"Whether sitting in class, a meeting, or an interview, I've never been fond of taking notes, and I'm far from alone. Not only does the process of scribbling something down cause me to miss what was said immediately after, but I also suffer from awful handwriting, meaning that I can rarely read the notes anyway. Recording interviews has long been a solution, but transcribing interviews is another step (with extra cost) that can leave you with thousands of words of material to sift through, much of it irrelevant."
"As with all things AI, the jury's out on whether AI notetakers are actually useful or whether bypassing the intellectual rigor of writing down what people say is going to make us all even stupider, but at the very least I've found them to be a convenient way to capture the main points of a conversation-and helpful at keeping a record of discussions and meetings I might otherwise have promptly forgotten."
Pocket-sized AI notetaker devices capture in-person and online conversations, transcribe speech, and offer generated insights and translations. They reduce dependence on manual handwriting and separate transcription services by surfacing main points and preserving records. Six AI notetaker products were evaluated across meetings, interviews, conference calls, and a prerecorded presentation used as a control. Assessment criteria included transcription and translation accuracy, quality of generated insights, processing speed, available features, and value for money. Practical benefits include faster capture of essential information and easier retrieval of discussion highlights, though usefulness remains debated.
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