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How Sembly works

Sync Sembly with your calendar, attend meetings and sharpen discussions with AI insights.

How Sembly works - Sembly automatically joins your calls with no downloads or installs
How Sembly works - Sembly automatically joins your calls with no downloads or installs
Preparation

Forget about complex setups. Capture meetings effortlessly.

Sembly AI - Begin setup - Sync Sembly with Outlook, Google, or any ICS-based calendar for auto call joining, no downloads or installations needed.
Sembly AI - Begin setup - Sync Sembly with Outlook, Google, or any ICS-based calendar for auto call joining, no downloads or installations needed.

Connect calendar

Sync Sembly with Microsoft, Google, or any other ICS-based calendar to capture all scheduled meetings automatically.

Before the meeting - Skip calendar sync - Invite Sembly to future or ongoing meetings, or record in-person meetings using your mobile phone.
Before the meeting - Skip calendar sync - Invite Sembly to future or ongoing meetings, or record in-person meetings using your mobile phone.

Invite manually

Invite Sembly to future or ongoing discussions in Zoom, Webex, Teams or Google Meet with a link or add it as a participant.

Sembly platforms - Sembly works with Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and Cisco Webex (beta).
Sembly platforms - Sembly works with Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and Cisco Webex (beta).

Record audio

Grant microphone permissions and let Sembly capture offline discussions. Name them, choose languages, and begin.

Upload past recordings - Yes! Use the upload feature to upload a previously recorded audio or video file and Sembly will do the rest.
Upload past recordings - Yes! Use the upload feature to upload a previously recorded audio or video file and Sembly will do the rest.

Upload recordings

Upload MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or ASF files with up to 5 hours of recording duration and 500 MB per attachment.

In-Meeting Process

Manage every moment. Decide what and when you wish to record.

Notification - Sembly joins calls as a participant, introduces itself, records, and can attend calls even if you're not present.
Notification - Sembly joins calls as a participant, introduces itself, records, and can attend calls even if you're not present. -
Control Sembly via webapp or Chrome Extension to pause/resume recording or stop its participation in the call.
Control Sembly via webapp or Chrome Extension to pause/resume recording or stop its participation in the call.
Disconnect - Use "stop" in Sembly or remove Sembly Agent from the call via your platform.
Disconnect - Use "stop" in Sembly or remove Sembly Agent from the call via your platform.
During the meeting - Wait - Sembly AI - Wait as we process your meeting. It may take up to 50% of the call duration. Results will be in the Sembly webapp.
Wait - Sembly AI - Wait as we process your meeting. It may take up to 50% of the call duration. Results will be in the Sembly webapp.

Join Notification

Notify meeting participants about Sembly with an automatic introductory message. Capture conversations even when you are absent.

Pause & Resume

Control meeting recordings by pausing and resuming Sembly in the webapp or Chrome Extension. Decide what details exactly you want to document and when.

Disconnect

Remove Sembly Agent from the virtual meeting via the platform you use or stop recording completely from the webapp.

Control Toggle

Control your attendance by turning the toggle off or on. Choose whether this applies to this event or all the upcoming meetings.

Results

Put meeting data to work. Gain more value in less time.

Process

Sembly offers notes, insights, transcripts, and shares content with apps post-meeting.

Find & Sort

Locate and group meeting information with Sembly's Collections to maintain a logical structure.

Review

Review and customize meeting details. Highlight text, add lists, quotes or headings for improved readability.

Export/Share

Share Sembly meeting notes via a link with customizable access or export details to PDF and markdown.

Automations & AI

Set aside manual efforts. Automate data sync with integrations.

Create native integration. - Your personal Automations are on the left side menu inside the Sembly web app. You need to find the app in the Sembly Automations tab, connect it, and create an Automation rule.

Native Integrations

Connect Sembly Notes with your favorite tools to automate information flow. Choose native integrations with CRMS, collaboration, analytics, productivity, and project management software. Send meeting notes, tasks, and transcriptions to the relevant apps and services, and never worry about misplacing important details.

Manage teams in Sembly - As soon as you create a Team in Settings, you will be able to add it as a filter to any Workspace Automations and add as a Team badge for any scheduled meeting.

Teams

Manage and join existing teams in the Settings of your Sembly account. Add teams as a filter to any Workspace Automations and sync meeting details for a specific group. Maintain structure and avoid extra information slipping through. Choose different destinations and ensure meeting data is exactly where you need it to be.

