{Hardware} maker Plaud launched a brand new AI notetaker known as Plaude NotePin S, together with a desktop app that helps you are taking notes for digital conferences, forward of this 12 months’s Shopper Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas.
The corporate first launched its pin-styled notetaker in 2024, which my former colleague Brian Heater actually appreciated. The brand new pin brings a bodily button that permits you to begin and cease the recording. Plus, in the course of the recording, you’ll be able to faucet the button to focus on a sure level — similar to you are able to do on the newly launched Plaud Observe Professional.
One good factor concerning the $179 Plaud NotePin S is that you simply get a clip, a lanyard, a magnetic pin, and a wristband within the bundle. Meaning you’ll be able to put on the system nonetheless you want. The corporate can be including Apple Discover My assist for the pin, to be able to simply search for the system in case you can’t discover it.
The core specs of the system stay the identical from the earlier technology. There may be 64GB of onboard storage with a battery capability of 20 hours of steady recording. The system has two MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Programs) mics that may seize clear audio inside 9.8 ft of vary. Customers will get 300 minutes of transcription per thirty days without spending a dime and
As in comparison with the Observe Professional, this system has a shorter recording vary and decrease battery life. However it’s smaller in dimension to hold utilizing any of the above talked about accesories. The corporate mentioned that the pin is fitted to people who find themselves always on the go.
That is Plaud’s fourth system, and the corporate has offered greater than 1.5 million units till now. With these units, the main target has been on in-person conferences. Nevertheless, Plaud additionally needs to tackle assembly notetakers like Granola, Fathom, and Fireflies with a brand new desktop consumer that works throughout assembly apps. The corporate mentioned that the app can detect when a gathering is lively and immediate you to seize the transcript.
The Mac app takes notes utilizing system audio to seize the assembly, after which constructions the transcription into notes utilizing AI. The corporate launched multimodal inputs for notetaking with its app that permits customers so as to add photographs and typed notes together with audio transcription final 12 months. Plaud is bringing that performance to its desktop app as properly.
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