Bring your own key (coming soon)
Gemini 3.8 Flash for meeting notes on Transcript.audio
How Transcript.audio uses Gemini 3.8 Flash for meeting notes, where it runs, what it is good at and what to consider. It is used with your own Google Gemini account, through bring your own key (coming soon).
Some details are still being confirmed
Our catalogue flags some details for this model, such as its price or exact name, as not yet confirmed. They are shown as currently listed and may change.
What it is used for in the app
Transcript.audio ranks models for each job. Here is where Gemini 3.8 Flash sits.
Notes and summaries
Rank 11 of 21
Writes the summary, decisions and action items from the transcript.
Structured fields
Rank 11 of 20
Fills template fields such as next steps, owners, budget or dates.
Meeting titles
Rank 3 of 20
Names each meeting so it is easy to find later.
Questions as you go and help
Rank 4 of 20
Answers questions about the meeting while it is happening, and in-app help.
Strengths and trade-offs
- Notes and summaries: Fast and cheap with decent notes.
- Structured fields: Fast and cheap with decent notes.
- Meeting titles: Fast and cheap with decent notes.
- Questions as you go and help: Fast and cheap with decent notes.
Privacy: where it runs
It is used with your own Google Gemini account, through bring your own key (coming soon). Compare privacy optimised and standard mode.
- How it connects
- With bring your own key (coming soon) you connect your own Google Gemini account, so your usage is billed by Google Gemini directly and runs under your own agreement with them.
- Recordings
- Saved on your computer.
- Transcripts and notes
- Saved on your computer. Nothing is stored by us.
- Internet needed
- Yes, for transcription and notes.
Prefer nothing to set up? Transcript.audio cloud (standard) is included in your plan: The transcript is sent to our AI service, summarised by an AI provider under zero data retention, then discarded.
Speed, accuracy and cost
- Notes and summariesAccuracy 3/5Speed 5/5Cost: About $0.02 an hour
- Structured fieldsAccuracy 3/5Speed 5/5Cost: About $0.01 an hour
- Meeting titlesAccuracy 3/5Speed 5/5Cost: About $0.01 an hour
- Questions as you go and helpAccuracy 3/5Speed 5/5Cost: About $0.01 an hour
Accuracy and speed are our own 1 to 5 ratings from the model catalogue, not benchmarks. Costs are approximate provider costs in US dollars per hour of meeting. With your own key, the provider bills you directly.
Presets that pick it
Recommended
The best balance of accuracy and cost.
- Meeting titles: fallback 2
- Questions as you go and help: fallback 3
Cheapest
The lowest cost that still gives usable notes.
- Notes and summaries: fallback 6
- Structured fields: fallback 5
Fastest
The shortest wait after the call ends.
- Notes and summaries: fallback 3
- Structured fields: fallback 3
- Meeting titles: fallback 3
- Questions as you go and help: fallback 3
Presets pick a model for every job in one click, and fall back down their list when a model is not available. See all presets.
Plan availability
Gemini 3.8 Flash is used with your own API key. Bring your own key is coming soon as a free update. About bring your own key.
Frequently asked questions
What does Gemini 3.8 Flash do in Transcript.audio?
Transcript.audio ranks Gemini 3.8 Flash for notes and summaries (ranked 11 of 21); structured fields (ranked 11 of 20); meeting titles (ranked 3 of 20); questions as you go and help (ranked 4 of 20). Fast and cheap with decent notes.
What happens to my meeting data with Gemini 3.8 Flash?
How it connects: With bring your own key (coming soon) you connect your own Google Gemini account, so your usage is billed by Google Gemini directly and runs under your own agreement with them. Recordings: Saved on your computer. Transcripts and notes: Saved on your computer. Nothing is stored by us. Internet needed: Yes, for transcription and notes.
How much does Gemini 3.8 Flash cost?
The approximate provider cost is about $0.02 an hour of meeting, billed to you directly by Google Gemini when you use your own key.
Which presets use Gemini 3.8 Flash?
Recommended, Cheapest and Fastest. Presets pick a model for every job in one click and fall back down their list when a model is not available.
What are the alternatives to Gemini 3.8 Flash?
The models ranked next to it are Mistral Large 4, Claude Sonnet 5.5 via OpenRouter, Claude Haiku 5.5 and GPT-5.6 Luna. Each has its own page with the trade-offs.