Overview
This video reviews five next-generation AI-powered note-taking tools, analyzing their unique features and the potential impact for writers, creators, and entrepreneurs.
Voice Notes: AI-First Voice Transcription
- Focuses on capturing spoken ideas quickly and accurately, ideal for moments when typing isn't convenient.
- After transcription, AI extracts action items and can generate content like emails directly from voice notes.
- The "Ask AI" feature allows users to query past ideas and instantly retrieve relevant information.
- Noted that speaking results in capturing more ideas than traditional typing.
Ser: Designed for ADHD Focus
- Offers a simple, clean, distraction-free interface, focusing on minimalism compared to feature-dense apps like Notion or Obsidian.
- Features an AI (Sky) that suggests better organization through titles, folders, and tags for new notes.
- Sky can synthesize and connect ideas across notes and supports multiple premium AI models.
- Allows chatting with the entire notes library to facilitate deeper connections.
Recall: Content Summarization and Knowledge Graph
- Tailored for heavy content consumers, enabling active knowledge building and summarization.
- Summarizes, categorizes, and links notes automatically, building a personal knowledge graph.
- Browser extension enables instant summarization and linking of web content.
- New "augmented browsing" resurfaces relevant saved content in real time while browsing.
Tana: Advanced Node-Based Note System
- Utilizes a node-based system where every line of text is its own document, enabling flexible organization.
- Supports "super tags" with customizable properties, allowing multi-faceted tagging (e.g., task + idea).
- Integrates AI for chat, summary generation, voice transcription, and auto-population of note properties.
- Has a mobile app emphasizing quick voice capture; steep learning curve but usable as a basic outliner.
Cortex: AI-Synthesized Writing Workspace
- Built from the ground up as an AI-native tool, emphasizing synthesis of notes and highlights for publishing.
- Features an intuitive interface inspired by Obsidian and Notion, with core AI assistant (Kai) that integrates deeply with user notes.
- Capture system allows immediate connection of ideas to ongoing projects; library section keeps references separate from personal writing.
- Integrates with Readwise for automatic highlight import; writing system connects all elements for seamless creation.
- Includes advanced AI prompting and reference tools for inspiration and productivity.
Final Thoughts and Community Engagement
- Encourages feedback and tool recommendations from viewers.
- Invites the audience to join a Substack newsletter focused on leveraging AI for productivity.