Turn Voice Memos into Meeting Notes with Sonicribe's Meeting Mode

Yes, You Can Dictate Your Meeting Notes

If you've ever sat in a meeting furiously typing notes while everyone else is actually listening, you know the problem. You're either documenting what was said or participating in the discussion, but rarely both. Sonicribe's Meeting Mode solves this by letting you speak your thoughts naturally, then automatically formatting them into structured, professional meeting notes with all the sections your manager expects.

No transcription service. No cloud upload. Just your voice on your Mac, offline, in 99+ languages, producing polished meeting documentation in seconds.

What Meeting Mode Actually Does

Meeting Mode is designed specifically for one workflow: turning your spoken thoughts into formatted meeting output. It's not just transcription—it's intelligent formatting that understands meeting structure.

When you dictate into Meeting Mode, Sonicribe uses your custom output prompt to transform raw speech into organized meeting notes. Here's what that means in practice:

You speak: "Sarah and Mike joined, we talked about Q2 roadmap, decided to push launch to April, I need to finish the design system by Friday, we'll reconvene next Tuesday."

Meeting Mode produces (based on your output prompt):

• Attendees: Sarah, Mike
• Key Discussion Points: Q2 roadmap planning
• Decisions: Launch pushed to April
• Action Items: Finish design system by Friday
• Next Steps: Reconvene Tuesday

The exact structure depends on what you define in your output prompt. You control the format completely.

Structuring Your Meeting Notes

The real power of Meeting Mode is the custom output prompt. This is where you tell Sonicribe exactly how to organize your meeting dictation.

Here are three example prompts you can adapt:

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Formal Meeting Minutes Format

Format the meeting notes with these sections:

Meeting Date & Attendees
Agenda Items Discussed
Key Decisions Made
Action Items (with owners and due dates)
Next Meeting Date


Keep each section concise and bullet-pointed.

When you use this prompt and speak your meeting, Sonicribe will automatically reorganize your rambling dictation into these exact sections.

Agile Standup Format

Extract and format as:

What I completed today
What I'm working on tomorrow
Blockers or concerns


Keep it brief, one line per section.

Perfect for rapid team standups where you want consistency across all notes.

Client Meeting Format

Create professional meeting notes with:

Client Name
Attendees (list each person)
Topics Discussed (numbered list)
Commitments We Made (what we're delivering)
Next Steps (dates and owners)
Follow-up Required (if anything)


Use professional language throughout.

This prompt ensures client meeting notes are polished and client-ready without editing.

When to Use Meeting Mode vs. Note Mode

Sonicribe has 8 modes total. Two of them handle text: Note Mode and Meeting Mode. The difference matters.

If you're capturing meeting minutes, decisions, and action items, use Meeting Mode. If you're refining general thoughts, use Note Mode.

The difference is subtle in setup but significant in output. Meeting Mode's formatting system expects structured organization.

Capturing System Audio for Full Meeting Recording

The strongest way to use Meeting Mode is with system audio capture. This means Sonicribe records the actual meeting conversation (from your Mac's audio output) while you dictate your thoughts and observations.

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Here's the workflow:

1. Start Sonicribe recording with system audio enabled

2. Join your Zoom/Teams/Google Meet call on your Mac

3. Sonicribe captures both: the meeting audio and your voice notes

4. After the meeting: You have both the full conversation transcript and your organized notes

System audio capture is a Mac feature. On macOS, Sonicribe can access your system audio when you grant permission. This gives you a complete meeting record without a separate recording tool.

This approach is especially useful for:

• Client calls where you want documentation
• Complex technical meetings with decisions
• Remote team syncs with distributed attendees
• Compliance-required meetings (financial, legal)

The transcription of both is completely offline. Whisper AI processes everything locally on your Mac. Nothing leaves your device.

Speaker Identification in Your Notes

If multiple people are speaking, you can add speaker identification to your Meeting Mode output prompt:

Format meeting notes with speaker identification:

[Speaker Name]: What they said (one sentence summary)


Then compile:

Decisions Made
Action Items Assigned To (person): task


Identify speakers when you mention them in your dictation.

This works when you naturally call out speakers while dictating. You speak: "Sarah said we should delay the launch," and the output prompt can extract "Sarah" as the speaker.

For automatic speaker identification across multiple voices, you'd need to identify speakers yourself while dictating. Sonicribe uses Whisper for transcription, which doesn't separate voices. But when you mention names, the output prompt can organize by them.

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Real-World Workflow Example

Let's walk through a full Meeting Mode workflow:

Before the meeting:

• Open Sonicribe on your Mac
• Select Meeting Mode (the 8 modes are easy to switch)
• Load your custom output prompt (or create one)
• Enable system audio capture if you want the full conversation
• Set your target language (or leave on auto-detect for 99+ languages)

During the meeting:

• Click record
• Participate normally—listen, talk, respond
• Take your voice notes naturally: "We decided to hire by Q2. Sarah owns the job description. Design system deadline is Friday."
• Keep talking; Sonicribe captures everything

After the meeting:

• Stop recording (or hit spacebar; Sonicribe stops on silence)
• Your Meeting Mode output prompt instantly formats everything
• Auto-paste directly into Slack, email, Google Docs, or Notes (30+ apps)
• You can also copy and paste manually

Total time from speaking to organized notes: 10-20 seconds. The entire process is offline.

Multiple Languages and Meeting Modes

Sonicribe supports 99+ languages. If your meetings are multilingual, Sonicribe auto-detects or lets you set the language.

Meeting Mode formatting works in all supported languages. Your output prompt will work in English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, German, Japanese—whatever language you use in your prompt.

This is crucial for distributed teams. Your meetings might be in German, but your action items format might be in English. Sonicribe handles the translation and formatting simultaneously.

Vocabulary Packs for Technical Meetings

If you're in tech, finance, legal, or medical fields, Sonicribe's 10 vocabulary packs improve accuracy on domain-specific terms.

For example, the Tech Vocabulary Pack ensures Sonicribe transcribes "API" as "API," not "a p i" or "ape eye." This matters when your meeting notes include technical terms.

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Meeting Mode works with vocabulary packs. Use the right pack for your industry, and your formatted meeting notes will be terminologically accurate.

Cost and Access

Meeting Mode is included in Sonicribe's free tier: 10,000 words per week, no credit card, no account required.

That's roughly 30-40 minutes of voice dictation per week. For most professionals, that covers 1-2 meetings or brainstorms.

For unlimited meeting notes, the one-time purchase is $79. No subscription. One price, forever access.

The free tier includes all 8 modes, all 99+ languages, all 10 vocabulary packs, offline processing, and auto-paste to 30+ apps. You can try Meeting Mode fully featured before deciding to upgrade.

Why This Matters

Meetings are where work gets defined. Decisions, action items, next steps—they all emerge from conversation. But capturing those details while staying present in the meeting is nearly impossible.

Meeting Mode lets you be fully present while Sonicribe documents everything. Your custom output prompt means the notes are automatically organized the way your team expects them. No editing required.

For teams, projects, and anyone running regular meetings, this changes the experience. Capture, format, paste—done.

Get Started Today

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