Audio-based polling during a conference call discussion

A system comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the memory device, the processing device to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request from a first participant of a plurality of participants of a conference call to initiate audio-based polling of one or more second participants of the plurality of participants;
• responsive to detecting a user selection of an element on a client device associated with at least one of the one or more second participants, recording audio provided by the at least one of the one or more second participants within a particular interval of time after the request to initiate audio-based polling is received;
• determining whether the recorded audio comprises one or more verbal statements provided by the at least one of the one or more second participants within the particular interval of time;
• and
• responsive to determining that the recorded audio comprises the one or more verbal statements, providing a textual form of the verbal statements to at least one of the first participant or an organizer of the conference call.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for a server that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• detecting, during a conference call, a user selection of an element on a client device, wherein the element is designated to initiate audio-based polling of participants of the conference call;
• responsive to detecting the user selection of the element on the client device, recording a verbal statement provided by a first participant of the conference call;
• determining whether the recorded verbal statement comprises a question that is to be used for audio-based polling of a plurality of second participants of the conference call;
• and
• responsive to determining that the verbal statement comprises the question that is to be used for audio-based polling of the plurality of second participants, initiating audio-based polling of the plurality of second participants.