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Read AI

Notes plus analytics on how the conversation actually went.

Last verified 2026-08-16

Ratings

Coverage5/5
Output depth4/5
Workflow fit4/5
Ease of use4/5
Privacy and control3/5
Value3/5

At a glance

Cheapest plan

$0 a month

Free

How it records

A bot joins the call

Where it lives

A product of its own

Where the data is processed

US only — no regional choice

What it costs to start

Usable free plan

Languages it transcribesDutchGermanFrenchSpanishItalianPortuguesePolishSwedishRussianTurkishJapaneseKoreanMandarinArabicHindi

About Read AI

Read AI produces a meeting report rather than a set of notes. Alongside the transcript and summary it measures engagement and sentiment, breaks the dialogue out by speaker, and shows an in-meeting dashboard while the call is still running. Whether that is insight or noise depends entirely on what you are trying to do with it.

Coverage is a strength. Twenty-six languages are enumerated for meeting reports, and in-person meetings, live events and mobile capture are all documented rather than implied. The one documented limit is mixed-language meetings, which the vendor says are not fully supported and may produce inconsistent results.

The thing to weigh is location. On privacy it sits in the middle, honestly documented. Data is stored encrypted in an Amazon data centre in Northern Virginia, with other locations available only by arrangement through the sales team. Retention is genuinely in the user's hands: you choose whether audio and video are saved for playback, and if you decline, nothing beyond what is needed to produce the report is retained. Premium integrations covering Salesforce, HubSpot and webhooks sit on a paid tier.

Features

  • Speaker recognitionSupported
  • Live transcript during the callSupported
  • In-person recordingSupported
  • Custom summary templatesNot recorded
  • Ask questions across past meetingsNot recorded
  • CRM syncPaid
  • Sends notes to Slack or TeamsNot recorded
  • Joins from your calendar on its ownSupported
  • Public APIPaid
  • TranslationNot recorded
  • Your content can be kept out of model trainingNot recorded
  • Admin retention controlsSupported

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