AI-Powered Chat

Configure Sembly AI chat by setting the time range and letting it use your meeting library. Ask a multi-meeting chat assistant about your conversations to track patterns and receive insights across multiple discussions. Analyze meetings, identify knowledge gaps, and get forecasts about outcomes to make informed, data-driven decisions.

Zapier Apps

Explore Zapier integrations for more flexibility. Choose from pre-saved workflow templates for automatic sync with Google Docs, Gmail, Trello, ClickUp, Asana, OneDrive, or Dropbox. For an even richer selection of software, connect Sembly using an authentication API key and set up no-code workflows with the chosen apps yourself.

FAQ

Find the answers to frequently asked questions.

Why should my company choose Sembly Notes?

Sembly Notes was made for professionals who seek meeting-type aware software with advanced AI functionality. It automatically joins calls, records and transcribes discussions, and delivers clear and actionable insights. Whether you’re an individual contributor, part of a cross‑functional team, or you run a large organization, a good AI meeting assistant minimizes routine work, improves productivity, and safeguards your data with enterprise‐grade security.

Sembly accurately identifies different speakers, supports conversations in 48 languages, provides a full spectrum of meeting-related services, and automates deliverables.

Individual professionals can let Sembly attend meetings automatically even when they are absent, and capture relevant information. This way, they can focus on what’s important and never let details slip through the cracks.

Professional teams can automate post-meeting workflows, easily share notes or transcripts with colleagues and managers, and take a better look at meeting activities with the AI chat.

Enterprises can build a secure knowledge base, optimize collaboration across departments, scale AI, and improve meeting productivity. Sembly AI note-taking app ensures compliance with GDPR, EU-USDPF, FERPA, and PCI DSS, has undergone HIPAA as part of SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA audit, and has completed the Microsoft 365 Certification.

How can Sembly Meeting AI improve my workflows?

Sembly Notes is the best AI meeting notetaker that assists with small tasks, including transcription, meeting notes, the extraction of key items, as well as more advanced functionalities, such as AI chat. It generates deliverables and analyzes conversations within minutes.

You can group discussions with Collections, share AI meeting notes with your teammates, and create a single source of truth. As a result, everyone on the team is informed about key decisions and stays in the loop regardless of attendance.

With both native and Zapier integrations, professionals can sync meeting details between platforms automatically, reducing manual efforts to zero. Pre-saved workflow templates ensure the effortless and smooth integrations work with no coding required.

Is Sembly Notes secure and compliant with regulations?

Yes. Sembly Notes takes security and user privacy seriously. It is SOC 2 and EU-US DPF certified, fully GDPR‑compliant, and also adheres to HIPAA, PCI DSS, FERPA, and Microsoft 365 requirements. We ensure AI note-taking is both safe and easy.

More information can be found in the Sembly Trust Center.

Which languages does Sembly Notes support?

Sembly note-taking AI supports 48 languages in total: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Ukrainian, Polish, Indonesian, Catalan, Turkish, Swedish, Malay, Norwegian, Finnish, Vietnamese, Thai, Slovak, Greek, Czech, Croatian, Tagalog, Danish, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Galician, Bosnian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Tamil, Hindi, Afrikaans, Cantonese, Urdu, Persian, Hebrew and Arabic.

What currencies does Sembly Notes accept?

In addition to the US dollar, Sembly supports the following: GBP – British Pound Sterling, INR – Indian Rupee, CAD – Canadian Dollar, AUD – Australian Dollar, EUR – Euro, DR – Dominican Peso, PHP – Philippine Peso, COP – Colombian Peso, BRL – Brazilian Real, MXN – Mexican Peso, SGD – Singapore Dollar, ZAR – South African Rand, AED – United Arab Emirates Dirham, CHF – Swiss Franc, PKR – Pakistani Rupee, ARS – Argentine Peso, TRY – Turkish Lira, SEK – Swedish Krona, CLP – Chilean Peso, MYR – Malaysian Ringgit, NZD – New Zealand Dollar, NOK – Norwegian Krone, ILS – Israeli Shekel, SAR – Saudi Riyal.

Which conference apps can I use with Sembly Notes?

Sembly works with Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Cisco Webex; no installations or downloads needed. 

For any other conference applications, use recording or file upload. Sembly supports MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, or ASF files with a duration of up to 5 hours and a maximum attachment size of 500 MB.

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