It works in real-time as a bot on Google meet and Zoom (the two platforms I use). I believe it should work on other video platforms as well. Just sign up and it'll start joining meetings on your calendar (if you provide it access). Instead of using the idea everyone should have equal talk time. It depends on a meeting type. For instance, in meetings with clients or during interviews, I want to let them out talk me. "Tell me about yourself", etc. Obviously during presentations I would like to talk more, etc. Even in this study they are targeting only one particular conversation type. It seems obvious if you try to be the most relatable and interesting, people will favor you... But that's not every conversation. That wouldn't be the case if we're all engineers trying to build a bridge.

conviencefee999 4y ago
wow, that sounds dangerous and an active security risk to any company or individual who did not consent to it and counter intuitive to really anything meaningful at all. The organization that came up with this idea probably is raking it selling other company data to third party organizations and governments. This itself looks like an ad.
- lukevp 4y ago
  I recall one of these transcription bots recently sending out an email summary to everyone on the invite and creeping everyone out. Don’t remember if this was the specific one or not.
  - citilife 4y ago
    I could see that, but I think it really depends on your use case. I could see having the ability to search all my meetings to find a clip of a conversation / meeting notes with a client would be invaluable. Otherwise I look like an idiot and contact the client again and ask a question they've already answered.
- citilife 4y ago
  > wow, that sounds dangerous and an active security risk to any company or individual who did not consent to it and counter intuitive to really anything meaningful at all. I assume you're speaking about read.ai (not the rest of my comment)? For what it's worth, the bot starts every conversation with a pop up "are you willing to record this conversation" if you or any party selects no or type "opt out" in the chat at any time it'll leave. You can also set it to only show up when invited. Conversations are often recorded in the space I'm in (for note taking purposes). So it's fairly convenient. There's A LOT of apps that record meetings for you. Zoom even has this as an option built into their application.
gingerlime 4y ago
bumped into a local-only and feee alternative here on HN: https://unblah.me/ https://unblah.me/ no recording or creep, it just measures how much you talk vs others. I only tried it once, and it somehow felt like my M1 air couldn’t cope with it and Zoom. But it might have improved since.

conviencefee999 4y ago

wow, that sounds dangerous and an active security risk to any company or individual who did not consent to it and counter intuitive to really anything meaningful at all. The organization that came up with this idea probably is raking it selling other company data to third party organizations and governments. This itself looks like an ad.

lukevp 4y ago
I recall one of these transcription bots recently sending out an email summary to everyone on the invite and creeping everyone out. Don’t remember if this was the specific one or not.
- citilife 4y ago
  I could see that, but I think it really depends on your use case. I could see having the ability to search all my meetings to find a clip of a conversation / meeting notes with a client would be invaluable. Otherwise I look like an idiot and contact the client again and ask a question they've already answered.
citilife 4y ago
> wow, that sounds dangerous and an active security risk to any company or individual who did not consent to it and counter intuitive to really anything meaningful at all. I assume you're speaking about read.ai (not the rest of my comment)? For what it's worth, the bot starts every conversation with a pop up "are you willing to record this conversation" if you or any party selects no or type "opt out" in the chat at any time it'll leave. You can also set it to only show up when invited. Conversations are often recorded in the space I'm in (for note taking purposes). So it's fairly convenient. There's A LOT of apps that record meetings for you. Zoom even has this as an option built into their application.

gingerlime 4y ago

bumped into a local-only and feee alternative here on HN: https://unblah.me/ https://unblah.me/ no recording or creep, it just measures how much you talk vs others. I only tried it once, and it somehow felt like my M1 air couldn’t cope with it and Zoom. But it might have improved since.