Laxis AI Note Taker Test: Did It Catch the Moved Meeting?
Laxis is one app with two parts: an AI note taker that records calls without a bot and writes notes and follow-up emails, and a voice keyboard that types what you say into any app. In my test, all eight points on my checklist ended up in the notes after a kickoff call, including the meeting date that moved mid-call.
Disclosure: This video is sponsored by Laxis. Links marked * are affiliate links.
Chapters
Each timestamp jumps to the matching section on this page. “Load video” then starts right there.
- 00:00 Can an AI note taker catch a moved meeting?
- 00:38 What Laxis is
- 01:11 Step 1: Installing Laxis on the Mac
- 01:47 Step 2: Recording the kickoff call (role-play)
- 04:35 Step 3: Notes after the stop, then the check
- 05:59 Follow-up email, TL;DR and templates
- 06:40 Step 4: Voice keyboard setup and dictation in Gmail
- 07:56 Agent mode writes the follow-up email
- 08:46 Step 5: Everyday messages and German
- 10:08 My verdict
- 10:53 Recording calls, who it's for and links
What Laxis is
▶ In the video at 00:38Laxis is one app with two parts: an AI note taker for meetings and a voice keyboard for writing in any app. It records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls right from your computer, without a bot joining the call. If you want a bot in the call, that's an option.
After the call, Laxis writes notes with an overview, action items and topics. With one click, it turns them into a follow-up email, a short summary or a text from a template. The voice keyboard types what you say, cleans up slips as you go and, on Premium, can translate too.
There's also a web app and a Chrome extension, but the voice keyboard needs the desktop app, so that's what I use in this test. I didn't connect my calendar and started every recording manually; connecting it is an option too.
Basic is free. Premium is $9.99 a month billed yearly or $15.99 billed monthly (according to the pricing page, as of November 3, 2026). What each plan includes is in the FAQ below.
The test: eight points and one trap
▶ In the video at 00:00The call is a role-play. A friend plays Sarah Becker, a business coach, the kind of client I actually work with; in the video you only hear her voice. Before the call, I wrote down what the notes had to contain: three decisions, four tasks with owners and dates, and one open question. Plus one side topic that shouldn't show up at all.
The catch: in the middle of the call, the workshop moves from Tuesday to Thursday. If my notes still say Tuesday, I show up on the wrong day. In the video, the call is cut down to the moments that matter; Laxis heard the whole call, uncut. Every row jumps to the moment in the call on YouTube.
What Laxis has to catch
The call
▶ The call in the video at 01:47- 01Follow-up first, group program laterDecision · in the video at 2:32✓ in the notes
- 02Workshop:
Tue, Nov 10→ Thu, Nov 12, 10 am, remotemovedDecision · Tuesday at 3:17, moved at 3:52✓ in the notes - 03Stay in Google WorkspaceDecision · in the video at 3:00✓ in the notes
- 04Sarah: 3 anonymized notes + 1 follow-up email, by Nov 6Task · in the video at 3:30✓ in the notes
- 05Sarah: share the templates folder, by Nov 9Task · in the video at 3:40✓ in the notes
- 06Lukas: first draft of the follow-up routine, by Nov 10Task · in the video at 3:45 · in the notes as “Speaker 1”✓ in the notes
- 07Lukas: short summary email, todayTask · in the video at 4:23 · in the notes as “Speaker 1”✓ in the notes
- 08Open question: Sarah checks with her lawyerin the video at 4:10✓ in the notes
- 09Podcast ideatrapmust stay out · in the video at 2:43✓ left out
8/8+ side topic left out
My verdict
▶ In the video at 10:08My sheet from the end of the video, with short notes, plus the dictation mistake with the amount:
Laxis · after the test
My verdict
| Note taker: my 8 points | all eight |
|---|---|
| The moved workshop date | right |
| The side topicthe podcast idea | left out |
| Notes readymeasured about 5 seconds after the stop; in the video I say “about 10 seconds” | super fast |
| Voice keyboardcleanup, translation, dictation in Gmail | worked well |
| Follow-up emailin Agent mode, with context from the call | very nice |
| German testlive transcript with English translation | a success |
| Setup on the Macbecause of the microphone permission | a bit fiddly |
| My tasksmy name never came up in the call; automatic speaker detection was off | “Speaker 1” |
| Dictating an amountsaid “1,250 euros” | $1,250 |
After the stop: notes and the check
▶ In the video at 04:35The notes were ready about 5 seconds after the stop.
