Hello everyone, I'm new to Sembly and have been exploring it over the past week. I come from primarily using tools like Asana and Jira for task management, so AI note-taking for meetings is a new area for me. I've been trying to understand the core outputs Sembly generates.
I see that after a meeting, Sembly provides both a 'summary' and a 'transcript.' On the surface, they seem to serve a similar purpose—giving you the contents of the meeting—but I know there must be a key functional difference. In my previous tools, the distinction between a high-level overview and a detailed log is crucial for different stakeholders.
Could someone explain the practical difference between these two outputs in Sembly? Specifically, I'm curious about:
What is the actual content structure of each?
When would you share one versus the other with your team?
Does the summary pull quotes directly from the transcript, or is it a more independent synthesis?
Understanding this will help me integrate Sembly's outputs more effectively into our project tracking workflows. Thanks!
The transcript is the raw, time-stamped log of who said what. It's useful for verifying specific statements or finding exact phrasing. The summary is the synthesized output, distilling key decisions, action items, and discussion points into structured notes.
You'd share the summary for async updates with stakeholders who need the gist and outcomes. The transcript is your audit trail or reference for the team members who need the full context. The summary does pull from the transcript, but it's an interpretation, not a direct copy-paste of quotes.
Coming from Jira, think of the summary as the sprint review notes you'd put in a ticket, and the transcript as the full recording you might link for deep dives.