GUIDE · MEETINGS

How to take meeting minutes on your phone

Good minutes answer three questions: what did we decide, who does what, and by when. Your phone can do most of the writing for you.

What good minutes contain

Keep them short enough to read in a minute.

  • The meeting name, date and who attended
  • Decisions, one line each
  • Action items with an owner and a due date
  • Open questions to pick up next time

Before you start

Tell everyone you are recording and make sure they agree; follow local law and workplace rules. Put the phone on the table between the speakers, not in a pocket or bag, and choose the quietest room you can.

During the meeting

Say names and dates out loud when you assign a task (“Priya will send the quote by Friday”). It makes the transcript, and the minutes, much clearer.

Make the minutes with Urania

Open Record / Notes and enter a meeting name.

  • Tap “Start recording”, or “Upload audio” if you already have a recording
  • Under Voice to text, choose “On-device” or “Online”, then tap “Create transcript”
  • Choose “Summary”, or “Custom prompt” and write what you need, for example “Minutes with decisions, action items, owners and due dates”
  • Under Processing, choose a model, then tap “Create summary”
  • Check names, numbers and decisions, then share by email or WhatsApp

Save time next week

If you run the same kind of meeting every day or week, save the steps once as a workflow. Your Words teaches Urania names and terms it often gets wrong. AI can make mistakes, so always read the minutes before you send them.

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