tl;dv

What is tl;dv?

tl;dv is an AI meeting notetaker and meeting intelligence platform from tldx Solutions GmbH. It records or receives a meeting, produces a transcript, and applies AI to create notes, summaries, decisions, follow-ups, and action items. Users can then search the meeting library, share selected moments, analyze several meetings together, or send structured information to other work tools.

Unlike a general-purpose chatbot, tl;dv is built around recorded conversations and the workflows that follow them. It is closer to a meeting-record system combined with transcription, research, sales coaching, and workflow automation than to a standalone writing assistant.

How people use tl;dv

A typical workflow starts with connecting a calendar or meeting service, installing the browser or desktop recording option, or starting a recording in the mobile app. After the meeting, tl;dv makes the transcript and AI notes available in its meeting library. A user can search for a topic, jump to a relevant moment, copy a clip, review action items, or send the results to a CRM or collaboration system.

For sales and customer-success teams, the platform can apply playbooks, track topics such as objections or competitors, support coaching, and help prepare CRM updates. Product and user-research teams can use multi-meeting reports to identify recurring feedback and themes across interviews. Managers, consultants, recruiters, and distributed teams can use it to create a searchable record of conversations without relying on manual notes.

Core capabilities

Recording and transcription

tl;dv supports Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, along with bot-free recording through its desktop applications. The desktop app can capture system audio from other services, including platforms such as Slack huddles and Discord calls. The iOS and Android apps support in-person recording by capturing audio and uploading it for processing. Transcription and AI features support more than 30 languages, although exact availability varies by model, region, and feature.

AI notes, search, and cross-meeting analysis

The platform turns recordings into summaries, key points, decisions, follow-ups, and action items. Its search tools let users locate words, topics, and moments across the meeting library rather than replaying entire recordings. Ask tl;dv and multi-meeting reports extend this from single-meeting notes to questions about patterns, customer feedback, recurring objections, and themes across conversations.

Sales, research, and workflow automation

tl;dv includes sales playbooks, topic trackers, coaching workflows, and performance scorecards for customer-facing conversations. It can also route meeting information to services such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Slack, Notion, and Zapier. API access, webhooks, and MCP connectors provide additional ways to use meeting data in connected workflows, although API access is associated with Pro or Business plans and is documented as v1alpha1.

Platforms and integrations

tl;dv is available as a web application, Chrome extension, macOS and Windows desktop applications, and iOS and Android mobile apps. It works with Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, while desktop recording broadens coverage to other audio platforms. The mobile application is primarily for recording and uploading in-person conversations rather than browsing the complete meeting workspace.

Native and connected workflows include CRM, project, communication, and productivity services. Zapier expands the number of possible connections, while webhooks and the API are more suitable for teams that need custom data flows. MCP support allows meeting information to be used through supported connections for tools such as Claude and ChatGPT.

Pricing and access

tl;dv has a continuing free plan rather than relying only on a temporary trial. The free tier includes unlimited recordings and transcripts, but it limits several surrounding capabilities. Documented restrictions include three-month recording storage, archival after three days, full AI notes for the first 10 meetings, 10 AI prompts, 10 AI Reports, four clips, five uploaded files, 20 lifetime integration credits, no simultaneous recordings, and a 40-recording weekly limit.

Paid Pro and Business plans add higher limits, expanded AI functionality, integrations, analytics, sales workflows, and team capabilities. The Help Center advertises paid access from $18 per month, with monthly and annual payment options, but exact current plan prices and limits should be checked in the live pricing interface because the pricing page is dynamically rendered. Enterprise availability is provided for organizations requiring broader administration and controls.

Privacy and data considerations

Meeting recording requires participant consent, and users remain responsible for obtaining it. This matters especially for customer calls, interviews, hiring conversations, and meetings involving regulated or confidential information. tl;dv states that it is GDPR compliant, encrypts data, uses European infrastructure for service data, and provides controls related to recording consent, sharing, and AI hosting location.

tl;dv states that customer data and calls are not used to train AI models. Its documentation describes anonymization and processing controls for data shared with AI providers, with AI hosting options involving Anthropic in the United States or Mistral in France. The company also describes AES-256 encryption at rest, SSL/TLS in transit, SSO, role-based access, and administrative controls. Retention depends on the plan: free recordings are stored for three months and moved to long-term archive after three days. Organizations should confirm current retention and deletion terms before adopting it for sensitive records.

Strengths and limitations

• Useful combination of features: tl;dv connects recording, transcription, notes, search, cross-meeting analysis, coaching, and downstream workflows in one product.
• Broad meeting coverage: It supports major meeting platforms, bot-free desktop capture, and mobile recording for in-person conversations.
• Good fit for recurring team processes: CRM updates, sales coaching, customer research, and recurring reports are more substantial use cases than simple one-off transcription.
• Meaningful free access: Unlimited recordings and transcripts make it possible to test the core workflow without a short trial expiring.
• Free-tier restrictions: AI notes, reports, clips, uploads, integrations, concurrency, storage, and weekly recording volume are limited.
• Cloud and consent dependence: The service requires appropriate recording consent and sends meeting material through a cloud processing workflow.
• Mobile limitations: The mobile app is mainly a recording and upload tool and does not offer the full meeting-library experience.
• Variable transcription quality: Results can be affected by audio quality, accents, overlapping speech, and language.

Who should use tl;dv?

tl;dv is a strong fit for sales teams, customer-success organizations, product researchers, consultants, recruiters, managers, and distributed companies that hold many recurring meetings. It is particularly useful when a transcript must become an action list, CRM record, coaching input, research finding, or searchable organizational memory.

It is less suitable for someone who only needs a general AI assistant, a video editor, or a fully local recorder. Users comparing meeting-notetaking products may also want to evaluate alternatives such as Otter, Fireflies.ai, and Fathom. tl;dv is most differentiated when the requirement extends beyond notes into cross-meeting analysis, sales processes, integrations, and structured workflow automation.