ReplayAutonomous app testing for teams who ship at AI-speed
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Launched this week
Oats is an AI meeting note-taking tool that is completely open, local, and free. Designed to not get in the way of your meetings, no bots, no subscription needed when running locally with on-device LLM. Available on both macOS and Windows. Enhanced transcription, multi-language support, speaker recognition, assessment, coaching, auto-tracking follow ups and more features via ariso.ai cloud backend.
This solves one of my biggest issues with meeting tools. how accurate is the local transcription compared to cloud based tools?
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@colton_drake the local models do a decent job but honestly the cloud backend models is a little better but mostly for longer meetings, that's why we also provide a cloud backend ourselves, you can create a free account on ariso.ai to use the cloud backend.
free and open source is refreshing to see. are there plans to support more local models in the future?
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@angelo_bram Yes, definitely! Feel free to also create an issue on our github repo!
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Do we really need another AI meeting notetaker? 😅
I honestly thought the answer was no.
Then I found out that a tool I had been using for months was using my data to train its models. That left a pretty bad taste in my mouth, especially because it wasn’t something I realized when I started using it.
At first, I went looking for alternatives. I tried a bunch of the "free" ones that weren’t really free. And I couldn't find a great option that runs as a locally contained app without having to sign up to anything AND didn't require a bot joining every meeting.
So… here we are... with Oats!
I've now been using it for pretty much every meeting I have. Turns out I did need another notetaker, just not another one built the same way.
Can Oats pick up audio from headphones as well as the laptop speakers? that’s always a tricky part with meeting apps.
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@croft_benjamin Yes! We have multi channel recording, so it works with headphones and laptop speakers
this feels like the kind of AI utility that should just be available to everyone.
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@easton_carter EXACTLY! FOSS is always the best and necessary, especially in todays age.
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@easton_carter That’s exactly why we built it to be free and open source :)
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@easton_carter thank you!
This is such a refreshing take on AI meeting notes. free, open source and private by default is a great combo.
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@indigo_carpiniello Of course! Our founding team nearly all came from a cybersecurity background so we know the pain of every single service using your data nowadays.
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@indigo_carpiniello thank you!
This is one of those tools where the local AI actually makes sense. Congrats @erkang
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@daris_esteban thank you!
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@erkang @daris_esteban <3 very glad you like it Daris!