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Meetings: Automatic Transcription & Context for Email Drafts

Connect your Google or Outlook Calendar so Revo can attend meetings, transcribe conversations, and extract decisions. Meeting intelligence powers automatic email drafts by providing the context behind what was discussed, decided, and committed.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Why Connect Your Meetings to Revo?

The meeting integration ensures your team never loses the "why" behind a decision.

Instead of manual note-taking, Revo automatically joins your calls, transcribes conversations in real-time, and extracts key points so you can stay focused on the discussion.

Why this matters for email:
When a customer or stakeholder emails asking "What did we discuss?" or "What's the timeline?" Revo doesn't make you search your memory or old notes. It queries the meeting transcript and drafts a factual reply with exact quotes, decisions, and next steps.

Example email draft powered by meetings:
"As we discussed in Tuesday's planning call, the API integration is scheduled for completion by Feb 15th. Sarah committed to delivering the authentication module by Friday, and we agreed to schedule a follow-up demo once QA completes."

Without meeting transcripts: Generic reply asking for time to "check with the team"
With meeting transcripts: Instant, accurate draft citing specific decisions and owners


Calendar Access: Scheduling Intelligence for Email

Connecting your calendar gives Revo two powerful capabilities:

  1. Meeting transcripts (explained above)

  2. Schedule awareness for smart email drafting

How schedule awareness improves your email drafts:

When someone emails asking for a meeting, Revo reads your actual calendar availability and drafts responses based on your real schedule, no more back-and-forth or double-booking.

Example email draft powered by calendar access:

Incoming email: "Can we schedule a demo next week?"

Revo drafts:
"I'm available Tuesday Feb 11th at 2pm or Thursday Feb 13th at 10am. Let me know what works best for you, and I'll send a calendar invite."

Without calendar access: You manually check your availability, draft times, then hope they're still free when you hit send.

With calendar access: Revo scans your calendar in real-time and suggests only genuinely open slots.

This also works for rescheduling requests, conflict notifications, and availability inquiries, Revo always knows your true schedule and drafts accordingly.


How to Connect Your Calendar

If You Haven't Connected Yet

If your calendar isn't linked, you'll see a prompt in the Meetings tab (left sidebar) to connect Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar.

Manual Connection Steps

  1. Click your Team Name at the top-left to open the main menu

  2. Select Settings from the dropdown

  3. In the left sidebar, click Integrations

  4. Click Add Integrations to see all available apps

  5. Search for Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar and follow the on-screen setup

What happens next:
Once connected, Revo automatically monitors your schedule and requests to join every scheduled meeting, building a searchable transcript library that powers your email intelligence.


Meeting Types: Organizing Your Call Intelligence

To ensure Revo handles different calls appropriately, it uses Meeting Types to apply specific privacy rules, summary styles, and automated actions.

5 Default Meeting Types

Every team starts with five pre-configured types ready to use:

Daily Standup
Quick team syncs for updates and blockers. Typically set to auto-send email recaps to all participants.

Sprint Planning
Sessions defining upcoming sprint work and task allocation. Often used to generate project updates and roadmap emails.

One-on-One
Private 1:1 conversations. Usually restricted to "Only meeting participants" visibility to maintain confidentiality.

Customer Interview
User research and customer feedback sessions. Transcripts feed the User Feedback module for product and support email context.

Board Meeting
Strategic governance and executive decisions. High-level context that informs leadership emails and stakeholder updates.

Customizing Meeting Types & Rules

You can modify existing types or create new ones to match your team's workflow.

Auto-Apply Rule Logic

Within each Meeting Type, set conditions that tell Revo when to apply that category:

By Meeting Name:
Assign a type if the title contains specific keywords (e.g., "Standup," "Review," "Customer Call")

By Participant Count or Email:
Apply rules based on number of attendees (e.g., "only 2 people" = One-on-One) or specific domains (e.g., external emails = Customer Interview)

By Frequency:
Categorize based on how often the event occurs (e.g., daily recurring = Standup)

Rule Priority System

Revo checks meetings against your rules in order, starting from Priority 1 at the top. You can drag and drop Meeting Types to reorder them, ensuring your most specific rules are evaluated first.

