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Overview
Vowel is an all-in-one video conferencing platform with built-in transcription, note-taking, and AI-powered meeting summaries. It automatically records meetings, generates searchable transcripts, and creates action items. Vowel helps teams spend less time in meetings and more time on execution by making meeting content accessible and actionable.
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Pricing
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Free
Free
Business
$16.49 /mo
Enterprise
Free
Capabilities
Video conferencing
Video conferencing capability
Auto transcription
Auto transcription capability
AI meeting summaries
AI meeting summaries capability
Action item detection
Action item detection capability
Searchable recordings
Searchable recordings capability
Slack
Integration with Slack
Notion
Integration with Notion
Asana
Integration with Asana
Linear
Integration with Linear
Google Calendar
Integration with Google Calendar
SOC2 Type II
SOC2 Type II security feature
End-to-end encryption
End-to-end encryption security feature
Behind it
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Video conferencing that's easy, reliable, and secure
Meet, chat, call, and collaborate in just one place
Record instantly, share anywhere
Connected cloud communications
Where work happens
Pure instant messaging — simple, fast, secure, and synced across all your devices
A simpler, smarter way to work
Simple, easy to use, all-in-one team collaboration tool
Group chat for global teams, built to replace email with real-time communication
Organized team communication platform
AI-powered team messaging and collaboration
The entrepreneur's phone system
The super app for team collaboration
Channel-centric collaboration for secure workflows
Formerly OpenPhone
Deployment flexibility and compliance across regulatory frameworks
Speak Freely
Remote access and support software from Germany, used for connecting to computers anywhere
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