Oats - Free open-source and on device meeting notetaker
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Oats is an AI meeting note-taking tool that is completely open, local, and free. Designed to not get in the way of your meetings, no bots, no subscription needed when running locally with on-device LLM. Available on both macOS and Windows.
Enhanced transcription, multi-language support, speaker recognition, assessment, coaching, auto-tracking follow ups and more features via ariso.ai cloud backend.
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This is one of those tools where the local AI actually makes sense. Congrats @erkang
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@daris_esteban thank you!
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@erkang @daris_esteban <3 very glad you like it Daris!
Does Oats keep the original audio along with the transcript?
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@avery_thompson2 yep, you can playback the original audio. It also supports voice profile to for speaker matching
What happens if I close my laptop right after a meeting?
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@carter_garcia I think that would pause/stop the recording/notes
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@carter_garcia The audio files are queued, so you'll see an indicator saying it's ready to be processed when you re-open it.
This solves one of my biggest issues with meeting tools. how accurate is the local transcription compared to cloud based tools?
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@colton_drake the local models do a decent job but honestly the cloud backend models is a little better but mostly for longer meetings, that's why we also provide a cloud backend ourselves, you can create a free account on ariso.ai to use the cloud backend.
this feels like the kind of AI utility that should just be available to everyone.
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@easton_carter EXACTLY! FOSS is always the best and necessary, especially in todays age.
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@easton_carter That’s exactly why we built it to be free and open source :)
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@easton_carter thank you!
Really curious about the speaker recognition part. does that work locally too or does it require the Ariso backend?
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@flora_kendall both local model and Ariso backend supports speaker diarization. I'm adding more model support under https://github.com/ariso-ai/oats/issues/407 to cover more latest speech models that perform better for different languages and diarization.
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@laura_cruickshanks love to hear your feedback especially on what features you hate
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@laura_cruickshanks Thanks!!!
Open source + local AI is a great combo. can users swap in their own local models?
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@james_carter35 Yes we plan to add support for user's own models soon
fyi @unplug_eth0
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@james_carter35 Once this issue is fixed, you will be able to swap local model or use your favourite cloud models for local backend.
No meeting bot is a really nice touch. does Oats work smoothly with Zoom, Meet and Teams?
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@barnaby_lloyd Oats records from computer microphone and speakers, Zoom, Meet, Teams, meeting room, noisy coffee shop, airport gate, Oats truly benefits from high quality audio devices and handing echo well.
Respect for the privacy and no-subscription approach!
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@jackdonovan thank you!