Google’s AI note-taking app transcribes your meetings completely offline
Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Google has released an experimental note-taking app that can transcribe meetings and audio files entirely offline, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The app, called Google AI Edge Foresight, is free to use and runs on macOS using the company’s on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 model.Similar to AI note-taking apps like Granola and Wispr Flow, Foresight summarizes your meetings while providing a space where you can take your own notes. Google says you can jot down shorthand bullet points during your meeting, and the app will transform them into “polished notes” based on the information in the transcript.Along with transcribing your meetings, Foresight has a built-in assistant you can use to ask questions about what you’ve heard.
- ▪Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Google has released an experimental note-taking app that can transcribe meetings and audio files entirely offline, as reported earlier by TechCrunch.
- ▪The app, called Google AI Edge Foresight, is free to use and runs on macOS using the company’s on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 model.Similar to AI note-taking apps like Granola and Wispr Flow, Foresight summarizes your meetings while providing a
- ▪Google says you can jot down shorthand bullet points during your meeting, and the app will transform them into “polished notes” based on the information in the transcript.Along with transcribing your meetings, Foresight has a built-in assis
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