Chat

Chat is the colleague who attended every meeting.

Instead of re-reading a three-page transcript to find what Sarah said about the timeline, you just ask. Chat knows where you are in the app and scopes its answer accordingly: the current session, the current subject, or the whole workspace.

Open the chat

  • Click the floating chat button in the bottom-right corner of the main window.
  • Or use Ctrl+C to toggle it.
  • Or pick Toggle Chat from the menu bar.

The chat opens in its own floating window so you can keep it next to your session, on a second screen, or wherever you want.

Context is automatic

The header of the chat shows a badge with the current Subject / Session you are viewing. As you navigate around Azynote, the badge updates.

  • Inside a session, the chat scopes its answers to that session and its transcript, notes, and assets.
  • With no session open, the chat falls back to the whole workspace.

You do not have to say "in Tuesday's meeting with Acme". The chat already knows.

Examples:

  • "What did Sarah say about the migration timeline?"
  • "Summarize the last three sessions with this client."
  • "Which session mentioned the SSO issue?"
  • "What were the blockers in this meeting?"
  • "Who committed to what, and by when?"

Attachments

Drop a file into the chat window, or click the paperclip icon in the input footer (Cmd+O), to attach a document, image, or spreadsheet to your next message. Useful for ad-hoc questions that need one-off context beyond the current session.

Voice / Discussion mode

Click the microphone icon in the input footer to start a live voice conversation. The chat listens, speaks back, and keeps a written record in the same chat history.

You can pick your input microphone and output speaker from the gear icon next to the mic. The chat shows a live status: Connecting..., Listening..., AI Speaking....

Useful for hands-free debrief after a meeting, brainstorming out loud, or getting a quick briefing before your next call.

Click End discussion to go back to text input.

Image generation

Ask for an image in plain language and the chat will generate one.

  • "Draw an architecture diagram of a webhook-based ETL pipeline."
  • "Generate a visual summary of this session."

Images appear inline in the chat bubbles. Click an image to open the fullscreen viewer, then Save to Downloads to keep it.

Ask the chat to create things

The chat is not just for answers. You can ask it to write content directly into your workspace:

  • "Generate a OnePager for this session using the Meeting Summary template." The chat triggers OnePager generation and the result lands in the session.
  • "Create a new session under the Acme subject called 'Pricing Q2'." The chat creates and opens it.
  • "Write a follow-up email based on the last session and drop it as a new note." The chat adds the note to the session.

If the output is not quite right, you can always tweak it by hand in the Editor, or convert a chat-generated OnePager back into a plain note with one click.

Slash commands

Type / in the chat input to see available commands. The one you will use most in live sessions:

/brb: step away without missing anything

When something pulls you away mid-meeting (someone at the door, a phone call, a quick break), type /brb in the chat before you leave. The chat marks you as away and shows a banner. Transcription keeps running the whole time, so nothing from the meeting is lost.

When you are back, click the I'm back button in the banner. The chat reads everything that was transcribed while you were away and gives you a tight summary of what you missed, using your currently selected chat model. It takes a few seconds. After that, you are caught up and the banner clears.

The time you spent away is subtracted from the transcript timecodes, so the elapsed times in the transcript still reflect actual meeting time, not wall-clock time.

Conversation history

Your chat history is saved per workspace and survives restarts. When you reopen the chat, it picks up exactly where you left off.

To start fresh, click the trash icon in the chat header (or Cmd+Delete) to clear the conversation. Any images generated in the cleared conversation are removed as well.

Good to know

  • AI must be configured: the chat does not appear until you set up a Gemini provider in First Launch. Without an AI provider configured, the floating button is hidden.
  • Credentials expired: if your API key or Vertex AI credentials expire, the chat shows a banner with a Re-authenticate button. The chat stays open but is temporarily disabled until you re-authenticate.
  • Voice mode requires audio devices: the mic button only appears if macOS detects an input and output device.