Plaud Note Review: Mini Metal Memo Maker (with AI)

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[PLAUD NOTE REVIEW]
If I have a gadget weakness beyond mobile phones … it’s probably audio recorders. I came of age in that very special time of the mid-90s when Home Alone 2 was constantly playing on HBO, and I became enamored of Kevin’s Talkboy, with its famous voice-changing feature.
I was so obsessed with the Talkboy that I bought myself a little microcassette recorder from Radio Shack, which I used to document my day-to-day as a middle-school student, trade voice memos with my Dad, and record self-conscious captain’s log entries. By the time I went to college, mobile phones had already started to usurp the role of those dedicated recorders by bundling in no-frills voice memo features, which I used mainly to give my future-self advice while drunk at parties. And today, of course, those voice recorders are a standard component of most of the convergence devices that most of us carry.
But we’re also in a time when countless companies are riding the buzzy bubble of “AI” to resurrect gadget categories long ago subsumed by the smartphone. Plaud is one such company, and its debut product, the Plaud Note, is a totally-2024 upgrade to the microcassettes, MiniDiscs, Talkboys and YakBaks of yesteryear. The question is: does blending beautiful design with ChatGPT make the Plaud Note worth the premium you’ll pay for it?
[ABOUT MRMOBILE'S PLAUD NOTE REVIEW]
This video was produced following six days with a Plaud Note retail unit purchased by MrMobile's publisher, and a second Plaud Note review sample provided by Plaud.
MrMobile does not offer manufacturers the opportunity to preview, edit or approve content before publication. Neither Plaud nor any other manufacturer provided compensation in exchange for this coverage. The lone sponsor of this video is DeleteMe.
[PRODUCTS IN THIS VIDEO]
Plaud Note:
www.plaud.ai/
[LINKS]
The Gatekeepers Who Open America To Shell Companies And Secret Owners [The Washington Post]:
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Turns Out Wyoming Plays a Huge Role in Global Financial Shenanigans [Esquire]:
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The Secrets Factory [Wired]:
www.wired.com/story/registere...
Another scam recorded from business related to 30 N. Gould St. registered agent [The Sheridan Press]:
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[CHAPTERS]
00:00 Talkboys & YakBaks, MiniDiscs & Microcassettes
01:50 Mini metal memo maker
03:17 The power of simplicity
06:31 DeleteMe
07:35 "Why can't this just be an app?"
09:22 Who is Plaud?
11:13 Should you "take Note?"
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 386

@bottomtext5872 Місяць тому

What a joke, paying over a hundred dollars for a slab of metal with mics and processors and you still have to pay a subscription ontop for advertised features.

@Mmmmilo Місяць тому

The irony being that you’re sticking a slab of metal with mics and processors… to your slab of metal with mics and processors.

@mabey8048 Місяць тому

@@Mmmmilo yep, I would get the appeal if it had excellent recording quality but it doesn't even sound good lol

@Matanumi Місяць тому

I really hope people start rejecting this "subscription models" en masse

@bawbsmith Місяць тому

@@MatanumiWith AI, there’s no way. Operating cost is directly proportional to usage. Nearly any company would go bankrupt offering a free AI service, unless you’re a juggernaut like Microsoft or Google. Even then they’re just selling your data, with these AI tools as a perfect gateway.

@poeterritory Місяць тому

I would have prefered to hear just how good it was at recording calls.

@kezyka6775 Місяць тому

I feel like 95% of all these AI gizmos will reach EOL after just about a year of being out in the market at most.

@musman9853 Місяць тому

a year? wow, you're optimistic

@John-du2mq Місяць тому

For now until the tech gets way better. Then it will get to a point where improvement is minimal.

@quentenburnett7296 Місяць тому

That's what happens when companies have the Gold Rush mentality. They aren't making these things to fill a certain need, they are making them because AI is the hot buzzword for investors, just like Crypto/Web3. Or how IoT was in the early 2010s.

@duffin.caprous Місяць тому

They are incredibly short term, for sure. Why would I want a device that does one thing when my phone can do so many things and do them mostly well? Why would I want to talk to a lapel pin to interact with it at all times? I don't even like speaking to my smart watch in public.

@xbxb Місяць тому

I mean, they have to pay for the chatgpt right?

@Sb129 Місяць тому

>Subscription into the trash it goes

@ulischmidt03 Місяць тому

Yup.

@Embassy_of_Jupiter 19 днів тому

it'll still be a few years until AI can be packed into a form factor like that at the necessary output quality

@OliverStapley Місяць тому

Looks great, but subscription models kill great products

@TheDragonfriday Місяць тому

Indeed there too many subscriptions services that is usually rarely used specific used

@bigblueocean Місяць тому

Exactly. I don't mind paying for something, I just don't wish to carry on paying for that thing.

@jefffrederick258 Місяць тому

They really do

@qiwentan5318 Місяць тому

They have to pay fees to Open AI for using their API, keeping it forever free will not be sustainable as product like these certainly won't be able to convince you upgrade every year. It just sad truth for these small companies that have great product, but because they are small and have to relies on services from companies like Open AI API, Amazon AWS or Azure server

@MuitoDaora Місяць тому

@@qiwentan5318Everybody understood the reason for the subscription. But still a hindrance to the product.

@DannerBanks Місяць тому

$160 😂. And a $180/yr for transcription service 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@alexlam24 Місяць тому

Just another product from techbros who promise their product will finally change the world.... When phones already have this feature for free

@ingusmant Місяць тому

And you're limited to 10 hours a month, there goes the pro market

@Gavo172 Місяць тому

All these AI pin products seem like a solution looking for a problem, except there's other solutions out there that don't cost an arm and a leg

@Reckless-mindfulness Місяць тому

and other solutions that give your better results with better UI. i.e. Phones.

