ADHD brain vs. Meeting Notes: I’m Losing. Please Send Help.

Hi Harmony fam,

I’m throwing myself at the mercy of the collective ADHD hive mind because I am officially drowning in project meetings, planning sessions, stakeholder check‑ins, and all the “quick syncs” that somehow produce 47 action items and zero memory of what was actually said.

And here’s the kicker:My shorthand skills?Absolutely extinct.Like… fossil-level extinct.

So I need to embrace the modern world and find a totally free, genuinely free (not “free for 7 days and then surprise, you’re subscribed until the end of time”) tool that can:

Record audio on my phone and laptop
Transcribe it
Summarise it into something usable
Not require me to remember to cancel anything ever again

Basically, I need something that will save me from spending hours trying to reconstruct meeting notes like I’m solving a cold case. OUr Teams set up - will not transcribe :(

If I could stop manually replaying the auido on teams, so I can type up the notes from th e teams recording or from memory (which is currently 80% vibes, 20% panic), that would be amazing.

So… does anyone know of a magical, ADHD‑friendly, actually free tool that can record + transcribe + summarise without tricking me into a subscription I’ll forget to cancel until 2034?

I’m desperate.I’m tired.I’m one more meeting away from taking notes in interpretive dance.

Please send your best suggestions, hacks, apps, rituals, or smoke signals. I will try anything at this point.

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