AI-powered instruments like OpenAIβs Whisper have enabled many apps to make transcription an integral a part of their function set for private note-taking, and the house has shortly flourished because of this. Apps like AudioPen, Cleft Notes, and TalkNotes have proliferated throughout app shops and the Web, however most provide a reasonably restricted function set: They allow you to file notes and transcribe them, with some providing summarization options, however thereβs a variety of floor to cowl when it comes to the options supplied.
The newest app within the house is Voicenotes. Constructed by creator-tipping platform Buymeacoffeeβs founder, Jijo Sunny, and his spouse Aleesha, Voicenotes goals to set itself aside by together with an AI assistant that allows you to ask questions of your previous notes, along with offering numerous options like summaries and totally different formatting choices.
The builders mentioned in a video that after they suffered a miscarriage, to distract themselves, they began constructing a voice be aware instrument together with Jijoβs brother and Buymeacoffee co-founder, Joseph Sunny. When the couple was consulting medical professionals, they took a variety of voice notes to seize all of the issues nurses and medical doctors have been saying so they may recall the knowledge later. That additionally fueled the thought of getting a transcription instrument helpful in order that they didnβt have to replay notes repeatedly to recollect particulars.
Jijo and Aleesha shipped the primary model of the app in March to pick testers, they usually made the net app public in April.
The app itself
Voicenotesβ webapp doesnβt require you to log in β you possibly can instantly hit file and begin speaking and the app will transcribe.
You possibly can solely file voice notes as much as one-minute lengthy until you pay for the instrument. When you cease recording, you possibly can tag the notes, edit them, and regenerate titles utilizing AI. It additionally helps you to use AI to reformat the be aware β flip it right into a weblog publish, a tweet, a to-do checklist, or an e mail β and the app can even generate a abstract of the be aware and checklist the details.
There may be additionally an βAsk my AIβ function, which helps you to verbally search by way of your notes utilizing the AI assistant β if you wish to bear in mind what model of dishwashing liquid you added to your grocery checklist two months in the past, for instance.
The corporate has now launched each iOS and Android apps. It is a large benefit, given Cleft Notes solely works on Mac and iOS (nonetheless in beta). Whereas AudioPen is accessible as an internet app from wherever, it will probablyβt do background recording on iOS β in case your smartphone display screen will get locked or in the event you swap to a different app, itβll cease recording.
Voicenotes additionally makes use of AI to nudge you with prompts you could reply and file some notes.
Competitors and roadmap
Voicenotes brings some helpful options, however as we talked about above, itβs getting into an area thatβs rising crowded shortly. It additionally has to cope with opponents who convey higher options. Cleft Notes, for instance, permits for on-device transcription (an vital level as a result of it retains your notes non-public as a substitute of sending it to a server for transcription), has higher Apple integration, and permits you to file notes as much as 10 minutes lengthy within the free tier. AudioPen offers you a ton extra choices for formatting your notes, which some could discover helpful.
Other than competitors with different AI-powered voice be aware apps, Voicenotes additionally has to compete with native apps resembling Google Recorder on Pixel, and Samsungβs Transcribe Help β each apps can be found solely on choose fashions, however they may trickle right down to different fashions because the know-how advances.
The most important threat for all these apps can be Apple including transcription to its voice memo apps, since that may primarily make third-party apps redundant on iOS gadgets. Nonetheless, there could be worth in providing cross-platform compatibility, higher formatting choices, and extra options.
You possibly can strive Voicenotes without cost or pay $10 a month to unlock entry to higher fashions like GPT-4 Turbo and Claude Opus, in addition to take away the be aware size restrictions. For a restricted period of time, you too can pay $50 for a βbelieverβ plan and get entry to the app for all times (learn: so long as the developer retains supporting it). The corporate mentioned it has already gained $100,000 in income from subscriptions.
Jijo instructed Trendster over e mail that the appβs differentiation might be its βeasy however elegant design,β its use of the most effective AI fashions, and the βAsk My AIβ function.
He added that Voicenotes will quickly be out there on smartwatches, too, desires to increase its performance throughout platforms as a real-time assistant. Moreover, it is usually engaged on turning voice notes into to-do lists with reminders.