"In early tests with a review unit of Bee, we found the device itself was easy to use. It's just a press of a button to turn recording on or off. In the app, you can configure whether a double press bookmarks a section of the conversation, processes the current conversation, or both, and you can set whether a press and hold gesture lets you leave a voice note or chat with the AI assistant."
"Like many other AI products and services, such as Plaud, Granola, Fathom, Fireflies, Otter, and more, Bee can listen, record, and transcribe audio conversations. Where it differs is that instead of offering an overview or a raw transcript, it segments the audio into sections and summarizes each part. For instance, an interview might be segmented into sections like the introduction, the nitty-gritty product details, an overview of industry trends, and whatever else you may have talked about."
"Each section is tinted with a different background color for easier differentiation as you scroll. You can tap into an individual section to see the exact transcription. It wasn't immediately obvious how to label the speakers in the app - we learned we could tap on a segment of the conversation to confirm if we were the speaker, but this fell short of other professional AI transcribers, where each speaker could be labeled."
Bee is a pocketable recording device with a companion app that starts and stops recording with a single button and configurable gestures for bookmarking, processing, voice notes, or invoking an AI assistant. The system records, transcribes, segments conversations into colored, summarized sections, and allows tapping into segments to view exact transcriptions. Speaker identification requires manual confirmation per segment and lacks true multi-speaker labeling. Bee discards original audio after transcription, preventing playback for verification. Amazon positions Bee as a personal, day-to-day assistant with integrations that can link conversations to tasks or suggest follow-ups like connecting on LinkedIn.
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