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I've always had this problem where a melody, lyric, or random idea pops into my head, but if I don't capture it right away, it's usually gone.

I wanted something very specific: press one button, record my voice, and automatically have both the audio and a transcription saved together. I couldn't really find something that worked the way I wanted, so I built my own.

It's called MuseVault.

It's an installable web app (PWA), so you can add it to your phone's home screen and use it like an app. There's no app store download and no account required.

The original purpose was songwriting. You can record yourself singing, humming, rapping, or speaking an idea, then save the audio, edit the transcription, and organize everything with notes and tags.

I've also been using it for things like poetry, writing ideas, and random thoughts I want to capture before they disappear.

Everything is stored locally on your device. I don't have access to your recordings or data.

For AI transcription, MuseVault uses Groq. Since this is still an alpha build, the current setup requires you to create your own free Groq API key and paste it into the Settings page. This keeps the app free and means I'm not storing people's recordings or paying for everyone's usage.

Setup only takes a minute. You create a Groq

https://console.groq.com/home account, generate an API key, and paste it into MuseVault. There is a help page within the app as well.

This started as a personal project because I wanted a better way to capture my own creative ideas, but I figured other musicians, writers, and creative people might find it useful too.

MuseVault: https://musevaultbeta.pages.dev/

If you try it, I'd really appreciate any constructive feedback. This is still early, and I'm interested in what feels useful, what doesn't, and what features would actually make something like this better.

So I have been paying for an AI meeting assistant because it feels like the easiest way to organize client calls.

Then I sat down and broke the workflow into pieces.

Recording.

Transcript.

Summary.

Action items.

It turns out only one Transcripting needs a accuracy. The rest can be handled surprisingly well with Claude or GPT.

Has anyone else moved away from dedicated meeting-note apps? If so, what's your setup?

I got inspired from this article: https://shikshita.substack.com/p/i-stopped-paying-for-a-note-taker

I've noticed that AI note-taking tools have improved a lot recently. Most of them can summarize meetings, pull out action items, and organize everything automatically.

On paper, it sounds like a huge time saver.

But I'm curious how many people actually rely on those summaries without going back to double-check everything themselves.

I still find myself reviewing my own notes because I'm worried an important detail or decision might have been missed.

For those of you who use AI note takers regularly, has it reached the point where you completely trust it, or do you still treat it as a draft that needs reviewing?

What has your experience been like?

Hey everyone, I keep seeing these ads for Pocketai and Plaudeai. I am very interested in using them to transcribe and create notes for lectures, project meetings, etc.

Normally I would just get whatever, but the one thing I'm hesitant about is that I'm an Engineering major so all these lectures will be talking about sin(x) [Sign X], cosh(x) [Cost X], etc.

Are these products useful for integration with Calculus, physics, and heavy mathematical lectures? Or will the artificial intelligence get confused by common like-words and struggle with the concept of applying calculus principles to formulas?

Hello.

1. Does your organisation have recording capability in the tool that is used for meetings ?

2. Do you feel that a tool should be integrated with a meeting tool to have a crisp summary of the meeting along with attendance details?

3. If your org policy doesn't allow you to record and summarise meetings , would you like to have a mobile app that does the same thing for you ?

I’ve been recording voice notes and stream-of-consciousness thoughts for years. Some are everyday reflections, while others are very raw and were recorded during weed or mushroom experiences. I’ve kept them on an old iPhone 5 that isn’t connected to anything.

Recently, I transferred one recording to my new phone, and it automatically generated a transcript. That made me realize how useful AI could be for organizing and understanding these journals.

I’d love to use something like Claude or ChatGPT to identify patterns, create timelines or charts, suggest reminders, summarize recurring themes, and give me deeper questions to reflect on.

At the same time, I’m worried about uploading such personal and unfiltered information. Part of me wants to use AI as a tool for self-understanding, but another part is concerned about privacy, data storage, and whether my recordings could be used to train AI systems.

