In short
Notey exports a meeting's notes as Markdown and its transcript as plain text. You can export the summary, any kind of note, or everything at once as Markdown, or the transcript on its own as text, and send it either to the clipboard or to a file.
The labels that say what the AI wrote, and what you edited, go with it.
This guide covers what an export contains, where to put it, and a few habits that make exported notes more useful to the people who read them.
Why Markdown
Markdown is plain text with light formatting: # for headings, - for list items, ** for bold. It has three properties that matter for meeting notes.
- It pastes almost anywhere. Note apps, wikis, issue trackers and many chat tools understand it; the ones that do not show readable text anyway.
- It is a file you own. A
.mdfile opens in any text editor, now and in twenty years, with no account and no app. - It diffs and searches well. Plain text works with the search on your Mac and with version control if your team keeps notes in a repository.
What you can export
| Export | What it contains | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| The summary | Title, summary and action items | A recap in a chat thread or email |
| Any kind of note | Minutes, tough questions, where you differed, the follow-up email | The one document someone asked for |
| The transcript | Every line, with who said it and when, as plain text | A record, or checking a quote |
| Everything | All of the above for the meeting | Filing the meeting in your own notes system |
The summary, notes and everything export as Markdown; the transcript on its own exports as plain text, which pastes anywhere a transcript is needed. The notes are the ones you asked Notey to write, with an account and a plan. The transcript is made on your Mac and can be exported without an account.
Export a meeting
- Open the meeting in Notey.
- Choose what to export: the summary, a particular note, the transcript, or everything.
- Choose where it goes: copy it to the clipboard, to paste straight into another app, or save it as a file — a
.mdfile for notes, a text file for the transcript — wherever you choose. - Paste it or open the file, and check it reads the way you expect before you send it on.
Copying and saving happen on your Mac. Exporting does not send anything anywhere; where it goes next is up to you.
The labels travel with it
Everything the AI wrote in Notey is labelled as AI-generated, and anything you changed is marked as edited by you. Those labels stay in the export.
That is deliberate. A summary pasted into a team channel without a label reads as something a person wrote and checked. If the AI misheard a number or attributed a commitment to the wrong person, the reader has no reason to doubt it. A label tells them to check the transcript when it matters, and the EU AI Act's transparency rules point the same way for AI-generated text.
If you have read a note and corrected it, the edited marks show that too. Leave them in: "AI-generated, edited by Ana" is more useful to a reader than either label alone.
Where to put it
A notes app
Apps that store notes as Markdown files — Obsidian is a common one, since a vault is a folder of Markdown files — take a saved export as it is. Save it into the vault's folder, or paste it into a new note. Other apps, such as Notion, accept pasted Markdown and convert it. Meeting notes in Obsidian and Notion covers both in more detail, including how to organise a folder of meetings.
A team channel or email
Copy the summary, not the whole meeting. Most readers want the decisions and the action items. If someone needs the detail, send the minutes separately. Sharing meeting notes with a team covers what to share and with whom — including when the transcript should stay with you.
A file you keep
For a record — a client file, a project folder — export everything and save it as a file next to the other documents for that client or project. Name it with the date first (2026-09-25 Northwind pricing review.md) so the folder sorts itself.
What Notey does not do
- No integrations. It does not post to Slack, sync to Notion or update a CRM. You paste or save.
- No shared workspace. Notes are not shared with colleagues inside Notey; the export is how they leave.
- No other formats. Notes export as Markdown and the transcript as plain text. For a Word document or PDF, paste into an app that makes one.
- No import. Notey does not import notes or recordings from other tools.
Before you send an export
- Read it. An AI summary can state a commitment nobody made. Check anything with a name, a number or a date against the transcript.
- Remove what the reader should not have. An internal aside, a remark about the client, a number that is not final.
- Keep the labels. They are the reader's cue to check.
- Think about the transcript. It contains everything everyone said, including the parts they would not expect to see in writing. Share it only when someone needs it.
For the start of this workflow — recording and transcribing a call — see how to record a Zoom meeting on a Mac. For a structure that makes exported notes easy to read, see a meeting notes template.
Frequently asked questions
What can I export from Notey?
The summary, any kind of note, or everything for a meeting, as Markdown, and the transcript on its own as plain text. You can copy it to the clipboard or save it as a file.
Are the AI labels kept when I export?
Yes. Whatever the AI wrote is still marked as AI-generated in the export, and anything you edited is marked as edited by you.
Can Notey send notes to Notion, Slack or a CRM directly?
No. Notey has no integrations. You export Markdown or text and paste it or save it wherever your notes live.
Why Markdown rather than Word or PDF?
Markdown is plain text with a little formatting, so it pastes cleanly into most note apps, chat tools and documents, and it stays readable as a file on its own.