AI Conversation Analysis for Trade Show Sales Teams
Most tools transcribe. Exporb hands the rep a ranked follow-up list. Every booth conversation comes back with the buying signals tagged (urgency, budget, competitor mentions, sample requests), a Hot/Warm/Fresh ranking, and the exact quote behind each AI insight so the rep can verify before reaching out.
What is AI conversation analysis?
AI conversation analysis turns a recorded booth conversation into a clear follow-up plan. Instead of an audio file the rep will never replay, the rep gets back the contact's pain points, time pressure, budget concerns, competitor mentions, sample requests, and a lead score that says "call this one first."
Exporb does this for every conversation captured at the booth. The rep taps record, talks to the prospect, and Exporb does the rest after the fact: transcribes the audio, pulls out the buying clues, ranks the lead Hot, Warm, or Fresh, and shows the exact quote behind every AI insight so the rep can verify before reaching out. Recording works without WiFi; analysis runs in the cloud as soon as the device reconnects.
Related: voice notes · AI lead scoring · offline mode · trust and security
How does Exporb's AI conversation analysis work?
Exporb runs three stages on every booth recording. Most tools stop at transcription. The output of stage three is a quoted, structured, scored lead ready for follow-up.
Server-side transcription
"Reps record audio notes and never listen to them again."
The server transcribes recordings of up to 5 minutes. Long captures are split into chunks and processed in parallel. A full conversation is searchable text in under a minute, even when the rep has already left the booth.
See voice notes →Multi-field signal extraction
"I need what they actually said, not a vibe check."
A language model reads the transcript and tags eight signal categories: past failures, time pressure, capability gaps, cost, compliance, competitive threats, sample requests, and direct verbal cues. Every tag carries a quoted span so the rep can verify it against the audio.
View the 8 categories below ↓Sentiment-calibrated lead score
"Every lead comes back marked neutral. Useless."
A numeric sentiment score from -1 to 1 is calibrated against actual buying signals. A $50,000 commitment is not "neutral." The signals plus sentiment produce a 0 to 100 lead score that auto-sorts each contact into Hot, Warm, or Fresh.
How AI lead scoring works →What signals does the AI extract?
The AI does not just summarize. It tags every conversation with these eight signal categories, and every tag includes a quoted span from the transcript so the rep can verify the source.
Past failures
Bad experiences with prior vendors
Time pressure
Urgency, deadlines, fiscal year cutoffs
Capability gaps
What their current setup cannot do
Cost concerns
Budget signals and price sensitivity
Compliance
Regulatory or procurement requirements
Competitive threats
Other vendors they are evaluating
Sample requests
Demos, sample shipments, capability tests
Direct verbal cues
Explicit commitments and next steps
These eight categories come from Exporb's BUSINESS_CONTEXT_RULES, the prompt module that runs on every conversation. Pair this signal grid with shareable conversation pages to send full context to a colleague in one click.
Reps can trust what the AI says
Two things make Exporb's output safe to act on: every AI insight links back to what was actually said, and the AI is instructed to skip a field rather than make one up.
No invented details
The AI extracts only what's on the card or said in the audio. If a field isn't clear, it leaves the field blank instead of guessing. The rep never has to wonder whether the AI made something up.
- "Don't know" beats "made up"
- Every flagged signal links back to the exact moment in the transcript
- Personal data never lands in our logs
Verifiable, not a black box
When the AI flags a buying signal — "the prospect mentioned a Q3 deadline" — the rep can click through and see the exact line in the conversation. No guesswork before reaching out, and no embarrassing "the AI said X but they actually said Y" moments.
- Every AI insight points to its source quote
- Reps can override or correct any field before exporting
- Each team's data stays isolated from every other team's
Exporb vs Otter, Gong, and badge scanners
Generic tools transcribe or scan badges. Exporb analyzes the conversation itself. Here is how Exporb compares on what sales reps actually use after a show.
Doing more research? See the full breakdowns at Exporb vs iCapture and lead capture app alternatives.
How are leads sorted after the show?
Every lead lands in one of three Kanban columns based on its 0-100 score. A rep who finishes a 3-day show with 300 contacts opens the Kanban view, starts at the top of Hot, and works down.
Hot
Score ≥ 70Auto-assigned by the AI
Warm
Score 40-69Auto-assigned by the AI
Fresh
Score < 40Auto-assigned by the AI
How does the sentiment score work?
Most tools mark every conversation positive, negative, or neutral. A buyer committing to a $50,000 order is not neutral. Exporb returns a calibrated number from -1 to 1, so the Hot column reflects intent, not just tone.