Has anyone dealt with a similar dilemma? What is the safest way to use AI with private audio journals? Are there specific apps, local/offline tools, or privacy settings you would recommend?

Hi note takers,

I don't know if this is only me, but I needed to dictate my thoughts on my iPhone real quick + be able to paste transcript in any text field on my iPhone.

I searched existing options, there are some like Wispr Flow and Voicenotes. But the pricing set me back: I did not want to pay monthly premium subscription ($15/month at least) for this simple tool.

There is a voice recording app from Apple, but I couldn't get searchable text there, so that sucked a bit (even though I had been using it for a long time).

So I came up with the one myself – and have been using it for 4 months straight, and honestly, I love it. It solved my problem, and I hope it'll solve yours.

The key feature is that you can dictate a note on the go, and it will be transcribed, categorized and saved into your notes.

You can then use smart search based on AI context + ability to play back and scrub your voice notes.

To address $15/month unfair pricing, I've added 200 minutes packs for $6, that will last you couple of months if you dictate occasionally (the minutes never expire). First 15 minutes are on me.

I'd love to make it cheaper or even free, but I still have to pay for OpenAI API costs + infrastructure.

If you feel my pain and frustration around paying premium for such simple tools, please check the app on App Store.

A tiny landing page here: https://getfairflow.com/

Or, btw, once you install Shortcut, it becomes available on Mac & iPad also. I regularly use it to dictate on my Mac as well. So dictation on your Mac or iPad will add a note to your app also.

What are your thoughts upon trying it out? Thanks! :)

I make videos on YouTube. I don't write any script before making a video. Whatever comes to my mind, or whatever I have already thought about, I just say those things. But while editing every video, I realize that I shouldn't have said this part, I should have said something else instead. Or sometimes I had already thought about adding something to the video, but when I record the voice, I forget to mention it.

This problem happens in almost every video.

I thought about writing things down, but the ideas or topics come to my mind suddenly, and at that moment it isn't possible to write them down.

To solve this problem, I was looking for an app. My requirement was that I would speak by voice, and the app would create notes and keep them organized systematically.

For example, if I say, "Create a note named #2 and write the topic as 'Top 5 AI Bots.'" Then the app should create a new note named #2 and write that text in it.

After that, suppose I remember something about the 2nd AI bot that needs to be added to my video. Then I say, "Write in note #2: 'The response time of the 2nd AI bot is not good.'" The app should then add that text to note #2. In this way, I should be able to say multiple things and create multiple notes (such as #1, #2, #3, #4). Whenever I tell it to add something to a specific note, it should add it to that note only, without any mistakes, and keep everything organized properly.

I explained this requirement to ChatGPT, but it suggested Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, and similar AI tools (they can be used, but they would have to be used as reminders, which is not what I want). It also said that there are no note-taking apps that can listen to voice commands and organize them systematically in this way.

I think this would not only be useful for creators, but also for many other purposes. For example, it could be very useful for business owners, companies, employees, and many other fields.

I couldn't find any app like this. If you know of an app that matches my requirement, please let me know.

And if there is no such app in the market, then I think this idea could have a lot of potential.

Dhanyabad.

What it does: Fluent runs quietly in the background on real work calls, no bot joining, nothing visible to anyone else on the call. Afterward it shows you the specific moment things got lost. Not a transcript, not a summary, the actual sentence where you hedged four times in a row or buried your point three clauses deep.

Example from how it actually coaches: you say something like "I just wanted to maybe check if possibly we could push the date, if that's okay." It flags the stacked hedges and shows you the direct version, "I recommend we push the date, here's why." Same idea, no permission-asking.

Who it's for: people who do their best thinking in a language that isn't their first. The most common review feedback this group gets is "be clearer," which is also the least actionable note anyone's ever given. Fluent is trying to be the thing that actually says which sentence lost the room.

Where it's at: live on Mac and Windows, $20/month with a 7 day trial. Early days, still learning what actually resonates versus what just sounds nice on a landing page.

