Have you used a research tool like Dovetail or Condens to auto-tag and cluster interview findings?

These tools transcribe sessions, suggest highlights and tags, and group findings across interviews. You check and interpret instead of tagging every line by hand.

How to automate it

How to automate “write research reports and share-outs”

Here are 2 ways to spend less time on this, best first. Each comes with steps you can follow today and, for AI fixes, a prompt to copy.

120 min

typically, once a week

55%

of the time can be automated

Easy

to set up

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AIBest fix

Turn your synthesis into a share-out with AI, in several lengths

AI can turn your findings into a full report, a one-page summary and a Slack post, so the same work reaches executives and teams without three rewrites.

Typically saves about 40% of the time5 min to set up

1Paste your themes, key quotes and recommendations.
2Run the prompt below.
3Check every quote and number.
4Publish the full report in the repository and share the short versions.

Prompt to copy

Turn the research findings below into: 1) a one-page executive summary (key findings, what it means, recommended actions), 2) a full report outline with each finding, evidence and quotes, 3) a five-line Slack post with a link placeholder. Audience: [AUDIENCE]. Keep quotes verbatim and keep my recommendations; do not add new ones.

[PASTE FINDINGS, QUOTES, RECOMMENDATIONS]

Tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot · Copilot in PowerPoint or Gemini in Slides

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Software feature

Synthesise research in a repository with built-in AI (Dovetail, Condens, Marvin)

Research repositories transcribe sessions, suggest tags and highlights, and cluster findings across studies, so synthesis takes hours instead of days and findings stay searchable.

Typically saves about 45% of the time2 h to set up

1Upload or connect recordings from Zoom, Teams or Meet to Dovetail, Condens, Marvin or your repository.
2Let the AI transcribe and suggest highlights and tags; correct the tags that matter.
3Use the AI clustering to draft themes, then check them against the raw clips.
4Publish insights in the repository so stakeholders can search before asking you.

Tools: Dovetail · Condens · Marvin · Great Question

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Have you used a research tool like Dovetail or Condens to auto-tag and cluster interview findings?: These tools transcribe sessions, suggest highlights and tags, and group findings across interviews. You check and interpret instead of tagging every line by hand.

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