I'm not a big fan of AI in general, but the one use case that makes a difference in what I do is transcribing audio to text. I attend a lot of briefings and meetings, and the ability to just have key notes transcribed automatically is just convenient (I used to waste hours doing this manually). I used Flowtica's Scribe recorder in the last two months, and I enjoyed the novelty of it — it's just great to be able to record everything and have it transcribed automatically.
Plaud is another brand that offers a similar product; it's billed as the number one AI note-taking brand, and I've been testing the Plaud Note to see how it holds up. The Note usually retails at $159, but as with all things AI, there's a monthly plan — the Unlimited tier is $239 a year (I know), and the Pro plan has 20 hours of transcribing a month and costs $99 annually. The device comes with a Starter plan included, and that just covers five hours of AI-assisted transcribing, which is just insultingly low. On the bright side, the Note is currently on sale, bringing the cost down to $127.
