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What do you like best about Read?

I have a tough time taking notes in meetings that I am super engaged in, so this is an absolute lifesaver for me. I love that I can easily look back in meetings and that it automatically adds to my zoom calls Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

Wish the free version allowed basic reports for more than five meetings per month because I need this badly but bosses won't pay - also shouldn't this be included in our zoom package as an essential app? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

Totally saved me in details from meetings I really needed to be able to go back on. I have a tough time taking notes. I've never been a great note taker as my brain doesn't work that way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is Read?

Read AI is an AI copilot for wherever you work, making your meetings, emails, and messages more productive with summaries, content discovery, and recommendations.

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Read is the ultimate app for hybrid meetings where you can see real-time engagement + sentiment scores, a meeting timer, and talk time all in one place. When the meeting is over, you'll get a comprehensive report with an instant meeting recap, transcript, audio + video playback, and AI-driven recommendations. Real-Time Engagement + Sentiment Scores: Interest and emotions metrics Immersive Mode: AR applied to participant Meeting Timer: Start and end meetings on time Talk Time: Ensure an inclusive conversation Post-Meeting Instant Meeting Recaps: After every meeting (in less than 5 minutes), receive a written meeting summary, list of topics, action items, and key questions. Meeting Report: A robust set of meeting metrics and analytics Transcription: Automated summary, topics, notes, action items, questions Meeting Playback: Audio and video playback w/ navigation based on metrics Recommendations: AI recommendations for fewer, better meetings Smart Scheduler: Automate finding the right time for the next meeting


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Read AI is an AI copilot for wherever you work, making your meetings, emails, and messages more productive with summaries, content discovery, and recommendations.


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Sarah S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Read AI is my workplace savior"
I go to several meetings a day and have a hard time finding time to write notes and action items. Read is my superhuman tool -- it gives me the fre...
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1.5 out of 5
"Useful but there is a bug in the fact that even after deactivating account it keeps on barging"
Very useful when you cannot pay full attention and have to do things in the background. For MOM it's perfect because it makes summaries of what has...
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Freddy A.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Best AI notetaker"
Read is really efective on translations on spanish. English translation are perfect. It setup is very easy.
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What do you like best about Read?

I go to several meetings a day and have a hard time finding time to write notes and action items. Read is my superhuman tool -- it gives me the freedom and flexibility to pay attention and still get everything I need without wasting time later. There are some other cool features in beta that I've been excited to try too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

I'm extremely happy with the service and look forward to seeing the new features underway. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

I love having an AI admin to do the busywork so that I can focus on what matters. It's also great because it shows up in every platform where I meet and work, whether that's Google, Microsoft, Zooms, email etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andy P.
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What do you like best about Read?

No upsides. The software's design is designed to get other attendees hooked and to create an account Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

Read.ai seems to embed intself into people's calendars and meetings. once a user receives a read.ai helpful report from a meeting they have joined, they are guided through a very easy set of signup steps.

it's true, that the fine-print, and terms and conditions, make read.ai's behaviours clear, but who really reads the terms and conditions? Their marketing and product sign-up practice are the worst I have seen.

Steer clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

It could solve the problem of making meeting recordings, but the security and privacy practices are poor.

The GDPR section in their Help docs is instructive to read.

"With regard to GDPR, Read has many customers in the EU who have reviewed our capabilities and are comfortable that the functionality and features we provide meets GDPR's expectations including notification and opt-out features (varies depending on the platform). Users have full control over their account, with the ability to delete or download the data for each report, in addition to deleting the overall account."

What a load of marketing junk. They aren't GDPR compliant, so why not come out and say it? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Read?

What I like most about Read is its ability to automate Zoom meeting transcriptions. Real-time transcriptions and its smart scheduling features are invaluable in streamlining communication and ensuring meetings are more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

I'm just using this integration recently, so it's totally new to me. Perhaps a possible downside of Read could be its dependence on integration with very specific platforms like Zoom. I haven't used it outside of Zoom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

Read rme solves several common problems related to virtual meetings, such as my slow note-taking process, remembering key meeting points, or scheduling a follow-up list. By providing me with a detailed summary, Read ensures that I don’t overlook any important details, allowing me to focus more on the meeting than on taking notes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Read?

Features of Read like automatic transcription, summarization, and meeting scheduling optimization seem particularly promising for enhancing efficiency and reducing meeting fatigue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

Read has the potential to significantly improve meeting efficiency. Read has some potential challenges which I dislike such as transcription accuracy or integration issues. Other things which I dislike are limited customization options, technical issues, high costs, or inadequate support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Read to address common meeting challenges by optimizing schedules, providing accurate transcriptions and summaries, simplifying follow-up, and reducing meeting fatigue. These benefits are helping in significantly improving productivity and efficiency for me and my teams involved in frequent meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Read?