My name never came up in the call, and I had automatic speaker detection switched off in the settings. So my two tasks were listed under “Speaker 1”. After the call, I named the speakers: Speaker 1 is Lukas, Speaker 2 is Sarah Becker. The transcript was very, very close to what we actually said.
Overview
The meeting focused on reducing Sarah’s time spent on client follow-up and planning a practical first step. The priority is to build a follow-up routine in Google Workspace, with a remote workshop scheduled for November 12 at 10:00 AM.
Action Items
- 04Sarah: Send three anonymized session notes and one typical follow-up email by November 6.
- 05Sarah: Share the Google Drive folder containing her templates by November 9.
- 08Sarah: Check with her lawyer whether client session notes can be processed with AI and report back.
- 06Speaker 1: Prepare a first draft of Sarah’s follow-up routine by November 10.
- 07Speaker 1: Email Sarah a short meeting summary today.
Topics (excerpt)
- 01Follow-up is the first priority; the group program will be addressed in phase two.
- 02A two-hour remote workshop is scheduled for Thursday, November 12, at 10:00 AM; Sarah will have the draft routine to review beforehand.
- 03Sarah uses Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and Google Drive and wants to keep the work in Google Workspace without adding coaching software.
About the podcast: not a word.
Follow-up email, TL;DR and templates
▶ In the video at 05:59From the notes, Laxis writes a follow-up email in one click. My take in the video: actually pretty good, thumbs up. The email picks up the tasks with their dates and names the workshop on Thursday, November 12, at 10:00 AM.
There's also a TL;DR to send and more templates, for example for a retrospective, a blog post or a newsletter.
The follow-up email from Laxis, word for word
Subject: Follow-up and next steps
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for the conversation today. We’ll start by streamlining your client follow-up, which currently takes about 40 minutes per session across roughly 12 sessions a week. We’ll keep the workflow in Google Workspace, and revisit the group program materials in phase two.
Please send me three anonymized session notes and one typical follow-up email by November 6, and share the Google Drive folder with your templates by November 9. I’ll prepare a first draft of the follow-up routine by November 10 so you can review it before our two-hour remote workshop on Thursday, November 12, at 10:00 AM.
Since your session notes include personal client information, you’ll check with your lawyer whether they can be processed with AI and let me know. I’ll also send you this short summary today.
Please send the examples and folder access by the dates above, and let me know what your lawyer advises. Looking forward to working through the draft with you on November 12.
Best,
Lukas
Voice keyboard: setup and dictation in Gmail
▶ In the video at 06:40The second part of Laxis is the voice keyboard: you speak, and Laxis types into whatever field you're in. It's set up on the left Option key; during setup, the key lights up on screen as soon as I press it.
It cleans up right away. I say “How about we meet tomorrow at 7 a.m.? Oh, actually, let's do 3 p.m.”, and Laxis types only the final time: “How about we meet tomorrow at 3:00 PM?” The voice keyboard can also translate while you speak. The shortcuts from the setup:
- Voice inputLeft Option
- TranslationLeft Shift + Left Option
- AgentLeft Option + Left Command
In Gmail, dictation worked. With translation, I speak English and the text lands in the email in German; that gets a thumbs up in the video.
Agent mode: the follow-up email right in Gmail
▶ In the video at 07:56In Agent mode, I say in Gmail: “Can you write and paste a follow-up email to the meeting that I had with Sarah today and paste it in here?” Laxis pastes a draft with context from the call, with the right workshop date: November 12, 10:00 AM.
You can also get a follow-up email in the app, next to the meeting. With agent mode, though, I never had to leave Gmail and had the draft right there, using only my voice. That impressed me.
Subject: Follow-up from today’s kickoff
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for taking the time to meet today. It was helpful to discuss how to reduce the time you spend on client follow-up and identify a practical first step.
We’ll focus on building a follow-up routine in Google Workspace. Looking forward to our remote workshop on November 12 at 10:00 AM.
Best,
Lukas Hüttis
Everyday messages and German
▶ In the video at 08:46For the dictation, I had prepared three messages to check punctuation, numbers and names:
- Hi Julia, can we move our call tomorrow from 2 to 3 pm? Something came up. Thanks!
- Thanks for the comment! Happy to share more details, I’ll send you a message.
- Invoice 2026-114 for 1,250 euros is due on November 20. Please confirm the bank details.
