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Record the meeting (or a quick recap right after), get a transcript, then shape it into decisions, owners and next steps. No cloud transcription service in the loop.

Key takeaways
60 to 90 seconds: decisions, owners, next steps.
Vosk turns it into searchable text beside the audio.
Decisions / Owners / Next steps.
Paste the minutes; the recording stays the source.
Either record the meeting itself, or, often better, give a 60-to-90-second spoken recap the moment it ends, while you still remember who agreed to what. Tap the record circle in Sprachmemo and just talk: what was decided, who owns it, what happens next. A spoken recap right after is worth more than a perfect transcript you never get around to.
Tell people you're recording
In Germany and the EU, recording a conversation needs the participants' awareness and, for confidential spoken word, their consent. The recap-after-the-meeting approach sidesteps this entirely: you're recording yourself summarising, not the others speaking.
The recording is transcribed on the spot with Vosk, with the audio kept right beside the text. Nothing is uploaded to a third-party transcription service, which is the whole reason you can do this with a confidential meeting at all. Pick the larger Vosk model if you want higher accuracy and don't mind a slightly longer wait.
Read the transcript and restructure it under three headings: Decisions (what we agreed), Owners (who does what), Next steps (with rough dates). That structure is 90% of what makes minutes useful, everything else is context people can get from the recording if they need it. Because the audio stays attached, anyone can re-listen to the exact moment a decision was made.
Copy the shaped minutes into your team channel or email. The original recording stays in your notes as the source of truth, so a disagreement about "what we actually said" is one tap away from being settled. You've turned a meeting into a durable, searchable record without a single byte of audio leaving your control.
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Julia is one of the Co-Founders. She handles design, product direction, and most of the support replies that arrive in the morning.
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