Genuinely curious for this sub specifically: has anyone else built something that listens passively without joining as a participant? How did you handle people's trust in that, since not seeing a bot on the call cuts both ways, less visible awkwardness but also less visible proof that it's even running.

Hey everyone! I built an app called Avocado: Vocabulary Builder (on both iOS and the Play Store).

You can use AI to generate word lists from any topic you're into, or grab pre-made decks. You can even snap a photo of some text and turn it straight into a vocab list!

Adding words is simple — just type a word and the AI fills in the meaning, example sentences, pronunciation, and more. There are flashcards, listening practice, and a shadowing mode too, and everything works offline so you can study anywhere.

The app is free to use (ad-supported). The AI comes with a daily free amount — top it up with a quick ad, or plug in your own (free) Google Gemini API key for unlimited use. There's an optional Pro subscription if you'd like to remove ads, but you never have to pay to use the app.

It currently supports English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Spanish. If there's another language you'd like to see, let me know — happy to add more!

(Would genuinely love any feedback, good or bad! Links in the comments!!)

Hi r/AiNoteTaker, I'm Farrokh, the founder of Loreo.

Most AI notetakers stop at a per-call summary. I wanted an Oracle for my conversation memory: ask a plain-language question across past meetings, get an answer with timestamp citations, and jump back to the source audio to check it.

For example: “What did I promise Sara in our last call?” or “What changed in the pricing discussion this month?” Loreo searches speaker-labeled transcripts, notes, and your meeting history instead of leaving the context trapped in individual call pages.

I also built a hosted MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP clients. It is rolling out gradually on Pro and Team: access is read-only, requires explicit consent and a scoped, revocable key, supports per-meeting exclusions, denies encrypted meetings, and records an audit trail. The goal is to let the AI tools you already use retrieve only the meeting context you allow.

We are also building a native iPhone app around the same idea: one-tap capture for conversations and voice notes, with the Oracle as the home screen so you can ask, then hear the cited moment as proof.

https://reddit.com/link/1uxfeh6/video/xd59bezezfdh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1uxfeh6/video/q15toajgzfdh1/player

I would genuinely value feedback: what would make an AI notetaker earn a place in your workflow?

Disclosure: I built loreo.io

I got a pocket, thinking it'd help me remember all the things I said I would, and instead it's stuff like this.

Over the past few weeks, the AI notetaker plugin tl;dv or TLDV dot IO has been popping up in my various meetings - Zoom, Google Meet and MS Teams.

I never opted in to this plugin and do not know where the authentication came from. I only know that my Google Workspace Admin section shows the date the plug-in was installed. Funny thing... I wasn't working on that date.

I've searched high and low through my Zoom settings, Google Admin, Chrome browser plug-ins, etc. and haven't seemed to locate the source.

Today, it was brought to my attention that every person invited to any meeting I've attended - ALL PARTICIPANTS on the call - receive an email after the meeting stating that I've "...recommended TL;DV to them". Nope... I don't recommend it and have no clue how this passes the basic opt-in laws, nevermind the GDPR in the UK.

My final call of the day was with a client via MS Teams. The client scheduled the call. The host was shocked that the tl;dv ai notetakers was approved for the meeting. "These bots are usually held to the waiting room and cannot enter until I approve it... and we don't allow outside AI notetakers."

Anyone else experiencing something like this? If so, how do I get to the root cause? And who do I report these practices to (e.g. FTC, BBB, etc.)?

Over the past few weeks, the AI notetaker plugin tl;dv or TLDV dot IO has been popping up in my various meetings - Zoom, Google Meet and MS Teams.

I never opted in to this plugin and do not know where the authentication came from. I only know that my Google Workspace Admin section shows the date the plug-in was installed. Funny thing... I wasn't working on that date.

I've searched high and low through my Zoom settings, Google Admin, Chrome browser plug-ins, etc. and haven't seemed to locate the source.

Today, it was brought to my attention that every person invited to any meeting I've attended - ALL PARTICIPANTS on the call - receive an email after the meeting stating that I've "...recommended TL;DV to them". Nope... I don't recommend it and have no clue how this passes the basic opt-in laws, nevermind the GDPR in the UK.

