I had low expectations for the moderately generic Comulytic Be aware Professional, however it stunned me as not solely probably the most helpful all-around notetaker on accessible but in addition the most cost effective after you take into account the price of a premium subscription.
The slim system, at 28 grams, is sufficiently small to slot in a pockets or connect unobtrusively with the included magnetic ring to the again of your handset (word: it requires a particular USB dongle to cost). The 64 GB of space for storing and a 45-hour battery life aren’t large, however each needs to be greater than sufficient to deal with a full week of interviews with out offloading or recharging, all processed by OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini. The small LCD is useful (and uncommon on this market), indicating whenever you’re recording and providing a recording period. This makes it much more foolproof than different notetakers, which provide nothing greater than a coloured LED to let you know if it’s on.
The Be aware Professional helps 113 languages—type of. It is going to document in a overseas tongue and supply a verbatim transcript within the native language, however insights and summaries are delivered in your language of alternative. It’s not a full answer if you happen to want a whole, direct translation, however if you happen to simply want the gist of a overseas information story or speech, Comulytic can uniquely deal with it.
The proof is within the high quality of the abstracts and insights offered. Of all of the units I examined, Comulytic’s summaries have been probably the most insightful and least rambling (although higher than its transcripts), successfully selecting out probably the most related parts of interviews and pulling the very best quotes from my conversations (maybe too many at occasions). It was additionally the one system to appropriately transcribe a punny product nickname talked about in passing in a single interview, indicating {that a} extra subtle language mannequin could also be behind the scenes.
Comulytic isn’t excellent. It doesn’t transcribe in actual time, it’s one of many slowest merchandise at finishing analyses, and I by no means obtained its “quick switch” mode working, which meant all recordings needed to be despatched to my cellphone through a pokey Bluetooth connection, however these are minor dings towards an in any other case strong answer. Better of all, for a restricted time, the corporate features a beneficiant three months of premium service at no cost. Even if you happen to don’t wish to subscribe, the free plan, which presents three “deep dives” and 10 abstracts a month, is healthier than nothing.
Subscription prices $15 per thirty days or $120 per 12 months
