Meeting bot glossary
Short, practical definitions for the terms you will meet when building on meeting bot infrastructure. Each entry links to a deeper explainer with examples and API context.
Meeting bot
A software participant that joins a video call to capture audio, video, transcripts, and events on your behalf.
Meeting bot API
The programmatic interface for sending bots into meetings and getting structured meeting data back.
AI notetaker
An application that records a meeting and turns it into summaries, action items, and searchable notes.
Speaker diarization
The process of splitting a transcript by who said what, so every line is attributed to a speaker.
Real-time transcription
Speech converted to text while the meeting is still in progress, typically delivered over a streaming connection.
Per-participant audio
Separate audio streams for each person in a meeting, instead of one mixed track.
Meeting intelligence
The broad category of products that extract insight from meetings, including coaching, analytics, and CRM enrichment.
Webhook
An HTTP callback that notifies your application when something happens, like a recording becoming ready.
WebSocket streaming
A persistent two-way connection used to push live meeting audio, video, and transcript events to your app with low latency.
Calendar integration
Connecting calendars so bots schedule themselves into upcoming meetings automatically.
From definitions to production
Everything on this page ships in one API. Join, record, stream, and transcribe meetings programmatically.