Meeting Bots Are Intrusive — Local Private Recording Has No Good Solution
Existing meeting transcription and recording tools join calls as visible bot participants, signaling surveillance to all attendees and creating social friction, especially with external clients. Users want local, private recording that captures audio without any bot appearing in the participant list. The combination of privacy, compliance concerns, and social awkwardness makes bot-based recorders a poor fit for many professional contexts.
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