Glossary

Meeting & AI glossary

Plain-English definitions of the terms behind meeting notes, follow-ups, sales calls and AI assistants, and how Acta handles each one.

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AI meeting assistantSoftware that records a meeting and writes the transcript, summary and tasks.Meetings

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Bot-free AI notetakerRecords meetings without a bot joining the call as a participant.Meetings

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Decision logA running record of decisions: what was decided, by whom, when and why.Outcomes

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Follow-up emailThe email after a meeting that recaps decisions and who does what.Outcomes

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MCP serverLets AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT use another app's data and actions.AI & tech MEDDPICCA sales qualification framework for complex, multi-person deals.Sales Meeting action itemA task agreed in a meeting, with an owner and usually a due date.Outcomes Meeting minutesA written record of what was discussed and decided in a meeting.Meetings Meeting prep briefA short note to read before a meeting: its goal, open items and what to ask.Meetings Meeting report templateA fixed structure for writing up a type of meeting, like a sales report.Meetings Meeting transcriptThe word-for-word written record of a meeting, with who said what.Meetings

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Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)AI that finds the relevant passages first, then answers from them.AI & tech Risk registerA list of risks with their impact, owner, mitigation and status.Outcomes

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Speaker identificationLabels each line of a transcript with the person who said it.Meetings

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Zapier triggerThe event in one app that starts an automation in Zapier.AI & tech

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