Tactiq

Tactiq is a practical meeting transcription tool that lives in your Chrome browser and works with Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. It transcribes conversations live, then uses AI to produce a summary, pull out action items, and let you ask specific questions about what was said. The big differentiator here is that no bot joins your meeting — the transcription happens locally on your end, so you are not cluttering the participant list or triggering awkward notifications. That alone makes it more comfortable to use in client-facing calls compared to tools like Otter or Fireflies.

The tool serves a wide audience: project managers who need to track decisions, sales reps who want call recaps, and remote workers who juggle multiple time zones. With support for over 60 languages, it also helps non-native speakers catch details they might have missed. Tactiq integrates with Slack, Notion, Linear, and HubSpot, so you can push notes into your existing workflow automatically. The free tier gives you 10 transcriptions per week, which is enough for a handful of team meetings. The Pro plan at $10 per month removes the cap and adds custom AI prompts and workflow automations. Enterprise customers get SOC-2 compliance and admin controls.

In practice, the summaries are accurate and the action item extraction is genuinely useful. The main limitations are the Chrome-only restriction and occasional speaker confusion in fast group conversations. It is not a replacement for a dedicated meeting recorder if you need full audio archives, but for quick, clean text notes, it works well. The pricing is fair for what you get, and the free tier is genuinely usable for light meeting schedules.