The ability to see the notes after the meeting was very helpful. The text and audio made it much easier to go back and review the topics covered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

I had a very difficult time trying to download the files from the website. Additionally, the interface left a lot to be desired. It was nearly impossible it seemed to be able to watch the screen recording while trying to follow along on another application at the same time. The screen was either too small (When viewing in the web browser) or took over the entire screen making you unable to continue to work when in full screen mode, and I was unable to find an inbetween. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

taking meeting minutes. Now i am able to go back and review the training that it recorded which is very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Freddy A.
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What do you like best about Read?

Read is really efective on translations on spanish. English translation are perfect. It setup is very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

Should have some credits to see some videos without pay the higger plan Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

Taking note for meetings. Now, I can be listening with all my atention. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matthew G.
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What do you like best about Read?

read.ai introduced me into new ways of making my online meetings very valuable and productive by using the modernized AI technology to summarize meeting sessions. I love everything about the meeting summaries, how simplified they are and how they capture all the important details that were discussed during the meeting. I find it very magical how read.ai saves the entire meeting session and not just that, i get to easily play back the recordings which allows me to rewatch abd listen to the highlight moments of the meeting. read.ai also offers interesting meeting reports which clearly indicate the performance of the meeting across all aspects from engagements, clarity in communication and so on and i usually use the performance metrics to help improve on the next meetings. read.ai does more to me than just helping me have effective meeting experience. It offers some coaching materials which help me to learn and acquire skills on how to facilitate better meetings as the host as well as the presenter. Getting to use the smart meeting scheduling tool in read.ai has helped me gain an accurate experience in scheduling my meetings. With the scheduler, am able to identify the most productive time and date suitable for having the meetings and this help ensure that i don't have any other engagements other than the meeting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

In read.ai, everything is equally useful and i have not seen any feature that is less useful. I have had a super amazing experience with read.ai with no issues at all. Nothing to dislike about it for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

I first learnt about read.ai through a friend and i have been using it in all my online meetings since then. It allows me to have more valuable and productive online meeting sessions by providing me with AI generated meeting summaries which contain all the important details that has been discussed in the meeting. I usually have a lot of online meetings to discuss sales deals and using read.ai allows me to always capture all the important details that i discuss with clients during the meetings. This way, it helps me to never miss a point that we have discussed with the client and this allows me to close deals easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Patricio I.
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What do you like best about Read?

- Despite being relatively new, it has a surprising result, and although it has much to improve, the level of automatic transcription it has provides many positive surprises.

- The summaries it presents automatically are exceptionally good and well done despite being made by AI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

- It still has a lot to improve, but it's on a very good path, let's remember that it is an AI that performs the work automatically.

- The cost of the full version is somewhat high for its beginnings, but the trial would be worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

- Automatic transcription of all meetings in which it is accepted.

- Automatic summary of each meeting.

- With the reports, historical records and traceability of the meetings are saved, which are always useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Flame R.
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What do you like best about Read?

It summaries well, takes notes, and makes list of action points Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

It may not work as well in face to face meeting, because it won't know who is talking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

Making it easier to stay on top of project management and multiple meetings per day and their outcomes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michelle A.
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What do you like best about Read?

We never knew virtual meetings summarization was a possible thing up until we started using read.ai. The main reason we have been having very successful meetings with read.ai is because of the meeting summaries that it offers as they allows us to focus on the main meetings agenda and get to understand the major points that were raised during the meeting. read.ai helps us to get things done in online meetings by helping us take charge of our meetings through highlighting and focusing on the most important parts of the meeting. This way we get to meet the needs that prompted us to schedule and attend the meetings and achieve the goals we had for the meetings. It provides us with very intelligent analytical tools that allows us to understand the performance of the meeting based on the reactions of the audience.

read.ai improves the security of our virtual meetings allowing us to communicate safely and privately. It also assist us in gaining precision and accuracy when scheduling our meetings by use of artificial intelligence and this helps eliminate any human errors that might arise when scheduling like double scheduling. We also benefit alot from the meeting recordings that read.ai offers as they allow us to playback and revisit our meeting sessions in future for referencing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Read?

It was so easy to learn and understand how to make the best use of read.ai without any problems. read.ai has a user-friendly interface with a simple design making it easy to use. We are yet to experience any negative experience with read.ai and so there has been nothing to dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Read solving and how is that benefiting you?

Online meetings are largely used as mode of information delivery and communication and this calls for us to have a very effective meeting platform that would see us have the most successful meetings. read.ai has been that platform for us and we really acknowledge it for the massive work it has done on our virtual meetings experience. It helps us to give more focus abd attention on the real agenda discussed during the meeting by using AI tools to provide summaries and highlights about the meeting. This allows us to achieve our goals and target that we have when planning for our meetings and to get things done in the meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.