Dictation check
Said vs. typed
| I said | Laxis typed |
|---|---|
| Hi Julia | Hi Giuliamy pronunciation |
| 2 to 3 pm · 2026-114 · Nov 20 | ✓ all correct |
| 1,250 euros | $1,250said euros, typed a dollar sign |
“Julia” became “Giulia”; in the video I put that down to my pronunciation. Time, invoice number and date were right. For the amount, Laxis turned euros into a dollar sign.
Then I speak German into a new note. The spoken language is set to “Auto-detect”, and Laxis recognizes that I'm speaking German. With “Translate” set to English, the live transcript shows German and English at the same time. That works really well.
Setup on the Mac
▶ In the video at 01:11- Get the Mac app straight from laxis.com, not from the App Store. Only that version has the voice keyboard; according to Laxis, it needs the macOS Accessibility permissions that Apple doesn't allow in App Store apps.
- macOS asks once if you want to open an app from the internet. That's normal.
- Laxis adds itself to your login items right away. You can switch that off in the settings.
- Microphone and system audio: if Laxis sends you to System Settings for the microphone and Laxis isn't listed there yet, just start a new note. Then Laxis asks for the microphone and the system audio itself.
Afterwards, the Laxis settings list three permissions: microphone, screen and system audio recording, and Accessibility, which the voice keyboard uses to insert text into the active field.
My advice from the video: get it from the official site, look at what it asks for, and decide for yourself what you allow and if you actually want to install it. In my verdict, I call the setup a bit fiddly because of the microphone permission.
Before you record calls
▶ In the video at 10:53Laxis records from your computer and is invisible to the other people in the call. According to Laxis, transcription runs in Laxis' cloud. I always ask the people in my calls whether it's fine to run a transcript and notes. If you're a coach, using it inside client sessions is a separate question: your clients' consent and confidentiality.
The call in the video is a role-play with a friend. She agreed to be recorded with Laxis, voice only.
Who it's for
My take in the video: if you have a lot of calls and write follow-ups afterwards, this is definitely worth it. “This saves real time.”
According to the pricing page, every new account starts with a 14-day Premium trial, no credit card required. Try Laxis*
* Affiliate link: I earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.
And if you're a coach or a freelancer and want routines like this built for your own work, that's what I do in my AI Workflow Sprint.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. In my test, I recorded a Google Meet kickoff call with the Laxis desktop app on my Mac, without a bot joining. According to Laxis, the desktop apps also work with Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Webex. There's also a Chrome extension that turns on inside a Google Meet tab, with live captions during the call and a transcript and AI summary afterwards, no desktop app required. The voice keyboard, though, needs the desktop app.
Not with the desktop app. Laxis records the call right on your computer; according to Laxis, no extra participant appears in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Webex. That's how my Google Meet call on the Mac ran. If you want a bot in the call, that's an option. I still always ask the people in my calls whether a transcript and notes are fine.
All eight points of my checklist were in the notes: three decisions, four tasks with dates and the open question. The workshop, moved in the middle of the call from Tuesday to Thursday, November 12, 10 am, was right, and the podcast idea was left out. My two tasks were listed under “Speaker 1”, because my name never came up in the call and automatic speaker detection was off. The transcript was very, very close to what we actually said.
No. According to Laxis, both Mac versions record and transcribe the same way, but only the direct download (.dmg) from laxis.com includes the voice keyboard. It needs the macOS Accessibility permissions that Apple doesn't allow in App Store apps. On Windows, both versions include the voice keyboard, Laxis says. That's why I got the Mac app straight from laxis.com.
According to the pricing page, as of November 3, 2026: Basic is free, with 300 transcription minutes a month, up to 45 minutes per recording and 30 days of history. Premium is $15.99 a month, or $9.99 a month billed yearly, with 2,000 minutes; it adds, among other things, live translation plus translation and Agent mode in the voice keyboard. Business is $29.99, or $19.99 a month billed yearly. Meetings, dictation and live translation draw from the same pool of minutes. Every new account starts with a 14-day Premium trial without a credit card, and website purchases are billed in US dollars.
No. According to Laxis, transcription runs in Laxis' cloud: the app captures the audio and streams it up, so it needs an internet connection to transcribe. In the video, I put it like this: Laxis told me the transcription runs in their cloud.
Full transcript
From my own corrected English subtitles, grouped by chapter. Sarah is a role played by a friend. Timestamps open the video on YouTube.
00:00 Can an AI note taker catch a moved meeting?
