Our meeting chat allows you to send messages to every participant (group chat) and to specific ones (private messages). You will see the chat symbol on the bottom left corner, click on it, then choose your preferred mode.
Group chat:
When you open the chat in the meeting you start with the group chat.
Every message sent and every file shared will be visible to every participant in the meeting. Your messages are shown in blue on the right. While other participants' messages will appear in grey on the left.
You can also share files and download files that have been shared.
Host and team members can delete messages, Shadows can see the group chat but they can not send messages.
Private messages:
Participants can send private messages to one another.
Simply click on the person icon in the upper right corner and select the recipient for your direct message.
Shadows:
Shadows can read the group chat, but they can not send any messages. However, they can send private messages to the host and team members. Normal participants will not see nor receive any messages.
On a phone in portrait mode:
The bottom bar has no Chat button when you hold your phone upright. Open the chat from the More menu instead:
- Tap More in the bottom bar.
- Tap Chat.
Unread messages show as a badge on More and as a number next to Chat in the menu. The chat fits the screen above the bottom bar, so the message field stays visible while you type.
Does Demodesk record the chat of a meeting?
No. The chat is not recorded. Messages are stored with the meeting so that the people in the conversation can read them, and they are not added to the recording, the transcript, the meeting summary or the AI features.
Who can read a message depends on where you send it:
- A message in the group chat is shown to the participants of that meeting.
- A private message is shown only to the two people in that conversation.
The same applies to a meeting on Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Zoom that the Demodesk Notetaker records. See Everything about the Demodesk Notetaker and All about recordings in Demodesk.