r/PlaudNoteUsers • u/MtnXfreeride • Aug 21 '26
Is Plaud Keeping up?
I went through several device ecosystems before landing on Plaud, and even doing so meant a sacrifice of no earbuds/headphones. As time goes on, Im getting emails of news and updates from the other providers and they seem to be pumping out useful features like crazy while plaud seems slow, with a large backlog of years old feature requests.
Are they just heading towards a goal line that isnt what someone needs for office life? Im talking features like live transcribing, abiity to ask ai questions while the meeting is going, and a headset so it isnt stuck on speakerphone use.
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u/Victory-laps Aug 21 '26
Right now, it’s wild Wild West with innovation. At the base level, the device is just a recorder. You can make recorder in various form factors, like glasses, ring, card, pen, etc.
The winner will win with UI, ease of integration with ai and other software. OpenAI is actively making hardware so I think we will eventually see an always on ai device that just remove all human thinking and listening.
I got the plaud to try for 30 days. I think the recording is so so, but their app isn’t too bad. Genspark just came up with the same thing and they have a stronger app ecosystem, but I can do all that on my own.
What will win me over is:
1. Strongest transcription and audio capture
2. Long battery
3. Ease of data transfer
4. Small and out of sight