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Every meeting in Fano Summary gets an AI-generated summary. It distills the full conversation into a structured document — pulling out decisions, action items, and key discussion points so you don’t have to.

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Viewing a summary

  1. Open Fano Summary.
  2. Click any meeting in the left sidebar.
  3. The Summary tab is selected by default, showing the AI-generated notes.
Summaries are generated automatically after a meeting ends. If you have Email Recap Notification turned on, you’ll also receive the summary by email.

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How summaries are structured

The exact structure depends on which template is applied, but a typical summary includes:
  • Meeting overview — date, time, duration, participants
  • Key topics discussed — organized by theme or agenda item
  • Decisions made — anything the group agreed on
  • Action items — tasks assigned, with owners where identifiable

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Summary templates

Not every meeting is the same — a standup needs a different summary format than a board advisory session. Fano Summary includes 9 purpose-built templates so the AI structures your notes in the way that’s most useful.

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Switching templates

Switching templates
  1. On the meeting detail page, click the template dropdown below the Summary/Transcript tabs (shows “General” by default).
  2. Select the template that matches your meeting type.
  3. The summary regenerates instantly in the new format.
You can switch templates as many times as you like — it doesn’t affect the underlying transcript or recording.
If you’re not sure which template to use, start with General. It works well for most meetings. Switch to a specialized template when you want more structured output for a specific meeting type.

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Template details

The default all-purpose template. Organizes the summary into key discussion topics, decisions made, and action items. Works well when you just want a clean recap of what happened.
Designed for recurring team rituals. Captures what each person shared — what they did, what they’re working on, and what’s blocking them. Great for standups, weekly syncs, and sprint reviews.
Tailored for manager–report conversations. Pulls out progress updates, blockers, feedback exchanged, and growth/career topics. Helps both sides track what was discussed across recurring 1:1s.
Captures the essentials of a new project launch: objectives, scope boundaries, assigned roles, key milestones, timeline, and identified risks. Useful as a reference doc for the rest of the project.
For recurring project check-ins. Organizes updates by workstream, highlights blockers and dependencies, and flags any scope changes. Keeps the project team aligned between syncs.
Built for high-level sessions with advisors, board members, or leadership. Focuses on strategic guidance offered, decisions reached, and follow-up actions with owners.
Structured for user research and sales discovery calls. Extracts pain points, current workflows, jobs-to-be-done, key quotes (verbatim), and buying signals. A goldmine for product and sales teams.
Creates a structured hiring debrief. Includes a candidate snapshot, evidence mapped to each interview question, competency ratings, and recommended follow-up actions. Streamlines hiring decisions.
Designed for education settings — faculty syncs, staff briefings, curriculum reviews. Captures administrative decisions, teaching-related updates, and action items by department or individual.

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Summary language

Summaries are generated in the language you set in Settings → Profile & Preferences → Summary Language. Changing this setting affects future summaries and any re-generated summaries.
The transcript language is detected automatically based on what was spoken. The summary language is a separate setting — you can have a Cantonese transcript with an English summary, for example.