The Notus blog.
Guides to recording, transcribing and summarizing your meetings without losing your evening, and what French law says when the conversation is confidential.
Meetings and note-taking
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AI meeting notes: Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and ChatGPT
Where to find a Teams, Meet or Zoom transcript, which licence gets you the automatic summary, a ChatGPT prompt, and what is safe to paste into it.
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Note-taking methods that work, from Cornell to meetings
The Cornell method with a filled-in example and a two-minute Word template, what the studies really say, abbreviations and meeting notes.
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Meeting minutes: what to include, and a template
Minutes do not retell the meeting. They pin down what was decided, by whom, by when. The six sections that are enough, a template to copy, and the mistakes that make minutes useless.
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Transcription and dictation
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Voice dictation: talk instead of typing, tool by tool
Dictate in Word (and fix a greyed-out Dictate button), Google Docs, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android: the commands, offline use, Dragon in 2026.
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How to record audio on PC and Mac: your voice or the computer’s sound
Capture what your computer plays, your voice, or both, on Windows and Mac with free tools. Where the files go, and what to do when the mic stays silent.
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How to transcribe audio to text: free and paid methods
By hand, with your phone, Word, Whisper or an online service: what each method costs, where the audio goes, and how to get a reliable result.
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How to transcribe an interview: method, conventions and time needed
Full verbatim, clean or selective: which transcript to choose, the conventions to set, the step-by-step method, and what GDPR requires.
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Choosing a recorder
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How to choose a voice recorder in 2026
Classic recorder, smartphone or AI recorder: the criteria that actually matter, and the right choice for what you record.
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Voice recorder on iPhone and Android: record and transcribe with your phone
iPhone Voice Memos, Android recorder apps: the right settings, built-in transcription, and the limits in meetings.
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Law and privacy
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The CLOUD Act: why a server in France is not enough
The CLOUD Act lets US authorities obtain data stored outside the United States. What matters is not where the server sits, but who controls it.
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Recording a phone call in France: is it legal?
Your phone records a call in two taps. French law sets one condition: the other person must know. What is allowed, what is a criminal offence, and what changes at work.
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GDPR cannot un-train a model
Two mathematicians are asking OpenAI whether their private drafts trained a model. The law lets you ask. It gives you no way to check the answer, and no way back.
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Recording a work meeting in France: what the law says
Recording a work meeting is legal in France, on one condition almost nobody meets. What you must do, and what you risk if you skip it.
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