Review of AI Note-Taking Apps

May 30, 2024

Review of AI Note-Taking Apps

Introduction

  • Overview of popular AI note-taking apps: Otter, Fathom, Fireflies, Nota, Rewatch, Bubbles
  • Purpose of evaluating AI note-taking tools:
    • Group Zoom calls for membership (Thriving Creator Society)
    • One-on-one Zoom calls with clients
    • Personal brainstorming sessions
    • Sharing notes with team/clients

AI Note-Taking Apps Reviewed

Otter

  • Features: Summary, action items, outline, word-for-word transcript
  • Interactive AI: Capable of answering questions about the transcript
  • Performance: Reliable, familiar interface, provides detailed responses from the transcript

Fireflies

  • Features: Overview, action items, outline, list of notes, transcript
  • Additional Data: Speaker talk time, word count per minute, sentiment analysis
  • Interactive AI: Capable of answering questions; mixed accuracy

Fathom

  • Features: Summary, meeting purpose, key takeaways, topics, ability to scrub through video
  • Highlights and Bookmarks: Users can manually highlight and bookmark sections
  • Limitations: No chatbot or interactive query features

Nota (or NADA)

  • Features: Offers partial transcript (first 3 minutes for free)
  • Payment Requirement: Full features require payment
  • Customization: Potential for creating templates and customizing AI functions (if paid)

Rewatch

  • Features: Recap, action items in to-do list form, transcript, video
  • Limitations: Lacks a chatbot for interaction, minimal recap and features

Bubbles

  • Features: Video with timeline, summary
  • Limitations: Did not detect clear action items even when explicitly mentioned, limited interaction

Key Takeaways

  • Preferred: Otter, due to familiarity and feature richness
  • Potential: Fathom, for highlights and bookmarks in real-time calls
  • Issues:
    • Nota's free version is too limited
    • Rewatch lacks interactive capabilities
    • Bubbles is underwhelming, lacks responsive chatbot

Conclusion

  • AI note-taking tools are rapidly evolving; different tools offer varied functionalities.
  • Audience encouraged to share their favorite AI note-taking tools.
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