Free AI Minute Taker (2026): Meeting Minutes Written for You, Free

The best free AI minute taker in 2026 is Scribbl. It records your Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams calls with nothing joining the call, then writes the minutes for you: who attended, what was decided, and each action item with an owner. Its free plan covers 10 meetings a month with no limit on meeting length, and every meeting also keeps a transcript with speaker names and the video, so anyone can check a line of the minutes against what was said. The AI built into Meet and Teams needs paid plans, and the other free note takers cap the minutes or the AI notes, or send a bot into the call.

Every free AI minute taker, compared

Checked on each company's pricing and help pages. Scribbl, our pick, first. Prices are per user per month in US dollars.

Competitor free plans checked October 6, 2026, and prices October 19, 2026.

Scribbl is the only free plan here that writes the decisions and action items on every meeting, across Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, with the transcript and video to back them up.

What a free AI minute taker should write

Minutes are the record of what a meeting decided, not a retelling of the conversation. Whatever tool you use, check that the draft has these:

1. Meeting name, date and who attended.
2. The decisions, each in one line.
3. Action items, each with an owner and a due date.
4. Open questions carried to the next meeting.
5. A link to the source, so anyone who disagrees with a line can check it.

Here is the shape, for a made-up weekly product meeting:

Weekly product sync, October 28. Attendees: Dana (chair), Luis, Priya, Sam.

Decisions: Ship the new checkout to 10% of users on November 4. Move the pricing page test to next sprint.

Action items: Luis sets up the 10% rollout, due November 3. Priya writes the support note for the new checkout, due November 3. Sam books the pricing test review, due November 6.

Open question: Do we need legal review of the new refund text?

Scribbl writes the AI notes in that shape after every call, and each meeting keeps the transcript with speaker names and the video, which covers point 5. For the formal side (approval, board minutes, what to leave out), see meeting minutes AI: from transcript to an approved record and how to write meeting minutes.

Can Google Meet, Zoom or Teams take minutes for free?

Not on free accounts, apart from a few Zoom meetings a month.

• Google Meet. Gemini's Take notes for me needs the meeting organizer to have Workspace Business Standard ($14 per user per month) or higher, or Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month). Free Gmail doesn't get it. More in the free AI note taker for Google Meet.
• Zoom. On a free account, Zoom AI summarizes 3 meetings you host a month, and only the host or a co-host can start it. More in the free AI note taker for Zoom.
• Microsoft Teams. Intelligent recap needs a Teams Premium license ($10 per user per month, paid yearly) or a Microsoft Copilot license ($21 to $30 per user per month) for each person. More in the free AI note taker for Microsoft Teams.

Scribbl works the same on all three, including meetings someone else runs, so you don't need the organizer's plan or the host's permission to get minutes.

Why Scribbl is the best free AI minute taker

• Minutes, not only a summary. Every meeting gets AI notes with the decisions and action items, plus a transcript with speaker names and the video.
• Every platform on one free plan. The free plan includes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, 10 meetings a month in total, and it resets every month.
• Nothing joins the call. No bot in the participant list, and nothing for anyone to admit.
• You don't need to be the host. It works in meetings other people run, including calls another company organizes.
• The whole meeting, every time. No limit on meeting length, so a two-hour board meeting is written up like a 20-minute check-in.
• Pro when you want more: unlimited meetings for $13 per user per month billed annually ($20 monthly), and on Pro you can ask Claude or ChatGPT about every meeting.

How to get free AI minutes with Scribbl

1. Add the Scribbl Chrome extension for Google Meet, or download Scribbl Desktop on Mac or Windows for Zoom and Teams. Sign in; the free plan needs no credit card.
2. Join the meeting as usual, and Scribbl records it.
3. When the call ends, open the meeting in Scribbl: the AI notes with decisions and action items, the transcript and the video are there.
4. Read the draft against the transcript, then share it as your minutes.

Tell people at the start that you're recording. Recording-consent rules apply whether or not anything joins the call; see do you have to tell people you're recording.

For every tool's full free plan, see the best free AI note takers compared, and for paid minutes software, the best meeting minutes software.

Free AI minute taker FAQ

What is the best free AI minute taker?

Scribbl. Its free plan writes AI notes with the decisions and action items for 10 meetings a month, with no limit on meeting length, and every meeting also gets a transcript with speaker names and the video, so you can check the minutes against what was said. It includes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and nothing joins the call.

Can AI take meeting minutes for free?

Yes. Scribbl's free plan writes minutes-style notes with decisions and action items for 10 meetings a month on Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, with no credit card. Otter and Fathom have free plans with limits and a bot in the call by default. The AI built into Google Meet and Teams needs paid plans, and free Zoom gives AI summaries for 3 meetings you host a month.

Is there a free AI minute taker for Teams?

Yes: Scribbl. Scribbl Desktop records the Microsoft Teams app on Mac and Windows with nothing joining the call, and the free plan covers 10 meetings a month across Teams, Zoom and Google Meet. Teams' own intelligent recap needs a Teams Premium license ($10 per user per month, paid yearly) or a Microsoft Copilot license for each person.

Can ChatGPT take meeting minutes?

ChatGPT can turn a transcript you paste in into minutes, but it doesn't hear your call on its own on the free plan. OpenAI lists ChatGPT's record mode for paid plans. Scribbl writes the minutes from the call itself, and on Pro you can ask ChatGPT or Claude about every meeting through Scribbl's connector.

Are AI meeting minutes good enough to approve?

They're a first draft. The AI gets attendees, decisions and action items down in seconds, and the chair or secretary reads them before they're approved. That's why the transcript and video matter: with Scribbl you can check any line of the minutes against what was said.

How many meetings does Scribbl's free plan cover?

10 meetings a month, with no limit on meeting length, and it resets every month. The same 10 meetings cover Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Scribbl Pro is $13 per user per month billed annually ($20 monthly) for unlimited meetings.

Sources

Scribbl pricing; Google's Take notes for me help; Zoom's pricing page and AI Companion help article, checked October 7, 2026; Microsoft's intelligent recap requirements, checked October 12 to 19, 2026; OpenAI's ChatGPT record help article; Otter help, Fathom help, Fireflies help and tl;dv help, checked October 6, 2026; each vendor's pricing page, checked October 19, 2026.