Example workflow:
Priority 1: One-on-One (only 2 people)
Priority 2: Customer Interview (external domain detected)
Priority 3: Daily Standup (name contains "standup")
Priority 4: Default (everything else)

Summary & Distribution Settings

Language Selection

Choose your preferred summary language from English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, or Japanese. This ensures meeting recaps (and email drafts referencing those meetings) are written in the correct language for your team.

Automated Email Recaps

Decide how meeting summaries are distributed:

Send recap to all participants:
Revo emails the summary and action items automatically after the call ends.

Do not send recap:
Keep meeting intelligence in-app only. Useful for sensitive discussions or when you prefer manual sharing via Slack.


Using Meeting Intelligence in Email Drafts

Real-World Example

Scenario: Customer emails Friday morning asking, "Can you confirm the pricing we discussed?"

Without meeting context:
You manually search your calendar, re-listen to the recording, and draft a reply from memory (15+ minutes).

With Revo:
Revo queries the transcript from Thursday's sales call, extracts the exact pricing tier and terms discussed, and drafts:


"As we discussed yesterday, the Enterprise plan is $50K/year and includes SSO, priority support, and a dedicated CSM. The contract would start Feb 1st. I've attached the proposal deck we reviewed. Let me know if you'd like to move forward."

Time saved: 14 minutes. Accuracy: 100% (cited from actual transcript).


How to Reference Meetings in Chat

Use @mentions to pull specific meeting context into conversations or email draft requests:

Examples:

  • "Using @meeting: Product Sync, what were the final roadmap decisions?"

  • "Reference @meeting: Customer Call when drafting the follow-up email"

  • "Compare @meeting: Monday Standup with @meeting: Friday Review"


Frequently Asked Questions

Revo didn't join my meeting. What happened?

First, verify your Calendar integration is connected and active. Second, check that you "accepted" the meeting invite (Revo often defaults to only joining accepted meetings). Third, ensure the meeting platform (Zoom, Google Meet, Teams) is supported. If all checks pass, manually invite Revo using the Join Meeting button in the Meetings tab by pasting the meeting URL.

Is it possible to edit a meeting summary?

Yes. You can edit any part of the summary or the action items manually to ensure the final record is 100% accurate.

What if I want to record a meeting that wasn't scheduled on my calendar?

You can manually invite Revo simply browse to your Meetings tab in your left sidebar, and click on the button Join Meeting at the top right of your screen, here you can paste the link to the meeting you want Revo to join. Within about 10 seconds, you will see Revo ask for permission to enter the call.

Does Revo record video?

Yes. Revo records both audio and video from your meetings to generate accurate transcripts and summaries. The full recording is available for playback in your workspace.

How do I use a meeting's info while chatting?

You can use the @ symbol to mention a specific meeting in a chat. For example, type "@meeting: Weekly Sync, what were the 3 main blockers?" Revo will look only at the transcript of that meeting to give you the answer.

Can I search for something someone said months ago?

Yes. Use the search bar in the Meetings tab to find specific words or topics. You can also search specific words inside meetings transcripts.

How do I find all meetings related to a specific project?

You can filter your meetings by Labels. If you label your meetings (e.g., "Feature-X"), you can quickly see the entire history of calls related to that one topic.

Can Revo compare two different meetings?

Absolutely. In the chat, you can ask Revo to "Compare the decisions from @meeting: Monday Sync with @meeting: Friday Review." Revo will summarize what changed or progressed between the two calls.

How do I jump to a specific part of a long meeting?

You can use the search bar in the transcript, every piece of the transcript is clickable and will take you directly to the related timestamp.

Can I stop a recording mid-meeting?

Yes. Simply remove the Revo participant from the call and the recording stops immediately.

How does meeting context improve my email drafts?

Meeting transcripts are the richest source of context. When drafting emails, Revo can cite exact decisions, commitments, timelines, and owner assignments from recorded calls, eliminating the need to manually search notes or ask your team for updates.

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