Recorder on somebody’s computer
Jamie is not in your call — what to do if somebody is using it
Jamie is not a guest in the call. It records through its owner's own computer, so the only sign of it is what its owner chooses to send: an email before the meeting, or a message in the chat.
Not in the list of people it records on its owner's computer
Read on 10 November 2026
How it hears the call
- Somebody in the call has the Jamie app running. When it notices they have joined a call — on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or anything else — it asks whether to start, and they click Start Jamie.
- It records through their microphone and their computer. Nothing joins the meeting, so the list of people in the call does not show it.
If it is yours: stop it recording
- Its owner stops it, from the small recorder on their screen or the menu bar. Nobody else in the call can.
- Its owner can switch on an email that tells everybody invited, before the meeting, that they will be using Jamie. It needs their calendar connected, and it is not sent to people in their own workspace.
- There is also a message Jamie can post in the meeting chat a few seconds after it starts. Jamie describes it as a beta, off unless the owner switches it on, on each computer.
If somebody else in the call is using it
- There is nothing on screen to remove. If an email before the meeting or a line in the chat says Jamie is being used, that tells you who.
- If nobody says, ask at the start whether anybody is recording or taking notes with an app, and ask them to stop if you do not agree to it.
- Jamie's own guide puts the duty to tell people on the person using it, not on Jamie.
What it keeps
Jamie says the audio is streamed to a transcription service in the EU, and the transcript is kept on a server in Frankfurt, in its owner's account. Deleting the account removes it after a short recovery window.
In Jamie's own words
How it starts
Jamie“a notification will appear asking if you'd like to start recording”
docs.meetjamie.ai/getting-started/recorder.md
No bot joins
Jamie“no need for meeting bots”
docs.meetjamie.ai/getting-started/quickstart.md
Who has to tell people
Jamie“The responsibility for determining the appropriate legal basis (e.g. legitimate interest) and ensuring transparency with participants lies with you as the data controller.”
docs.meetjamie.ai/getting-started/recording-consent.md
The email before the meeting
Jamie“Jamie can automatically send an email notification to your meeting attendees before the meeting starts.”
docs.meetjamie.ai/getting-started/recording-consent.md
The message in the chat
Jamie“Jamie can post a short message in the meeting chat once your recording starts”
docs.meetjamie.ai/getting-started/meeting-chat-compliance-notice.md
Where the audio goes
Jamie“The audio of your meeting is streamed in real time to”
docs.meetjamie.ai/faqs-troubleshooting/data.md
Where the transcript is kept
Jamie“The transcript of a meeting is stored on a server located in Frankfurt, Germany”
docs.meetjamie.ai/faqs-troubleshooting/data.md
When a deleted account is gone
Jamie“Your data is only permanently removed once the recovery window elapses.”
docs.meetjamie.ai/faqs-troubleshooting/account-deletion.md
Read on 10 November 2026 from Jamie's own help pages. Something changed? Tell us.
A meeting with nothing to remove
On Meetful the notes are written by the meeting itself, from each person's own microphone, so no extra guest joins. Anybody can leave themselves out of the notes and stay in the call.
Other notetakers
KrispKrisp usually records from its owner's own computer, sitting between their microphone and the meeting app, so it is not on the list of people in the call. Its owner can also send the Krisp Bot, which is.Notion AI Meeting NotesNotion's meeting notes run in the Notion app on one person's computer, listening to its speakers and microphone. Notion asks that person to get everybody's consent first.TactiqTactiq transcribes from inside its owner's browser, and on the free plan it starts on its own a few seconds into every meeting unless its owner pauses it.TimelessTimeless's AI notetaker joins from its user's calendar, and anybody it is bothering can ask the host to remove it like any other guest.WudpeckerWudpecker's notetaker follows joining rules its user sets. Setting them to None means it never comes unless its user sends it.CirclebackCircleback joins meetings by kind — internal, external, organised by somebody else — and with both of the main kinds switched off it joins nothing by itself.
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