Dictation tools and meeting notetakers technically solve two different jobs. One types for you everywhere, the other listens to your calls and hands you a summary. But they both sit in the same "capture" corner of the stack, and I've noticed a lot of people running one of each without ever really deciding to.
My own take is that the split is mostly historical. Dictation came from accessibility, notetakers came from sales tooling, and they met in the middle by accident. If either side added the other's core job tomorrow, I'm not sure most people would keep paying for two.
Curious whether that matches reality or whether I'm wrong about it.
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