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Does tl;dv join the meeting as a bot?

It depends on the mode. tl;dv can send a notetaker bot that appears in your Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams participant list, and it also has a bot-free desktop mode that records your computer's audio instead. Reline only does the second: local capture, so nothing ever joins the call.

Short answer

It depends on the mode. tl;dv can send a notetaker bot that appears in your Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams participant list, and it also has a bot-free desktop mode that records your computer's audio instead. Reline only does the second: local capture, so nothing ever joins the call.

The details

  • 01Bot mode joins from your calendar and is the one that captures meeting video and screen share. Bot-free mode runs the tl;dv desktop app on Mac or Windows and records system audio plus your microphone, so the participant list stays unchanged.
  • 02tl;dv's help center is explicit that bot-free recording is audio only: it does not record video, screen sharing, or chat messages.
  • 03It also warns that recording notifications may not appear automatically in bot-free mode, and that auto-recording will keep sending bots to your meetings until you turn it off.
  • 04Reline has no bot mode to forget about. Capture runs locally on your Mac, Windows, or Linux machine, transcription and summaries run in the cloud, and the audio stays in the note so you can play any line back.
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