Enhanced notifications for online collaboration applications

A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause processing circuitry of a client device, upon execution of the instructions by the processing circuitry, to:

• receive audio data from an audio stream presented using a video application of the client device;
• identify a user selection of a keyword for which to search in the audio data;
• identify words represented in the audio data, wherein the user selection is received prior to identifying the words represented in the audio data;
• determine that the words comprise of the keyword;
• generate, based on the determination that the words comprise the keyword, a notification indicating that the keyword was identified in the audio data;
• and
• cause presentation of the notification to a user who provided the user selection.

A device for presenting video conferencing notifications during video conferences, the device comprising processing circuitry coupled to memory, the processing circuitry being configured to:

• receive audio data from an audio stream presented using a video application of the device;
• identify a user selection of a keyword for which to search in the audio data;
• identify words represented in the audio data, wherein the user selection is received prior to identifying the words represented in the audio data;
• determine that the words comprise the keyword;
• generate, based on the determination that the words comprise the keyword, a notification indicating that the keyword was identified in the audio data;
• and
• cause presentation of the notification to a user who provided the user selection.