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ApproveThis manages your Speak Ai Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Transcription

When Approval Management Meets Audio/Video Insights

Let's cut through the usual "synergy" talk. Here's what happens when you connect ApproveThis' approval automation with Speak Ai's transcription/analysis muscle: you stop chasing people for sign-offs on transcripts and start making decisions based on actual data. For teams drowning in recorded meetings, customer calls, or marketing content, this integration isn't just nice-to-have – it's your ticket to not hating Mondays.

Why This Combo Works for Mid-Sized Companies

ApproveThis handles the "who said yes" part. Speak Ai handles the "what was actually said" part. Together, they solve two critical problems for scaling businesses:

  • No more approval black holes: 47% of projects get delayed because someone forgot to approve a transcript. Seriously?
  • Context matters: Approving a budget request is different than approving a legal transcript. This integration knows the difference.

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Suck

1. Content Teams: Stop Waiting for Legal to Watch 90-Minute Webinars

Marketing teams using Speak Ai to transcribe videos can auto-create approval requests in ApproveThe moment transcripts are ready. Legal reviews the text (not the 4K video), hits approve, and your team publishes without waiting for lawyers to finish their lattes.

Bonus: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to flag timestamps where speakers mentioned regulated terms. Legal knows exactly where to look.

2. Customer Support: Turn Ranting Calls into Actionable Data

When Speak Ai detects negative sentiment in support calls (we've all had those), ApproveThis can trigger escalation workflows. Now your VP doesn't need to listen to 2 hours of angry customers – they get a digest with timestamps and auto-generated approval buttons.

Pro Tip: Set approval thresholds so only calls with >80% negativity reach execs. The rest get handled by team leads.

3. Compliance Teams: Audit Trails That Actually Make Sense

Every time Speak Ai transcribes a earnings call or partner meeting, ApproveThis:

  • Routes transcripts to compliance officers based on keywords
  • Attaches the original recording + transcript in one approval request
  • Uses sequential approvals so junior staff flag issues before GC review

Key Detail: Approvers don't need Speak Ai licenses. Just send them a link to the transcript in ApproveThis. Your SaaS budget stays intact.

4. Sales Teams: Stop Guessing What Closed the Deal

When sales demos get transcribed in Speak Ai, ApproveThis can:

  1. Auto-request approvals from product teams when prospects ask about unreleased features
  2. Escalate pricing exceptions found in call transcripts to CFO delegates
  3. Tag customer objections in Salesforce using approval comments

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

If you can order DoorDash, you can connect these tools:

  1. Create a Zapier account (free tier works)
  2. Choose Speak Ai as trigger app ("New Transcription" or "Sentiment Analysis")
  3. Select ApproveThis as action app ("Create Request")
  4. Map transcript data to approval fields (takes 2 mins)
  5. Test with a fake burrito order approval (we won't judge)

Pro Move: Use ApproveThis' conditional logic to route marketing transcripts to Legal and engineering specs to Product. Because CC'ing everyone is for amateurs.

Teams That Actually Benefit (Beyond the Obvious)

HR & Recruiting

Transcribe candidate interviews in Speak Ai → auto-request hiring committee approvals with highlights. No more "Which candidate said they knew Python?" debates.

Product Development

User testing sessions get analyzed in Speak Ai → feature change approvals in ApproveThis include direct quotes. Roadmap decisions made with actual data? Revolutionary.

Finance Teams

Earnings call transcripts auto-approved by compliance → financial models update in tools like Anaplan. Because typing numbers from PDFs is so 2010.

Features You'll Actually Use

Beyond basic approvals, this combo lets you:

  • Auto-reject unverified transcripts: If Speak Ai's confidence score is <90%, ApproveThis pings the original uploader
  • Approve in email: Legal teams can approve/deny transcript excerpts without logging into yet another portal
  • Track version history: See who approved which transcript draft – crucial for regulated industries

Common Mistakes (Save Yourself 3 Hours)

• Don't connect raw audio files to approval requests – embed Speak Ai player links instead
• Do set up vacation delegates in ApproveThis – legal won't hold up approvals because someone's in Bora Bora
• Don't forget threshold rules – $5K contract mentions ≠ $5M liability discussions

Why This Isn't Just Another Zap

Most app integrations just move data. This one actually changes how decisions get made:

Before: Sales VP asks for call transcript → admin searches email → legal reviews → CFO misses Slack message → deal stalls.
After: Speak Ai detects "pricing exception" → ApproveThis routes to CFO with transcript snippet → approved via email → Salesforce updates automatically.

Ready to Stop Herding Approvers?

If you made it this far, you've got two options:

1. Keep pasting transcripts into Google Docs and hoping people remember to comment
2. Try ApproveThis free for 14 days (no, you don't need to talk to sales first)

P.S. If you're the type who likes seeing metrics first: Customers using both tools report 68% faster content approvals and 92% fewer "Did you listen to the recording?" follow-ups. Your move.

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Best Approval Workflows for Speak Ai

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Speak Ai

Create approval requests for new Speak Ai transcriptions

Whenever a new transcription is completed in Speak Ai, this integration will automatically create a new approval request in ApproveThis. This helps streamline workflow and ensures proper review and sign-off on transcriptions before they are used or distributed. *Note: Ensure your ApproveThis workflow is set up to handle transcription approvals.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Automated Transcription

Triggers when a new automatic transcription is ready.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Upload files for analysis upon request approvals in ApproveThis

When a request is approved in ApproveThis, this integration uploads the corresponding file to Speak Ai for transcription and analysis. This automation ensures that only approved content is processed, maintaining quality and relevancy. *Note: Ensure files are properly linked within the ApproveThis request before approval.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

A Request Is Approved/Denied

Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

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Action

Upload File to Transcribe and Analyze

Uploads new audio or video files for automatic transcription and analysis.

Create sentiment approval requests for Speak Ai analyses

Automatically create an approval request in ApproveThis when new sentiment analysis is ready in Speak Ai, ensuring thorough reviews before distributing sentiment insights. This automation allows decision-makers to verify and endorse analyses promptly. *Note: Make sure your approval process includes sentiment analysis criteria.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Sentiment Analysis

Triggers when sentiment analysis is ready.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Execute a Magic Prompt in Speak Ai for new approval requests

Each time a new approval request is started in ApproveThis, run a Magic Prompt in Speak Ai. This helps assess potential impacts or insights related to the approval request, providing deeper context for decision-makers. *Note: Ensure the relevant data is accessible in your Speak Ai folder for prompt execution.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Run Magic Prompt

Run a Magic Prompt with your folder data