The score is calibrated against the eight signal categories. Commitment, time pressure, and direct verbal cues push the value up even when the surface tone is matter-of-fact. The combined sentiment plus signals produce the 0-100 lead score that appears on every contact record.
Does it work offline?
Capture works fully offline. The AI runs on the server, so analysis queues automatically while the device is offline and processes the moment it reconnects. Reps record on a busy show floor without waiting for WiFi.
The app can be closed during processing. The analysis still completes on the server, then pulls down on the next sync. Read the technical breakdown on the offline mode page, or see how data flows back to the rep through team sync.
How offline mode works- Booth conversation · 4:12 queued
- Booth conversation · 2:48 queued
- Business card · J. Park queued
- Booth conversation · 5:00 analyzing
- Booth conversation · 3:24 done
Does it work for buyers and sourcing teams?
Yes. The same conversation produces seller fields like lead score and follow-up actions, and buyer fields like payment terms, sample availability, and supplier score. One pass, both sides of the booth.
For sellers
- Lead score on a 0-100 scale, auto-sorted into Hot, Warm, or Fresh
- Follow-up actions extracted as a checklist
- Pain points and competitive threats highlighted
- Salesforce and HubSpot CSV exports with mapped fields
For buyers and sourcing
- Payment terms and sample availability extracted
- Supplier score with quoted reasoning from the audio
- Batch material analysis from booth photos
- Same recording, opposite-side fields auto-populate
Who uses AI conversation analysis at trade shows?
Three rep profiles benefit most from this feature, plus solo founders and partners who want to remember every booth conversation without typing notes.
Other contexts: trade shows · conferences · technology · manufacturing
AI conversation analysis FAQ
Direct answers to the questions teams ask before turning this on. More on the main FAQ page.
AI conversation analysis is the use of language models to extract structured data from a recorded conversation, such as pain points, time pressure, sentiment, and follow-up actions. Exporb applies this to trade show booth audio so reps get a scored lead instead of an unread transcript.
Exporb runs three stages on every recording. First, the audio is transcribed on the server. Second, a language model extracts eight signal categories with quoted spans from the transcript. Third, those signals feed a numeric sentiment score from -1 to 1 and a 0-100 lead score that auto-sorts the contact into Hot, Warm, or Fresh.
The AI tags each conversation with eight signal categories: past failures, time pressure, quality and capability gaps, cost concerns, compliance, competitive threats, sample or capability requests, and direct verbal cues. Every tag includes a quoted span from the transcript so the rep can verify the source.
Every prompt instructs the model to extract only what is on the card or said in the audio. If a field is unclear, the model returns null instead of guessing. Each extracted signal includes a quoted span, and business card scans run an additional anti-prompt-injection layer.
Audio recordings of up to 5 minutes are supported per capture. Longer conversations are chunked and processed in parallel on the server, so a 5-minute recording typically finishes analysis in under a minute. Recordings can be combined later.
Capture works fully offline. Audio, photos, and notes save to the device, and the AI analysis queues automatically. The server runs the extraction the moment the app reconnects, so the user can close the app and the analysis still completes.
Each conversation produces a numeric sentiment score from -1 to 1 and a lead score from 0 to 100. Leads scoring 70 or higher are marked Hot, 40 to 69 are Warm, and below 40 are Fresh. Scores combine sentiment with the eight extracted signals.
Sentiment calibration is a numeric score that reflects buying intent rather than just tone. A buyer who calmly commits to a $50,000 order scores higher than a buyer who is loudly enthusiastic but non-committal. Exporb returns the score as a value between -1 and 1.
Yes. Exporb exports leads as Salesforce-ready and HubSpot-ready CSVs with mapped fields, plus Excel, JSON, and a ZIP archive that bundles every business card, audio file, and photo. Real-time API sync is in development.
Yes. The same conversation produces seller fields like lead score and follow-up actions and buyer fields like payment terms, sample availability, and supplier score. Buyer mode also runs a batch material analysis on photos taken at the booth.
Transcription and extraction work for English booth conversations today. Additional language support is on the roadmap. Business card scanning supports any language because OCR is layout-driven.
Lead scoring combines a calibrated sentiment value with eight extracted signal categories, each anchored to a quoted span from the transcript. Reps can review every signal source, override any score, and adjust the Hot, Warm, or Fresh bucket manually before exporting.
Audio, transcripts, and extracted fields live in Supabase with Row-Level Security on every table. Data is encrypted in transit and encrypted at rest via Supabase managed encryption. Production logs are sanitized so personal data is never written to log streams.
Otter.ai transcribes audio. Gong analyzes recorded sales calls after the meeting. Exporb is built for booth conversations: it captures offline, runs the analysis on the server even after the app closes, and produces a scored lead with quoted signal spans, all on a 0-100 lead score scale.
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