Better Zoom Meeting Summaries Fast | Generated by AI
You’re absolutely right - Zoom AI Companion has output limitations that make it challenging for long meetings. Here are better strategies:
Workaround Strategies
Strategy 1: Use Zoom’s Meeting Summary Feature
After the meeting ends:
- Zoom AI Companion automatically generates a full meeting summary
- Access it via the Zoom web portal under “Meetings” → “Recorded” tab
- Download the summary and transcript
- Then ask AI Companion or use ChatGPT/Claude to: “Break this transcript into 5-minute segments without participant names”
Strategy 2: Incremental Extraction During Meeting
Every 5 minutes, ask progressively:
- “Summarize minutes 0-5 without names”
- “Summarize minutes 5-10 without names”
- “Summarize minutes 10-15 without names”
Copy each response immediately to your document.
Strategy 3: Use Recording + Post-Processing (Best Option)
- Record the meeting (with participant consent)
- After meeting, download the transcript from Zoom
- Upload the transcript to:
- ChatGPT (paid version handles long transcripts)
- Claude (can process very long documents)
- Google’s Gemini
- Ask: “Break this hour-long transcript into 5-minute segments, summarize each segment’s key points, and remove all participant names”
Strategy 4: Third-Party Tools
Consider tools that integrate with Zoom:
- Otter.ai - real-time transcription with timestamps
- Fathom - AI meeting notes
- Fireflies.ai - records and summarizes in segments
These often have better segmentation features than Zoom’s native AI Companion.
Which approach would work best for your workflow? The recording + post-processing method typically gives the most comprehensive results for hour-long meetings.