How Loro takes your meeting notes
In short
When a call starts, Loro asks "Should I take notes on this call?" (and if you connected your calendar, it reminds you a minute before your meetings). One click and it listens from your computer, without adding a bot, and moves to the right side of your screen. When you hang up, it notices on its own and writes the note: the topics and each person's next steps. It never records unless you ask, and the audio isn't kept.
Before the call
- If you connected your calendar, a minute before each meeting with other people and a Meet, Zoom or Teams link, a notice shows up at the top right with Join and take notes: it opens the call's link and Loro starts listening.
- If the call wasn't scheduled (a WhatsApp call, for example), Loro notices that a call app is using the microphone and asks "Should I take notes on this call?", with Take notes and Not now.
- From Upcoming, in Notes: click any meeting, even one on another day (say it was moved up), and Loro starts its note. If that meeting already has one, because you left the call and joined again, Loro keeps going in the same note.
- Anytime, click Take notes now on Loro's icon next to the clock.
It works with Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Slack, Webex, Discord and other call apps, in the app or in your browser.
During the call
- Loro moves to the right so you can see the call and the note at the same time. Expand makes it big.
- In Your notes, write whatever you want, however it comes out. Or write nothing.
- At the bottom you have the timer, Pause and Stop. Click the waveform to see what's being said, live.
- If you minimize Loro (—, at the top right) or hide the window, it keeps listening and a small tab stays at the edge of the screen so you can come back.
When the call ends
The simplest thing is to hang up as usual. Loro notices when the call app releases the microphone, stops listening and writes the note: the topics and the next steps with each person's name. Below the note, Loro shows you what's yours so you can add it to your To-do with one click. If the window is hidden, it lets you know with "Your note is ready".
If you click Stop, the same thing happens: the note writes itself.
Loro also stops on its own after 15 minutes without audio (it warns you at 10, with I'm still here) or if the computer goes to sleep. With Resume you keep going in the same note.
Your note
- Loro's note and My notes: what Loro wrote and what you wrote.
- What was said: the transcript, with who said what. Your microphone is "You" and the others are told apart by their voice ("Person 1", "Person 2"…); you can name each voice. In Google Meet, on Windows, Loro reads in the call's window who's there and who's speaking, and adds the names itself (for people with their camera off).
- If the meeting is on your phone or in person, everything comes in through your microphone. When it ends, Loro tells your voice apart from the others: it recognizes you by your voice, which it learns when you dictate. If it doesn't know your voice yet, everything stays as "You".
- Loro remembers voices: once a voice has a name, Loro recognizes it on its own in later meetings.
- The note comes out in the language of the meeting.
- You can ask Loro about the meeting, like "what's still pending?".
Your notes are in Notes, by day. On the free plan you see the ones from the last 30 days; older ones are kept and open with Pro.
What you can change
In Settings › Call notes:
- Remind me a minute before each meeting: only for meetings with other people and a Meet, Zoom or Teams link.
- Ask on unscheduled calls
- Open my notes on the right
- Names of who's speaking (on Windows): the Google Meet part above. It never leaves your computer.
- Recognize voices: on by default. Loro learns your voice when you dictate, and each person's voice once it has a name, to know who's talking. It keeps only a fingerprint (numbers, never audio) on your computer. Turning it off forgets it; you can also click Forget voices.
- Write the note when you hang up: on by default. If you turn it off, Loro doesn't write the note on its own: you ask for it with Enhance note when the call ends or, later, with Write the note inside the note.
- Cloud summaries: online, the note is written in seconds; only the meeting's text reaches the cloud, never your voice, and it isn't kept. If you turn it off, the note is written on your computer with Loro's AI, which you download right there (about 2.6 GB, once).
On a Mac, to hear the others Loro needs the Audio of your calls permission, in that same section.
Frequently asked questions
Do the others see that Loro is taking notes?
No: Loro doesn't join the call, it listens from your computer. It's still good practice to tell people when you start: it's the right thing to do and, in many places, what the law asks.
Is the audio kept?
No. Loro only keeps the text of what was said.
Does it work offline?
Yes: offline, Loro transcribes your meeting on your computer. To write the note offline it needs Loro's AI on your computer, which you download in Settings › Call notes.
You might also need
- How to connect Google Calendar to LoroConnect your Google Calendar so Loro reminds you a minute before your meetings and puts its title and people in the note. Where to connect it, what it reads and how to disconnect it.
- How to share a meeting noteHow to share a meeting note with a link, with your team, on WhatsApp, by email or as a PDF, what the other person sees and how to stop sharing it.
- To-do: your to-do list, which fills up on its ownWhat you agree to do on your calls goes to your To-do with one click, and you can also say "Loro, I need to…" from any app. How to add, check off, pause and comment on your to-dos.
- AI meeting notes without a bot: how they work and how to start for free GuideWhat an AI meeting notes app does, the difference between "with a bot" and "without a bot", how Loro takes notes in Meet, Zoom, Teams and WhatsApp, and what happens to your audio. Free to start.
- What is a meeting bot? How it works, and the bot-free alternative GuideA meeting bot is an assistant that joins your video call as one more participant to record it and take notes. How it works, its pros and cons, and how to take notes without a bot.