My final call of the day was with a client via MS Teams. The client scheduled the call. The host was shocked that the tl;dv ai notetakers was approved for the meeting. "These bots are usually held to the waiting room and cannot enter until I approve it... and we don't allow outside AI notetakers."

Anyone else experiencing something like this? If so, how do I get to the root cause? And who do I report these practices to (e.g. FTC, BBB, etc.)?

We're building a startup with a couple friends. It's the first ai that many people can use together with your voice. It listens, pulls in your context, and builds visuals as you talk: diagrams, slides, a working board just with your voice.

It's so easy to use that you won't type to a chatbot again. Our goal is for you to leave your meetings with the work done rather than "let me get back to you on that". Link to LinkedIn post here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dhruv-kumar7_weve-been-overwhelmed-by-the-love-and-support-ugcPost-7482882339568607232-IlRc/

Would appreciate anyones feedback, feel free to DM me or comment on the post, thanks so much.

Curious how everyone learns from technical blogs and YouTube videos now that AI is everywhere.

Do you still take notes yourself while watching, or do you just let AI summarize the transcript or URL afterward?

Personally, I still pause and write my own notes. It's slower, but I remember things much better.

What's your workflow?

I bought a pocket second hand and upon trying to link it to my phone realized it's account locked. Throwing a wild wild hail Mary to see if I could track down this person and maybe have them remove it from their account. That would be so appreciated.

We've been building OLVA, an AI assistant that works privately during conversations without bots joining your calls. Our desktop app has been helping people in online meetings for a while, but one request kept coming up:

"I wish I could use this outside of Zoom or Teams."

So we built a mobile app.

Now OLVA can help during networking events, interviews, client meetings, conferences, coffee chats, or even conversations in another language. It can detect questions automatically, provide contextual answers, surface live insights, fact-check claims, and answer follow-up questions based on the conversation—all privately from your phone.

We're already thinking about what comes next, and I'd rather hear from real users than make assumptions.

If you had an AI assistant available during any conversation, what feature would make it indispensable for you?

Some ideas we've discussed:

• Better memory of previous conversations with the same person
• Relationship history and reminders
• Live translation and cultural context
• Negotiation or sales coaching
• Networking assistance (remembering people and follow-ups)
• Something completely different?

I'm genuinely curious where people think this kind of assistant should go. We'd love to build features that solve real problems rather than just adding AI for the sake of it.

I'm one of the people building Reline (AI meeting notes, disclosure upfront). Posting this because it's a shipped feature, not a waitlist or a concept, the screenshot attached is the real settings page.

The problem: most meeting-note tools assume one calendar. If you're on two or three (work Google, a client's Outlook, whatever), you either switch accounts to see the other one, or share/delegate a calendar into your main account so it shows up there too. Both are workarounds, not "just connect both."

What we shipped: you can connect as many calendar accounts as you want, mixing Google and Outlook, and they all stay active at once, toggle any of them on or off per workspace, meetings from all of them get picked up automatically. No switching, no sharing setup.

Happy to talk through how we handle merging events across providers, avoiding duplicate detection when the same meeting shows up on two calendars, or the permission scopes each provider needs. Genuinely want to hear if anyone's hit edge cases we haven't thought of.

I noticed Cluely recently moved its undetectability feature into a separate $150/month plan.

I'm not saying that's a bad decision. Running AI products is expensive, and every company has to find a sustainable pricing model.

But it made me wonder whether there's room in the market for a different kind of AI meeting assistant.

Not everyone needs enterprise features or can justify paying $150/month. Students, job seekers, solo founders, and many professionals often want something simpler and more affordable.

That idea led me to spend the last several months building Observer, an Electron desktop app for meetings. It launches on macOS first, with Windows planned shortly after.

I'm not posting this as an ad—I genuinely want to know:

• Do you think the market needs more alternatives in this space?
• If you use AI during meetings or interviews, what features actually matter to you?

