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Work helpers

Tools that sit in your meetings and your notes and do the boring part: a written summary of what was said, who agreed to what, and a slide deck from an outline.

They save time on things you already do, which makes them the easiest AI to justify at work. Check what your employer allows before you point one at a meeting.

Our picks

checked sep 2026. we say what each one is bad at on purpose.

Start herehas a free plan

Granola

good at: Sits in your meeting, listens, and writes notes that merge with the ones you typed. Nothing joins the call as a bot.
bad at: Mac and iPhone first, and a limited number of free meetings before it asks you to pay.

desktop app · iPhone

Open Granola ↗

Best freehas a free plan

Otter

good at: Records and transcribes meetings and voice notes, searchable afterwards. Works with Zoom, Meet and Teams.
bad at: Its bot joins the call visibly, which some people find rude, and it nudges you to upgrade constantly.

web · iPhone · Android

Open Otter ↗

Step uphas a free plan

Gamma

good at: A finished looking slide deck or one page site from an outline, in about a minute.
bad at: Decks look like Gamma decks. Fine for a team meeting, less fine for a big pitch.

web

Open Gamma ↗

Try this first

Open Granola, paste this in, and change the parts in brackets. That is the whole first step.

Turn an outline into slides

copy it, paste it into the tool, change the parts in [brackets]

Make a six slide deck introducing [our new return policy] to the team. One idea per slide, plain language, a title slide, and a last slide with the three things people need to remember.

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