Sarah: Oh wait, I just saw a client moved her session to Tuesday morning. Could we do Thursday, November 12th at 10 a.m. instead? Remote is fine.
This one sentence decides if this AI note taker is any good, because if my notes still say Tuesday, I show up on the wrong day. So, I ran Laxis through a full kickoff call. Eight things it has to catch, including that date, and one thing it has to leave out. Then I let it write my follow-up email just from my voice. Laxis sponsored this video, and the Laxis link in the description is an affiliate link. Quick disclaimer: the verdict is still my own.
00:38 What Laxis is
So what's Laxis? Laxis is one app with two parts: an AI note taker for meetings and a voice keyboard for writing anywhere. It records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls from your computer without a bot joining the call. Which you could do if you want one to join your call. It's an option. There is also a web app and a Chrome extension, but the voice keyboard needs the desktop app. So that's what I'm using in this case here. I don't connect my calendar, so every recording here started manually, but there's the option to connect your calendar as well.
01:11 Step 1: Installing Laxis on the Mac
I got the Mac app straight from laxis.com, not from the App Store, because only that version has the voice keyboard. macOS asked once if I want to open an app from the internet, but that's normal. Laxis adds itself to your login items right away. You can switch that off in the settings as well. If Laxis sends you to System Settings for the microphone and it's not listed there yet, just start a new note. Then Laxis asks for the microphone and the system audio itself. Get it from the official site, look at what it asks for, and decide for yourself what you allow and if you actually want to install it.
01:47 Step 2: Recording the kickoff call (role-play)
The call is a role-play. A friend plays a coach, the kind of client that I actually work with. You'll only hear her voice. Here's what the notes have to match. Three decisions, four tasks with owners and dates, and one open question. Plus the side topic that should not show up at all. I cut the call down to the moments that matter. Laxis heard the whole call, completely uncut.
Lukas: Okay. Ready?
Sarah: I am ready. Honestly, the follow-up. After every session, I write up my notes and send the client a follow-up email. That's about 40 minutes each time, and I have around 12 sessions a week.
Lukas: Mm-hm. So roughly eight hours a week, just on follow-up, right?
Sarah: Yes.
Lukas: Okay, then I definitely start with the follow-up. That's where you lose time every single week. We look at the group program in phase two then.
Sarah: Agreed. Follow-up first, the group program later. Ah, completely unrelated. I've been thinking about starting a podcast. Everyone keeps telling me I should.
Lukas: Yeah, that could be fun. What would it be about?
Sarah: No idea yet, honestly. Anyway, sorry, back to us.
Lukas: Yeah, good idea. What are you working with right now?
Sarah: Google Workspace for everything. Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and I'd like to keep it that way. No new coaching software.
Lukas: Good. Good. Then we build everything in Google Workspace, where you're already at. Next step would be a workshop where we build the routine together, about two hours. When would that work for you?
Sarah: How about Tuesday, November the 10th? Mornings are best for me.
Lukas: Okay, yeah. Tuesday morning works. Before that, it would help me to see what your follow-up looks like today. Could you send me a few examples? Anonymized, of course.
Sarah: Sure, I'll send you three anonymized session notes and one typical follow-up email by Friday, November 6th.
Lukas: Okay, that's perfect. And where do your templates live?
Sarah: In a folder in Google Drive. I share it with you by Monday, November the 9th.
Lukas: Yeah, perfect. Okay, great. Then I'll put together a first draft of your follow-up routine by Tuesday, November 10th. Is that okay?
Sarah: Oh wait, I just saw a client moved her session to Tuesday morning. Could we do Thursday, November 12th at 10 a.m. instead? Remote is fine.
Lukas: Thursday at 10, remote, does work for me. And that way you can look at my draft before we meet. I think that's pretty good. One thing we should clear up early: your session notes contain personal things from your clients. Are you okay with that going through AI tools?
Sarah: Good question. Honestly, I'm not sure what I'm allowed to do there. I check with my lawyer and get back to you. Could you send me a short summary by email? Otherwise, I lose track.
Lukas: Sure, you'll have it today. And I think that's already it. Thank you so much, and talk soon.
04:35 Step 3: Notes after the stop, then the check
Alright, now we're done with the meeting, let's do a few things. I'm gonna put myself over there. Let's name the speakers. Speaker 1 is Lukas.