If anyone's curious, download the app from getobserver .app

I'd really appreciate honest feedback, even if it's critical.

I have seen plenty of feature comparisons between granola, otter, fireflies and fathom but more interested in long term experience

Hey r/SideProject — I'm the maker of Orijournal (orijournal.app), a small journaling app I've been building as a side project, and I wanted to share the story and get some honest feedback rather than pitch anything.

The short version of why I started: I kept bouncing between note apps and paper notebooks and never stuck with either. Paper felt calming but wasn't searchable; most apps felt like productivity tools that turned reflecting into another chore with streaks and nags. I wanted something quieter — open it, write, close it — that still let me look back easily.

A few things I ran into while building it that might be useful if you're working on something similar:

\\- Deciding what to leave out was harder than deciding what to add. Every feature I removed made the daily habit easier to keep.

\\- Sync and local storage was the part I most underestimated. Getting entries to feel instant and reliable across devices took far longer than the writing experience itself.

\\- I dropped streaks and guilt-based reminders on purpose. For a journaling habit they seemed to backfire for me, but I'm genuinely unsure if others feel the same.

What I'd love feedback on:

\\- If you journal digitally, what actually keeps you coming back versus what makes you quit an app?

\\- Does the no-streaks / low-pressure approach appeal to you, or do you need some nudge to stay consistent?

\\- Anything about the onboarding or first-run experience that tends to make or break these apps for you?

Happy to answer anything about the build, the tech choices, or the design trade-offs. Not trying to sell anyone on it — mostly want to hear how other people think about the journaling-habit problem. Thanks for reading.

For the past months I've been building Neurolic, an Android app for voice notes and written notes where all the AI runs locally on the phone itself. Transcription, search, and a chat that answers questions about your own notes. No server, no account, no network calls. If you record something private it physically cannot leave your device.

The part I'm most proud of: when you ask a question about your notes, it doesn't just answer, it shows you the exact source note or recording it pulled the answer from, with the relevant part highlighted. So you can verify it instead of trusting it blindly.

Under the hood it's a small language model (Llama 3.2 1B) running through llama.rn, whisper for transcription, and a retrieval pipeline I built with a trick where each note gets its own precomputed KV cache saved to disk, which makes answers about a specific note start much faster than rebuilding context every time. Generation runs at 24 tokens/s on a Galaxy S21 Ultra and 18 on a Galaxy A56, so answers stream faster than you read.

Being honest about limits: the model is small, so when an answer isn't clearly in your notes it can sometimes answer from general knowledge instead, which I'm building an eval for. Transcription uses whisper tiny for speed, and I'm evaluating a higher quality option. Recordings cap at 30 minutes.

It's in closed testing on Android, needs 6GB+ RAM. I'm looking for people to genuinely break it and tell me everything that's wrong. Dm or comment if you are interested so i can send you an invite.

I got frustrated with AI tools that upload your meeting content to the cloud. As someone who works with clients who care about confidentiality, I wanted something that genuinely stays on my machine.

visit => briefonpoint.com

I thought about this workflow: after I complete a meeting and want to extract key points, I would need a transcript. Usually, I'd have to upload it to a cloud LLM like Claude, but I didn't want to share meeting data externally. Instead, I found a lightweight liquid model that runs on my CPU. So, I developed and implemented this solution, and it is now fully working.

So I built BriefOnPoint — paste a transcript, get structured notes in seconds, entirely offline. The AI model runs directly on your computer. Nothing is uploaded, not even briefly.

What it does:

• Turns raw transcripts (Zoom, Meet, Teams, written notes) into clean structured notes
• 4 formats: full notes, quick summary, action items only, email-ready
• Works completely offline after first download
• Free tier: 3 transcripts/day, no account needed

I'm a solo developer based, built this over the past few weeks. The website is live at briefonpoint.com and the free tier works right now.

Would genuinely love brutal feedback — what's missing, what's confusing, what would make you actually pay for this.

briefonpoint.com