Fathom vs BeginClass

Fathom: AI Note Taker records spoken ideas, meetings, lectures, and thoughts, then turns them into editable transcriptions for review, saving, analysis, and translation. Keep important conversations and personal notes ready for later use. Recording and Transcription • Choose a recording language before speaking • Follow audio levels while recording, with pause and resume controls • Review, rename, edit, and save each transcription Recording Library Saved recordings remain available with dates, durations, transcription previews, and processing status. Open a recording to revisit its text, manage saved entries, or remove an entry from the library. AI Analysis and Translation • Extract key ideas and main topics from a transcription • Translate text into a selected target language • Copy analysis and translated text for use elsewhere • Retry analysis or translation after a failed request • Paste, type, or import text for independent analysis and translation • Bring a saved transcription from the library into the text field Plans Free Access – Record spoken ideas and review their transcriptions – Edit and save transcription text – Browse and manage saved recordings Recording Pro Subscription – Continue recording and transcription across unlimited sessions Insight Pro Subscription – Generate key ideas and main topics from transcriptions – Translate selected text and work with imported content Capture the words that matter while they are fresh. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oBdyLMEZX41AM1AhSJcMNN4BRCV68LjQChAiV-W1nag/edit Term of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G_YJjwzIvcNLF7uZAf_RCA1K86pZVjtkFoBvzG4MXt4/edit

Turn every class into text, translations, and study-ready highlights you can revisit anytime. BeginClass is a smart lecture-notes app built for classes, online courses, seminars, and learning across languages. Follow a live transcript while the class is happening, then review the recording, transcript, bookmarks, translations, and AI summary together after class. LIVE LECTURE TRANSCRIPTION Choose the language being spoken and see timestamped transcript segments appear while you record. It is useful for university lectures, online courses, seminars, interviews, meetings, and study discussions. REAL-TIME TRANSLATION Display the original transcript and translated text together for supported language pairs, helping you keep up in a class taught in another language. You can also translate the complete saved transcript after class. RECORDING, TRANSCRIPT, AND BOOKMARKS TOGETHER Each recording stays with its transcript. Listen while you read, add bookmarks during class, and return quickly to the moments you want to review. AI CLASS SUMMARIES Create a structured summary from a saved transcript to identify key ideas, learning points, and review cues. The transcript is sent to the AI service only when you explicitly request a summary. TRANSCRIBE AUDIO AND VIDEO FILES Import recordings, audio, and video from Files or Photos, or send supported media to BeginClass from another app. Turn course recordings, podcasts, talks, and interviews into searchable text. PHOTO AND CONVERSATION TRANSLATION Capture or choose slides, handouts, whiteboards, and other images to recognize and translate their text. Two-way conversation translation helps with office hours, group discussions, and everyday communication. SYSTEM AUDIO AND FLOATING CAPTIONS On supported iPhone and iPad devices, use the system broadcast panel to transcribe course audio playing in another app. Picture in Picture can keep live captions visible while you use other apps. BeginClass does not save screen video. SEARCH, REVIEW, AND SHARE Search notes by title or transcript content, compare original and translated text, listen to the associated recording, and copy or share the text you need. Great for: - International students and multilingual classes - University lectures, online courses, and seminars - Study groups, interviews, and meetings - Course recordings, podcasts, and educational videos - Language learning and cross-language conversations Privacy and requirements: 1. BeginClass requires iOS 26 or later. 2. Speech recognition, text recognition, and Apple Translation use on-device system technologies. An Apple language model may need to be downloaded the first time you use a language. 3. Lecture transcription and real-time translation work offline. AI class summaries require an internet connection, and the current transcript is submitted to generate the summary. 4. System-audio transcription requires authorization and activation through the iOS system broadcast panel. Protected, silent, or unavailable audio may not be captured. 5. Results vary with the device, system language-model support, recording quality, background noise, and speech. 6. All features are free to use. No registration or account is required. Contact: support@miremire.com Privacy Policy: https://beginclass.ai/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://beginclass.ai/terms/