If you're a user of Google Meet, you can add the Read AI add-on for your Google meetings for several convenient features:
- Add your Read Assistant to your in-progress or impromptu meeting.
- Access the live meeting dashboard, with real-time notes, transcription, metrics, and other meeting tools.
- Use Ask Read during a meeting directly within the app.
Installation
1. Install the Read AI Add-On
During a Meet call, find Read AI in the "meeting tools" section, which you can open with this button:
If you don't see Read AI listed here, click the "+" button and search for it. You can also install the app directly from this URL.
Click to install and follow the prompts to connect your Google account.
2. Open and log in to Read AI
If the add-on doesn't open automatically, you can find and open it from the "meeting tools" panel under "installed add-ons":
The first thing you'll need to do after opening the add-on is sign into Read AI. You can also sign up for a new free account here if you don't have one already.
3. Grant Recording Permissions
The first time you sign in, you’ll be prompted to grant Read AI access to record your Google Meet audio and video. This is required for Read AI to capture and summarize your meetings.
Note: If you encounter any trouble while trying to grant this permission, it's possible that your Google Workspace administrator has blocked the use of this feature.
4. (Optional) Connect Your Calendar
For automatic meeting capture, connect your calendar as well:
This allows Read AI to start recording meetings automatically at their scheduled start time, even if you can't attend the meeting to start Read from the add-on.
Using the Add-On to Record a Call
- Start or join a Google Meet call.
- Open the Read AI add-on from the "meeting tools" side panel.
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Click the "Start Recording" button.
Note: if you connect a calendar, Read AI can automatically start itself at the meeting start time.
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Someone will need to confirm that all participants have given consent.
If the call is hosted in a Google Workspace, a user from that Workspace will need to approve this pop-up. If the call is hosted by a gmail.com user, then whoever started Read AI will need to confirm the dialog.
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Once confirmed, Read AI will begin capturing the meeting. Optionally, you can start a collaboration or "activity," which will show others in the call a button to conveniently open and use the add-on as well:
- During the call, access the live dashboard to monitor transcription, summaries, metrics, and to take notes manually, among other things.
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Read will automatically stop recording when everyone leaves the call, but you can manually stop recording by clicking the Read AI logo at the top right and then clicking "Stop sharing." This will make Read stop recording and generate a report with the content recorded up to that point.
- After the meeting, receive a report with the summary, transcript, action items, and more, directly in your Read AI dashboard or via email.
Using the Add-On as a Participant
If someone else starts recording a call using Read AI, you can still open up the add-on to access the live dashboard. If the recording was started manually or if you weren't invited to the meeting, you may need to request access to the call from the Read AI host to access the dashboard.