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This guide is for individuals who want to enable the notice just for themselves. Are you an Enterprise admin enforcing this for your whole workspace? See the admin guide.

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Windows setup

  1. Open Settings > Preferences > Transparency > Automated chat message.
  2. Find Automated chat message in Zoom and turn on the toggle switch. The "Automated chat message" preferences page with a toggle switch for Automated chat message in Zoom.
No extra permissions are required on Windows — once the toggle is on, Granola can post the notice in Zoom chat automatically.

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macOS setup

On Mac, there are two steps: turn on the setting and then grant the Accessibility permission.

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Step 1 — Enable the Zoom chat feature

  1. Open Settings > Preferences > Transparency > Automated chat message, find Automated chat message in Zoom, and click Set up. The "Automated chat message" preferences page with Set up next to Automated chat message in Zoom.
  2. In the setup window, click Enable accessibility. The "Add notice in Zoom chat" setup window with the Enable accessibility button.

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Step 2 — Grant Accessibility permission

  1. macOS opens System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility. Enable (or drag in) Granola and confirm. macOS asks to let Granola “control your computer” — this is required so Granola can foreground the Zoom window and paste the message. macOS System Settings Accessibility pane with Granola being added.
  2. Back in Granola, the setup shows Accessibility enabled — click Continue. The setup window showing Accessibility enabled, with Continue active.
  3. Automated chat message in Zoom is now on. The preferences page with Automated chat message in Zoom toggled on.

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When the message sends

The message is posted automatically when both of these are true:
  • Transcription has started and captured some speech (i.e. someone else is in the meeting — you won’t notify an empty room), and
  • The Zoom window is in focus (you’ve clicked on it).
So it may appear slightly later in the call if little is said at the start or you’re focused on another window. Also make sure the Zoom chat composer is empty — if you’ve already typed something there, Granola can’t paste into it.

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Troubleshooting

If Loom is running, its confetti keyboard shortcut can break auto-paste. Open the Loom widget, click the three dots, go to Preferences, and disable the confetti keyboard shortcut.
Contact us at hey@granola.so and we’ll be happy to help.

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Microsoft Teams

Automated chat message for Teams is coming soon. If you’d like to be a Design Partner, please email us at hey@granola.so.