AI-powered tools like OpenAI's Whisper are allowing many apps to make transcription an integral part of their personal note-taking feature set, and as a result, the field is rapidly flourishing. did. Apps like AudioPen, Cleft Notes, and TalkNotes are proliferating in app stores and on the internet, but most offer a fairly limited feature set. These apps let you record and transcribe notes, and some even offer summarization features, but there's a lot to cover. In terms of features offered.
The newest app in this space is Voicenotes. Built by Joji Sunny and his wife Aleesha, founders of creator tipping platform Buymeacoffee, Voicenotes offers a variety of features such as summaries and various formatting options, as well as the ability to ask questions about past notes. We aim to differentiate ourselves by incorporating an AI assistant. .
The developers said in the video that they started developing the voice memo tool with Jijo's brother and co-founder of By Mea Coffee, Joseph Sunny, to distract themselves after she suffered a miscarriage. As the couple consulted medical professionals, they took copious audio notes to record everything the nurses and doctors said so they could recall the information later. It also promoted the idea of having a transcription tool at hand so you don't have to replay your notes over and over again to remember details.
Jijo and Aleesha shipped the first version of the app to some testers in March and published the web app in April.
the app itself
The Voicenotes web app doesn't require you to log in. Press the direct record button and start speaking, and the app will transcribe it for you.
You can only record voice memos for up to 1 minute unless you pay for the tool. Once you stop recording, you can tag your notes, edit them, and regenerate the title using AI. You can also use AI to reformat your notes and turn them into blog posts, tweets, to-do lists, or emails. The app also generates a summary of your notes and a list of key points.
There's also an “Ask my AI” feature, which lets you verbally search for notes using an AI assistant. For example, you might want to remember the brand of dish detergent you added to your shopping list two months ago.
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The company currently releases both iOS and Android apps. This is a big advantage considering that Cleft Notes only works on Mac and iOS (still in beta). AudioPen can be accessed from anywhere as a web app, but background recording is not available on iOS. Recording will stop if your smartphone screen is locked or you switch to another app.
Voicenotes also uses AI to display prompts that prompt users to respond and record notes.
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Competition and roadmap
Voicenotes has some useful features, but as mentioned above, it's entering a rapidly becoming crowded field. You also have to contend with competitors that offer better features. For example, Cleft Notes allows for on-device transcription (which is important because it keeps your notes private, rather than sending them to a server for transcription), and is compatible with Apple. has improved integration and allows you to record up to 10 minutes of notes. Free frame. AudioPen provides many options for formatting notes, which some people may find useful.
Apart from competing with other AI-powered voice memo apps, Voicenotes also has to compete with native apps like Pixel's Google Recorder and Samsung's Transcribe Assist. Both apps are only available on some models, but may spill over to other models in some cases. Technology advances.
The biggest risk for all these apps will be if Apple adds transcription functionality to its Voice Memos app. This essentially makes third-party apps redundant on iOS devices. Still, it may be worth it to offer cross-platform compatibility, better formatting options, and additional features.
Try Voicenotes for free or pay $10 per month to unlock access to better models like GPT-4 Turbo and Claude Opus, and remove note length limits. Masu. For a limited time, he can pay $50 for the “Believer” plan and get permanent access to the app (as long as the developer continues to support it). The company said it has already generated $100,000 in revenue from subscriptions.
Jijo told TechCrunch via email that the app's differentiators are its “simple but elegant design,” use of the best AI models, and the “Ask My AI” feature.
He added that Voice Notes will soon be available on smartwatches and hopes to extend its functionality across platforms as a real-time assistant. We're also working on turning voice memos into to-do lists with reminders.