We built Soda to work brilliantly on autopilot (admin is tedious enough, and this shouldn’t feel like homework). But AI-enhanced meeting notes are there if you like being hands-on and having full control over your notes.
Your notes steer the summary
Write nothing, and you still get a full write-up of the call. Write down “pricing”, and Soda goes deep on pricing: what Bruce asked, what you said, and what’s still open. Note down a few focused points, and you get a write-up focused on those points. Soda already picks up on what matters in a conversation. Your notes tell it what matters to you.
Capture it your way
Sometimes something has to be captured a certain way: the exact terminology Bruce used, or how a decision was worded. Note it down. Every point you note makes it into the write-up, and Soda builds the detail around it.How Soda understands your shorthand
Soda looks at when you wrote each note, not just what you wrote. That matters, because “pricing” might come up four times on a call, and a note like “quote about pricing” could mean any of them. When Soda writes up your notes, it follows the conversation around the moment you typed, using that to understand and build the right context. That’s how three words become the right point.An example
Here’s a call with Bruce at Northwind. On the left is everything you typed. On the right is the Summary Soda wrote. Your words are in the normal colour, and Soda’s are lighter, just as they are in your notepad.What you typed
Before the call: renewal, check seat countpricing, wants annualsecurity review, Anna?
What Soda wrote
Ahead of the renewal, we went through the seat count with Bruce. Northwind now needs 140 seats, up from 110. Bruce wants to move to annual billing and asked whether it comes with a discount. That hasn’t been confirmed yet. Northwind needs a security review before signing. Anna from their IT team will run it, and Bruce will send over her details.
Take notes on your next call
Join the call from Upcoming meetings with Join with Notepad, and a notepad opens with the meeting, ready to type in. Or open a note a few minutes before the call and click Attach when Soda asks. See join a call with a notepad.What happens to the audio
Soda never keeps the audio. It’s heard on your Mac, then discarded. See what Soda captures, and what it never does.Troubleshooting
I forgot to open a notepad
I forgot to open a notepad
You still get a full write-up. Soda writes up every call, notes or not. Open the call in Memories afterwards to add anything you want to remember.
A point I noted is missing from the write-up
A point I noted is missing from the write-up
Add it yourself in the call’s notepad. Your edit stays. Then let us know, so we can look at why it was missed.
The notepad is stuck on Thinking…
The notepad is stuck on Thinking…
Soda is still working through the call, and longer calls take longer. If the call shows Failed in Memories, Soda couldn’t finish the write-up. Contact support and tell us which call it was.
Next steps
Notepad
Open, format, pin, and share a notepad, and add components.
When Soda gets it wrong
What to do when a write-up or a profile needs fixing.