Echo for Microsoft Teams: an assistant that records for you
Echo’s assistant joins the Teams meeting as a guest and says it’s recording. When it’s over, you have the transcript with each speaker, the summary, the decisions and the tasks.
What Echo does with Microsoft Teams
- It joins on its own from your Outlook or Google calendar, or when you paste the meeting link.
- It says in the meeting chat that it’s recording and shows “This meeting is being recorded” on its camera, with your logo if you like.
- While it records, you can ask it what’s been decided so far and write your own notes.
- It leaves on its own when the meeting ends or when everyone else has gone.
- Afterwards the summary arrives by email and, if you turn it on, the follow-up email goes to the guests.
How to connect it
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Paste the link
In Meetings, paste the Teams meeting link and click “Send Echo”.
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Or connect your calendar
In Settings, Calendar, click “Connect Outlook” or “Connect Google Calendar” and choose under “Let Echo join on its own” which meetings it joins.
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Let it in
If the meeting has a lobby, someone needs to admit the assistant.
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Check the result
When it’s over, the meeting appears in Files with the transcript, summary and tasks.
Frequently asked questions
What name does it join with?
By default, “Edorteam Echo - grabando”. In Meetings, “Meeting settings”, you can change the name and the notice message, but the message must still say the meeting is being recorded.
Can I tell it to skip a meeting?
Yes. In Meetings, click “Not this one” on the meeting you don’t want recorded. You can also have it join only the meetings you organise or those with people from outside your company.
Does it also join Google Meet or Zoom?
Not yet: for now it only joins Teams. For Meet and Zoom in the browser there’s the Chrome extension, and you can always upload the recording.
Does it post the summary in Teams?
No. The summary stays in Echo and reaches you by email and, if you connect it, in Slack.
Try it with your next meeting.
Create your account in a minute or ask us for a demo for your team.
