Earnote
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Earnote just launched: it records lectures or meetings and turns them into structured notes. It works on Apple devices, can run on-device on newer iPhones, and it’s free and open source.
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Earnote is a new AI notetaker on Product Hunt that listens to a lecture, meeting, or even a solo explanation and turns it into something more useful than a raw transcript. The app uses Whisper to transcribe speech, then builds a structured note with tasks, flashcards, and a PDF study sheet.
The speech recognition runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. On iPhone 15 Pro and later, the note itself can be written on-device too, which keeps the whole flow closer to the hardware than most cloud-heavy note apps.
The pitch is simple and refreshingly unmessy: no account, no ads, no subscription. Earnote is free and open source under MIT, with an optional one-time Pro version on iPhone and iPad.
That combination is doing a lot of work. Plenty of AI note tools promise memory, productivity, and magic. Earnote is leaning on something much more concrete: capture the audio, turn it into study material, and get out of the way.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the kind of AI app that actually deserves the label: narrow, useful, and not begging for a recurring fee. The open-source angle matters too, because too many “smart” note apps act like your lectures are a subscription tier. Plain tools that do one job well are still the best antidote to AI bloat.
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