You’re in a meeting. You’re also trying to take notes. And if you’re honest, you’re probably doing neither one very well.

Here’s the good news: Evernote has a built-in AI meeting notetaker that handles the recording, transcription, and summary for you. No extra app. No extra cost. It’s already inside the tool you may already be using. You can have AI meeting notes and make it look easy. Earlier, I wrote the meeting notetaker here. Some enhancements merit another look.

Linking Your Note to Your Calendar

Start by creating a new note. Type a slash and begin typing “meeting.” You’ll see an option to attach a calendar event. Select your meeting, and Evernote pulls in all the details. You’ll see a shaded header with your meeting information right inside the note.

Recording the Meeting

When the meeting starts, go back to the slash command and type “meeting” again. Choose “Remote” for online meetings with others. Choose “In Person” for meetings in the same room or solo recordings. Evernote starts recording.

You can still type notes, paste in screenshots, or minimize the window while Evernote records in the background. The recording time is a generous two hours. One important detail: you must stop the recording manually. If the two-hour limit runs out, you will lose the recording. Make stopping the recording part of your meeting wrap-up routine.

What Happens After the Meeting

Stop the recording, and Evernote delivers two things right away. You get the audio file and a full verbatim transcript. Speakers are labeled by number. Click any label to type a name, and every instance of that label updates automatically.

With one click, you can also generate a summary. Minimize or expand the transcript to keep your notes tidy. One click on a button allows the entire transcript to be copied and pasted somewhere else.

Getting the Notes You Actually Want

In addition to the verbatim transcript, clicking another button provides a summary of the meeting. The built-in summary is short and general. For better results, use the Evernote AI Assistant. Click the star icon or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + A.

To overcome the limitation, I created my prompt to take the script and turn it into an outline that provides a detailed summary of the meeting. This prompt is saved in mt text expander, TypeDesk. I click the copy button to copy the entire transcript and paste it into the body of the note. With the button provided, copy the full transcript. Paste it into the note body. Open the Evernote AI Assistant. Use the TypeDesk shortcut to produce the entire prompt. Run the prompt and watch the results appear in the sidebar. Copy and paste those results into the body of the note.

The body of the note contains the audio, the verbatim transcript, and the detailed outline summary…all in one place.

Using Evernote’s Ready-Made Prompts

Not ready to write your own prompts? Evernote has you covered. Look for the prompts icon in the left sidebar. Choose one of Evernote’s built-in prompts. It loads directly into the AI Assistant. Click to run it.

When you’re ready to take it further, you can write and save your own prompts inside Evernote. Go to the AI Prompts kingdom, click Create, and fill in the details.

The CEO of You

A high-powered CEO doesn’t take notes in the meetings they’re running. They have an assistant for that. You are the CEO of your own time and productivity. And now you have an assistant who records every meeting, produces a verbatim transcript, and hands you the meeting notes you asked for.

There are plenty of AI meeting notetakers on the market. But if you already have Evernote, you don’t need one more thing to pay for. This tool is built right in.

We’re all in meetings. Getting great AI meeting notes from those meetings just got a lot easier.

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