A Beginner's Guide to Fireflies.ai An AI-powered Meeting Assistant
Introduction:
Fireflies.ai is an AI-powered meeting assistant that helps you organize, transcribe, and share meeting insights. This beginner's guide covers signing up, integrating your calendar, joining meetings, viewing transcripts, and more.
Signing Up Step-by-Step
- Go to Fireflies.ai
- Click on "Login" in the top right corner
- Select either Google, Office 365, or email to sign up
- Enter your credentials and click "Sign Up"
- Specify your name, set a password, and add any optional info
- Click "Create Account" and you're ready to use Fireflies.ai!
It only takes a few minutes to create your free account.
Integrating Your Calendar
Syncing your calendar enables Fireflies.ai to automatically track your meetings. Here is how to connect your calendar:
- In Fireflies.ai, go to "Integrations" in the left sidebar
- Select your calendar provider such as Google Calendar or Office 365 or Notion
- Click "Connect" and follow the prompts to allow access
- Select which calendars you want to integrate
- Hit "Save" and your events will now automatically sync
Joining Meetings Step-by-Step
Here is a walkthrough for starting a meeting and then joining as a participant:
Scheduling a Meeting
- Go to "Meetings" and click the "+ New Meeting" button
- Give the meeting a title and add participants
- Select a start date/time and meeting duration
- Hit "Invite" to schedule the meeting and send calendar invites
Joining a Meeting
- Open the Fireflies.ai invite you received for the meeting
- Click the unique conferencing link in the invite
- Your browser will launch the meeting automatically
- Click "Join Audio" to connect your microphone
- The meeting will begin recording and transcribing!
Additional Features
Take advantage of Fireflies.ai's features to get even more value from your meetings:
- Search transcripts: quickly find keywords
- Share recaps: with highlights and action items
- Track action items and tasks: to completion
- View talk time metrics: and conversation analysis
Conclusion
This beginner's guide gives you a better understanding of Fireflies.ai's AI meeting assistant! With just a few minutes of setup, you can start experiencing automated meeting notes, seamless joining options, and powerful productivity features.
Give Fireflies.ai a try - sign up today for free! Let me know if you have any other questions.
If you want more platforms like Fireflies.ai here is a tool called Bluedot that offers similar transcription and note capabilities and more.