We are a small team so we have to pick carefully and we cannot build everything we would love to. Here are the features we are asked about most often and what we think about each. Where something is not there we would rather say so than promise a date.
Transcription and speakers
More languages on the device
The on-device engine covers 25 European languages. Speech in another script is left out rather than mis-rendered. Transcribing in the cloud handles more. Try it on a conversation and see. Ask Parley answers in any language you ask in.
Capturing meetings
Notes from a phone call
Phones do not let one app listen to a call in another app, and that is not something we can change. So Parley Notes places the call itself: on Plus and Unlimited you can call numbers in the Americas and Europe from the Android app and get the call written up. See Making a call from Parley Notes. Calls to a WhatsApp Business number can be answered in the app too. See Answering WhatsApp Business calls.
Calls from the iPhone and the computer
Calling from Parley Notes is on Android today. On iPhone and on a computer the Call button opens your phone's dialler. We would like to bring it to both. It is not there yet.
A bot that joins my meetings
By design, no. Parley Notes listens on your side of the call and nothing is added to the meeting. If you would like the transcript from the meeting app itself, connect Teams or Meet.
Keeping the audio
Parley Notes is a note taker, not a recorder. Audio is deleted once the note is written on your device and in the cloud and we do not plan to keep it. The transcript has every word with the speaker and the time. See Where your audio goes.
A longer free recording
Free conversations stop at 30 minutes. The transcript is saved and nothing is lost. Plus raises it to 2 hours and transcribing on the device on a paid plan removes the limit.
Recording in the web app for free
Browser recordings have to be transcribed in the cloud so they are on paid plans. Everything else in the web app is free and importing a transcript is free.
Notes
Summaries written on the device
Today the summary is written in the cloud from the text transcript. Writing it on the device is something we would like to do on capable hardware. It is not there yet.
Sharing a folder with colleagues
Shared folders were retired. For people who work on the same clients and projects there is the Business plan: one plan, one invoice, admin controls. See Parley Notes for teams. Any note can still be emailed, saved to Notion or exported as a PDF.
Calendars and integrations
Outlook invitations with guests
Events are added to your Outlook calendar, but guests on those events are not invited yet. Google Calendar invitations do carry guests.
Apple Watch
There is no watch app. Starting from the lock screen on Android or from a calendar row on Home on both phones is the quickest start we have today.
Something else?
If there is something you would love to see in Parley Notes we always want to hear it. Tell us in the app or write to support@parleynotes.com.