Excellent hardware and equally important excellent application, I would rate the accuracy at 99% occasionally I’ve noticed a few seconds of transcription not picked up, however all and all, if you have lots of meetings where having a quick summary would be helpful, it will be worth it. I’ve even lent it to my girlfriend for her lectures and I’ve been so impressed that in the mind maps, it’s able to identify “participant asked..” I’ve been able to cancel my online transcription services , lastly people have been saying you can have ChatGPT transcribe, which isn’t totally true, you need a special ChatGPT engine which isn’t available via ChatGPT, meaning if I upload the wav or mp3 it will not be able to transcribe. That said, you can further upload your summaries, transcriptions and mind maps to use ChatGPT in conjunction; my girlfriend was able to use her summary, transcript and mind map to create a HTML webpage with multiple choice questions. This is a game changer for anyone that needs calls recorded and or meetings. I’ve since bought a 2nd one as a present. I guess I’ve bought some good hardware but only for a junk iOS app, this is excellent both on hardware side and software and I just hope they continue to maintain. Kudos and applause to Plaud!
Conceptually this solves all the note taking problems I will ever face, but in the end it gives you an endless list of bullet points that make note summaries hard to digest. On top of that, you run into lots of work when trying to transfer the output to another program like MS Word for editing. The ChatGpt to Word transfer distorts the text into garbage that takes WAY TOO MUCH work to fix! Nice try!
Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback.
Regarding the summarization feature, we attach great importance to whether the quality of the summaries is satisfactory to users, and we will continuously optimize the summary templates. We expect further template upgrades in the near future, and we welcome you to try it out again then.
Regarding the export to Word function, we will be releasing a new version soon that will greatly optimize the exported docx format, making it easier for users to edit.
We appreciate your input and will continue to work hard to improve the user experience. Please feel free to provide any additional feedback as we strive to make our note-taking solution better.I have DID, which is dissociative identity disorder meaning I have several alters or parts. With this device I can capture each Part’s thoughts and have it more organized so that I can eventually write a book and start a pod cast explaining what life with DID is like.
The Plaud recorder and this app have in tandem changed the way I get my thoughts from my brain into reality. I occasionally use it for meetings and phone calls as it is mostly advertised, but the vast majority of use is completely personal. The ability to start recording with the start of a physical button and have it be transcribed and summarized by AI is something I have BEGGED for constantly over the last decade. This is without a doubt the best product I have ever encountered for that purpose.
Let me be clear. There are some issues with Plaud. The cost is quite high. The charger is obscure and hard to source if lost. It sometimes takes a couple tries to get recordings going.
But as a whole, if you are like me and desperate to get fleeting thoughts from your head into your phone with as little friction as possible, there is simply nothing superior to Plaud available. I hope to see updates in the future which improve the software, firmware, and app-side of this tool. Until then, I will be a power user of this life-changing resource.
I’m a person who takes a lot of notes and keep them all together. It can be a chore; with plied I can take the notes they say organize their readable at all times it’s great
Works as advertised! Excellent mic pickup and transcription, far exceeds what my phone can do . The templates for summaries are great and really focus the data perfectly . I wish you could have it re-analyze it with a different subject template but haven’t figured out how to do that. They just introduced the ability to recognize different voices which you can name which increases the power and usefulness greatly . Highly recommend this product . Very inexpensive
Plaud has been a game changer for me. I take minutes for several meetings every week and it has saved me so much time and has caught details that I might have otherwise missed. One of my best purchases ever!
I have had my Plaud now for 2 months. I have used it for a number of professional and personal applications. This device and the AI software is a huge time saver.
I take mine to doctor appts and record important conversations so I can re-read exactly what was said. Love it so much I bought my sons their own, too.
I anticipated this product be in the first of his kind using AI to be awfully clumsy and have its flaws. It is a smooth running machine. I love it.
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