Apply to all Speaker 1. Yep. Nice. That worked. And this is Sarah Becker, business coach or client, whatever. Apply to all Speaker 2. Boom. That definitely worked. And I got to say, the transcript is very, very close to what we actually said. Action items. Yep, this actually is everything important that I prepared beforehand. Now let's check the tasks.
Action item: send three anonymized session notes and one typical follow-up email by November 6th. Yeah, perfect. Okay, that's actually exactly it. Nice.
05:59 Follow-up email, TL;DR and templates
Pretty excited about the result. What we can do is a follow-up email. Let's just hit that.
This is actually pretty good. So I give this a thumbs up, definitely. I can also get a TL;DR that I can send. So this is actually a pretty great feature. Retrospective session, blog, newsletter. So there's some nice options in here. I'm a fan, definitely.
06:40 Step 4: Voice keyboard setup and dictation in Gmail
Let's set up the voice keyboard together. Let's hit continue. The left Option button. Yep, that worked. Shortcut detected. We can see this here: at the same time that I'm pressing the left Option button on my MacBook keyboard, this is lighting up. So this is working. Let's hit continue. How about we meet tomorrow at 7 a.m.? Oh, actually, let's do 3 p.m.
Ooh, that's a very nice feature, with the clean-up and translate while you speak. Speak, don't type. Voice input is the left Option, translation left Shift, left Option, and agent is left Option, left Command. All right, let's hit it. We are in Gmail right now. Let's hit the Option button and say: Hey everyone, thanks for joining. Cheers, Lukas. Okay, yeah, that actually worked. Let's try the same with the translation to German. Actually, that's pretty good.
So thumbs up, that definitely works.
07:56 Agent mode writes the follow-up email
Okay, let's try the agent thing. Can you write and paste a follow-up email to the meeting that I had with Sarah today and paste it in here? That was the Option-Command.
That rocks. Okay, nice. That did actually work. That was the Option-Command together, and I'm impressed. That's pretty, pretty good. I mean, we did have the function in here, meetings, to actually directly see a follow-up mail, but I was directly in Gmail and was able to just use the voice keyboard, and I got a draft in there.
08:46 Step 5: Everyday messages and German
Okay, I prepared a few more tests for the dictate function, to see if punctuation, numbers and all of that stuff do work. Let's hit the Option. Hi Julia, can we move our call tomorrow from 2 to 3 p.m.? Something came up. Thanks. Okay. That's fine, I guess. That's my pronunciation. Everything else works just fine. Thanks for the comment. Happy to share more details. I'll send you a message. And last but not least: invoice 2026-114 for 1,250 euros is due on November 20th. Please confirm the bank details.
In German, translated: So it recognizes that I'm speaking German. That actually works really well. And now I'm also turning on Translate, so it gets translated into English at the end. And it's really cool to see that both German and English are shown at the same time. So that works really well. Very nice.
10:08 My verdict
So, time for my verdict. The note taker caught all eight of the points. It got the moved workshop date right, and it left the side topic out. The notes were ready about 10 seconds after I stopped the recording, which is super fast. The voice keyboard worked well too. For example, the follow-up email was very nice, and also the German test was a success. Two small things: the setup on the Mac was a bit fiddly because of the microphone permission, and my name never came up in the call, so my tasks were labeled Speaker 1 until I named the speakers, which is fine. Because in the settings, I had the auto-detect of the speakers off.
10:53 Recording calls, who it's for and links
One thing to think about: Laxis is invisible to the other people in the call, and Laxis told me the transcription runs in their cloud. If you're a coach, using it inside client sessions is a separate question, because it's all about your clients' consent and confidentiality. So if you're doing calls with me, I always ask the people if it's fine to run a transcript and notes of the call. This is definitely worth for people if you have a lot of calls and write follow-ups afterwards. This saves real time. This definitely works. The Laxis link in the description is an affiliate link. If you upgrade a paid plan through it, I get a commission at no extra cost to you.
And if you're a coach or a freelancer and want routines like this built for your own work, that's what I do in my AI Workflow Sprint. The link is below as well. Thank you so much for watching. Let me know if you will try out Laxis, and check out all the other videos and tests of AI tools that I have here on my channel.
Sources
Provider details come only from laxis.com, with retrieval dates. Everything else comes from my test in the video.
Laxis
- Download page with FAQ: platforms, App Store vs .dmg, recording without a bot, cloud transcription, languages, retrieved November 3, 2026
- Pricing page with FAQ: plans, minutes, free trial, billing, retrieved November 3, 2026
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