Frequently asked questions
Quick, plain-language answers about botless meetings, live answers, privacy, pricing, in-person conversations, and how OLVA compares with other AI meeting tools.
Botless meetings
Yes. OLVA works as a private desktop and mobile companion instead of joining your Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddle, Webex, or in-person meeting as a visible participant.
Live answers
Yes. OLVA follows the live transcript, detects questions automatically, and can generate contextual answers, coaching prompts, and follow-up suggestions while the conversation is still happening.
In-person meetings
Yes. OLVA can support in-person conversations from desktop or mobile with live transcription, meeting memory, recaps, and follow-up questions when the meeting is not happening inside a video-call platform.
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Yes. OLVA works as a private desktop and mobile companion instead of joining your Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddle, Webex, or in-person meeting as a visible participant.
No. OLVA captures from your own device and does not appear as a meeting participant. It is a lighter way to bring AI into the room while you keep the normal consent and notice practices your meetings already require.
The best choice depends on the workflow you need. OLVA is designed for people who want a botless assistant that can help during the meeting with live answers, question detection, documents, and follow-up memory.
A visible AI notetaker usually joins the meeting roster as another participant. A botless assistant works from your own device, which keeps the room feeling natural while still giving you AI help.
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Yes. OLVA follows the live transcript, detects questions automatically, and can generate contextual answers, coaching prompts, and follow-up suggestions while the conversation is still happening.
Yes. You can attach decks, briefs, contracts, notes, and other materials so OLVA can ground answers in the context you already rely on.
Use OLVA alongside Zoom. OLVA follows the live conversation from your device, detects questions, and can produce contextual answers while the call is still happening.
Yes. OLVA can surface prompts, questions, and answer drafts during a live conversation so you can respond more confidently without waiting for a post-meeting recap.
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On annual billing, Plus is $12.50 per month effective and Pro is $25 per month effective. The pricing section shows the current live price for each billing cycle when available.
Yes. The Basic plan is a free trial with 3 hours of meeting time total, live transcription, real-time insights, documents, AI Boost, auto question detection, and post-meeting Q&A so you can feel the workflow before upgrading.
Plus includes everything in Basic and expands you to 50 hours of meeting time per month. It is a strong fit if you meet regularly and want live answers, document-aware help, and searchable meeting memory without jumping straight to unlimited usage.
Pro includes everything in Basic with unlimited meeting time, making it the best fit for heavy meeting weeks, customer-facing roles, founders, consultants, sales teams, and anyone who wants OLVA available without watching a monthly quota.
OLVA pricing is built around live value, not just another notes dashboard. Even the free Basic plan shows the live workflow, while Plus and Pro give you more room to use botless capture, live answers, documents, summaries, and meeting memory across real work.
Yes. Start with Basic to try the core OLVA workflow, then move to Plus for 50 hours per month or Pro for unlimited meeting time when OLVA becomes part of your regular meeting routine.
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OLVA is designed for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddles, Webex, and in-person conversations because it captures from the computer or phone instead of relying on a platform-specific bot.
Yes. OLVA starts in Auto multilingual mode for supported non-English meeting languages and also lets you choose from 87 language and regional options when a meeting needs broader coverage or tighter control.
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Yes. OLVA can support in-person conversations from desktop or mobile with live transcription, meeting memory, recaps, and follow-up questions when the meeting is not happening inside a video-call platform.
Yes. OLVA has mobile companion workflows for situations where desktop installation is not available or where the conversation happens away from your usual computer.
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OLVA does not store meeting audio or meeting video on its systems. Audio is processed to power transcription and AI features, while transcripts, documents, prompts, outputs, and related product data are handled according to the Privacy Policy.
Use OLVA the same way you would use any professional meeting recording or transcription workflow: give clear notice, get the consent your meeting requires, and then let OLVA help you stay present.
Many teams use AI meeting assistants every day. The clean approach is simple: follow your company policy, give participants appropriate notice, and get the consent required for your meeting type and location.
For most professional workflows, the best practice is yes: tell participants what you are using and get the consent your meeting requires. Once that is handled, OLVA can quietly support the conversation without adding a bot.
Yes, when it fits your organization policy and the agreement around the conversation. OLVA is useful for sensitive work because it does not add a visible bot and does not store meeting audio or video on its systems.
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Most AI notetakers focus on notes after the call. OLVA is built for the meeting itself: live transcription, question detection, AI Boost, document-aware answers, coaching, and post-meeting memory.
Yes. OLVA supports post-meeting summaries, insights, follow-up questions, searchable meeting memory, and exports in addition to live help during the meeting.
Granola is popular for personal, bot-free meeting notes. OLVA also avoids a visible bot, and adds a stronger emphasis on live question detection, document-aware answers, and help while the conversation is happening.
Fireflies.ai is known for transcripts, summaries, search, and conversation intelligence. OLVA is positioned for people who want a private companion that helps live and does not join the meeting as a visible bot.
Otter.ai is well known for transcription and collaborative notes. OLVA is built around live meeting assistance, botless capture, question detection, and answers grounded in your meeting context.
Fathom is often used for recording, summaries, clips, and follow-up workflows. OLVA focuses on helping during the meeting itself, especially when you need live answers without adding a visible meeting bot.
OLVA keeps the meeting roster clean, works across more real-world conversation types, and helps during the meeting instead of only producing a recap afterward. That makes it useful for calls, huddles, customer visits, workshops, and in-person conversations.
Read AI is often used for meeting analytics, recaps, and broader team intelligence. OLVA is a better fit when you want a private companion focused on live answers, botless capture, documents, and in-the-moment support.
tl;dv is known for recording, transcripts, search, clips, and team sharing. OLVA is built for people who want the AI beside them during the meeting, with live question detection and document-aware answers before the recap.
If live answers are the priority, OLVA is designed for that workflow. It follows the conversation, detects questions, and can use your meeting context and documents while the call is still happening.
OLVA is a strong fit for in-person meetings because it does not depend on a video-call bot. You can use it for workshops, customer visits, lectures, field conversations, and hallway follow-ups where traditional meeting bots do not belong.
Choose a simple transcript tool if you only need a record of what was said. Choose OLVA if you want live help, document-aware answers, coaching prompts, summaries, and searchable meeting memory in one workflow.
