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Overview
Read is an AI-powered tool that offers a range of meeting solutions to help improve meeting wellness and productivity. It offers features such as real-time analytics, summaries, transcriptions, automated recommendations, and playback that help to reduce meeting hours and ensure that meetings are more efficient.
It can identify up to 20 meeting hours a month that could be removed or eliminated. Read has been selected as an Essential App by Zoom, and its premium features are enabled for Zoom customers.
Read offers a suite of meeting tools that can be used before, during, and after a meeting to improve meeting quality, scheduling, note-taking, team efficiency, communication, and overall meeting wellness.
Its core features include dashboard analytics, meeting Navigator, assistant, playback & transcriptions, recommendations, and smart scheduling. One of the advantages of Read is that it integrates with existing video conferencing and calendar solutions, making it easier to use for those familiar with these tools.
It also provides unbiased programmable feedback based on data from millions of interactions, allowing actionability and clarity in implementing recommendations.
It offers a single platform for all meetings and interactions, providing a comprehensive source of truth, and can be used across platforms like Webex, Zoom, and Teams.
Read is featured in reputable media outlets such as Techcrunch and Adweek and is trusted by many organizations. It offers a 14-day free trial for its services and is committed to improving meeting wellness and efficiency across teams and organizations.
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Happy New Year! December was a productive month for Hedy, with several updates that make your meeting experience smoother and more hands-free. Here's what we shipped: 🎙️ Siri Shortcuts: Hands-Free Session Control You can now start and stop Hedy sessions using Siri on iOS and Mac. Say "Hey Siri, start my Hedy session" before walking into a meeting, or stop recording without reaching for your device. Perfect for when your hands are full or you want to stay focused on the conversation. ⏸️ Inactivity Auto-Pause Long gaps in conversation? Hedy can now automatically pause your session when no speech is detected, then resume when talking starts again. This keeps your transcripts clean and saves your recording time for actual discussion. Enable this in your meeting settings. 🎯 Smart Session Type Defaults Topics now remember your preferred session type. If your "Client Calls" topic always uses Coaching mode, Hedy defaults to that automatically when you start a new session in that topic. One less thing to configure every time. 🗓️ Date-Aware AI Hedy now understands temporal context in your conversations. Ask about "last week's discussion" or "what we decided yesterday" and Hedy knows what timeframe you mean. This makes post-session chat and cross-session queries more accurate. 🌍 New Languages We added Farsi and Sinhala for AI chat interactions, continuing our expansion to serve professionals worldwide. ✨ Additional Improvements * Live Activity toggle for iOS (show/hide the lock screen indicator) * Desktop update notifications in the sidebar * Redesigned onboarding flow with streamlined sign-up * Audio-only YouTube import option * Various bug fixes for audio capture, topic invitations, and session stability 🔮 What's Coming in 2026 We're heads-down on several major initiatives: * Hedy 3.0 — A complete redesign of the application interface Apple Watch Companion App — Start sessions and view insights from your wrist * Google Calendar Integration — Automatic context loading based on your schedule * Plus many other features from your requests on our feature board
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Dmitriy Grankin🛠️ 1 tool 🙏 18 karmaSep 1, 2024@Vexagood multilingual transcription helps with active listening
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The live AI feed during meetings is a game changer. All AI summaries and action items are also emailed to you and your team right away.

