I had low expectations for the fairly generic Comulytic Be aware Professional, however it shocked me as not solely essentially the most helpful all-around notetaker on obtainable but in addition the most affordable after you contemplate the price of a premium subscription.
The slim gadget, 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 cupboard space and a 45-hour battery life aren’t large, however each must be greater than sufficient to deal with a full week of interviews with out offloading or recharging, all processed via OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini. The small LCD is useful (and uncommon on this market), indicating while you’re recording and providing a recording period. This makes it much more foolproof than different notetakers, which supply nothing greater than a coloured LED to let you know if it’s on.
The Be aware Professional helps 113 languages—form of. It’ll file in a international tongue and supply a verbatim transcript within the native language, however insights and summaries are delivered in your language of selection. It’s not a full resolution should you want an entire, direct translation, however should you simply want the gist of a international information story or speech, Comulytic can uniquely deal with it.
The proof is within the high quality of the abstracts and insights supplied. Of all of the gadgets I examined, Comulytic’s summaries had been essentially the most insightful and least rambling (although higher than its transcripts), successfully selecting out essentially the most related parts of interviews and pulling the perfect quotes from my conversations (maybe too many at occasions). It was additionally the one gadget 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 by way of a pokey Bluetooth connection, however these are minor dings in opposition to an in any other case stable resolution. Better of all, for a restricted time, the corporate features a beneficiant three months of premium service at no cost. Even should you don’t wish to subscribe, the free plan, which provides three “deep dives” and 10 abstracts a month, is best than nothing.
Subscription prices $15 per thirty days or $120 per yr
