Live Notepad: your meeting's new best friend

Hey everyone,

You know that moment in a meeting when something important gets said, and you're frantically typing notes while also trying to pay attention? Yeah, we fixed that.

Introducing the Live Notepad—an Alter Conversation window that lets you interact with what's happening as it happens.

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Here's what you can do with it

During a meeting:

• Use your tools to retrieve important informations about the meeting from your emails, google drive etc…
• Take screenshots of slides or content—they automatically get added to your context
• Ask the AI questions about what's being discussed, right then and there

Capture knowledge instantly:

• Create Apple Notes with study questions from a lecture slide
• Set reminders to follow up on action items (with timestamps and context)
• Use any Alter tool directly from the notepad—it all feeds into your workflow

After the meeting:

• The notepad content combines with your transcript to create deeper meeting recaps
• Everything's there—the words and the context you captured

How it works

1. Start recording your meeting
2. Hit the shortcut to bring up Live AI Notepad cmd+shift+➔ or click the menu bar entry
3. Watch the Live Notepad appear on the right
4. Take screenshots, ask questions, create notes—all while staying in the conversation
5. Once you're done, the recap pulls everything together

Pro tip: Stealth mode for screen sharing

Want to avoid people noticing you're using Alter while screen-sharing?

Go to Settings > Appearance > Hide Alter from screen captures.

All Alter windows will be hidden. Some tools charge $500/year for this feature alone. We're not some tools.

Customize it your way

Because this is an Alter action, you can:

• Choose which tools can be used in the notepad
• Pick your AI model
• Adjust the system prompt to match your workflow

Why this matters

Meetings aren't just about listening anymore, they're about capturing and acting on information. Live Notepad turns passive note-taking into active learning and task creation.

Online class? Create study guides as you learn.
Client call? Generate action items with full context.
Conference talk? Build your own knowledge base in real-time.

The Live Notepad can be pretty ressource intensive.
Please let us know how you experience goes either on Discord or via email at [email protected] Olivier

Ready to try it?

Update to the latest version and hit that shortcut during your next meeting.

Hit reply and let us know how it changes your workflow.

Cheers,

Full Changelog

New Features & Enhancements

• Live Notepad: Real-time AI assistant during meetings and videos with a toggle shortcut (default: cmd+shift+→)
• Screen Sharing Privacy: Option to hide Alter from screen sharing
• Screenshot in Conversations: Added screenshot capabilities directly within conversation windows

Bug Fixes & Stability

• Live Captions: Disabled for non-WhisperKit Pro users to prevent recording errors
• Conversation Renaming: Fixed issues when renaming conversations in the notch
• Conversation Window: Adding context now properly updates the context strip
• Transcript Actions: Fixed trash icon functionality in recent transcripts
• Audio Recording: Notification after 2 minutes of low audio detection
• Context Menu: Action line is now fully clickable
• Apple Calendar & Notes: Better descriptions for better accuracy at tool use

Performance Improvements

• Notch Opening: Minor performance improvements when opening the notch
• Recording Start: Reduced startup time when beginning a recording
• Main Thread: Avoided blocking main thread for more than 3 seconds when fetching keywords

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