@Matanumi Місяць тому

Yeah phones can be modded to do these things 9 times out of 10 We are going backwards with tech it seems

@bawbsmith Місяць тому

@@Matanumi Not "we", just a handful of startups that are rushing poorly thought out products in order to cash in on the AI hype.

@UnusedChar Місяць тому

the hubris of charging a subscription while giving them all the training data for free

@ingusmant Місяць тому

Training? They're using the openAI API, they didn't develop anything

@ksh6 9 днів тому

I do not think these can be used for training, because for that, you need the correct version of the audio in text format, and the audio clip. A better training can be achieved by just using human subtitled videos on youtube, and subtitles movies and tv shows.

@linuxhereproductions Місяць тому

Shiny e-waste

@Matanumi Місяць тому

A lot of this stuff with AI baked features have become just that

@ThePerradox Місяць тому

Thanks for letting us get to hear Kid Mobile. :)

@ulischmidt03 Місяць тому

Hold on, $180 per year, but only 10 hours of recording per month!? Thats $15 per 10 hours! YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST USE CASSETTE TAPES!!!

@MobiusGT Місяць тому

I still think expensive unitaskers whose only crutch is ai are stupid. If my galaxy s24 didn't have some of its ai features baked in i ironically might be happier with the phone. (mostly bc the ai features i have used just are pretty terrible like photo editing)

@DijaVlogsGames Місяць тому

An instant NO for software subscriptions. It‘s enough.

@Matanumi Місяць тому

Cooler products have failed harder for less (jibo)

@ziginox Місяць тому

Those simple ferrous (not magnetic, they're just metal) rings suck if you want to continue using Qi. At best, they'll make a Qi charger shut down due to foreign object detection. At worst, they get extremely hot and present a burn or even fire hazard. I really appreciate that you dug into the company's terms of service and privacy policy. I feel that these have been glossed over far too much with almost every company we deal with for the past forty some-odd years, and we've ended up in this awful state for it.

@hermanstoop264 Місяць тому

Why is it not just an app???

@pl_sounddesign8314 Місяць тому

Because if it was an app, they would just blend in with thousands of other apps and most people would not care. A physical product with a cool design is a way to catch people’s attention

@giowawa5035 Місяць тому

There is already a recording app in your phone 😂

@ulischmidt03 Місяць тому

Because if it was an app, they couldn't charge 160 for a lump of metal to coerse people to pay 180 a year to use the product that they just purchased, instead most people who would be interested in this app would download it, realize it's another subscription service and then uninstall the app.

@Matanumi Місяць тому

So they can get VC funding. same reasons for the rabbit being harswae

@ninjatogo Місяць тому

I think it could be a nice gadget that works better than an app if the mic quality was noticeably better than the average phone. I have used my phone to try to record meetings but found that most phones aren't that great for picking up voices from afar. This product however doesn't sound all that great

@pasky7777 Місяць тому

The production quality in this video is over the top. I have subscribed just for the very reason that it is so well done.

@JerzyLasica Місяць тому

I believe it has a place (especially because of call recording and all the drama related to that), BUT it needs to offer everything there is related to that -prompt programming option, labeling speakers (not just 2 in calls, but everyone in the meeting) - also an option to rename those speakers manually afterwards and unlimited (or memory limited) recording. I understand subscription for AI summary (there are resources needed that cost money; I don't agree with it) but it needs to be lower and there should be tiers. This is the only way it has value IMO.

@okojijoko Місяць тому

I'm not one for this type of product. Great video either way. On a side note: I bought a Clicks case for my wife's phone and she's been loving it ever since.

@TheMrMobile Місяць тому

Thanks for the support! Hope she continues to enjoy Clicks!

@1mezion Місяць тому

wow u as a kid, cool and really awesome that you still have them to listen to

@ruxcooking Місяць тому

Props to mrmobile for the due diligence

@MetalMedly Місяць тому

Thank you so much for including a small privacy research in the review. Most reviewers just ignore that part, but it is a glaring problem with all the new cloud based AI systems. Almost none of the advanced features are available on device without some sort of upload.

@Monkeymeep Місяць тому

I love how the child version of himself has the same pauses when he speaks

@hugoool0512 Місяць тому

Hey boss, I don't know if you been told this before but you been doing the cleanest sponsorship introductions in the industry. How i wish other creators would do it like you: the disclaimer at the beginning of the video. Keep it up! And have a great day.

@luizbiazonbiazon7110 Місяць тому

The Best..... Mr Mobile

@AMPProf Місяць тому

Naww WE need A pocket smart watch with Scifi steampunk cases

@ThePerradox Місяць тому

@@AMPProf A Pocket smart watch with two foldable screens

@KROMO50 Місяць тому

TGI Friday 😂😂😂 miss the old days

@JimIBobIJones Місяць тому

I don't think many employers would be comfortable having this listen in on meetings and allowing a third party's AI summarising discussions that might be commercially sensitive.

@daidai01200 Місяць тому

But there’s nothing stopping employees from using this or other products that do similar things.

@JimIBobIJones Місяць тому

@@daidai01200 if they are willing to risk getting fired and possibly sued over it

@EXiLExJD Місяць тому

Most of these AI powered devices seem pointless when I already have an AI app on my phone that pretty much does the same things. I give these devices 6-8 months before the company dies and the servers are shut down, making it an expensive paperweight.

@mightyskull Місяць тому

Love the background tracks Michael!

@Nithin_Coorg Місяць тому

Love ur history! Old age stuffs❤

@darrenmorin Місяць тому

Cat: Hey, I was playing with that!

@youngalientype Місяць тому

"Anything not nailed down is a cat toy."

@MrPatonMarshall Місяць тому

I feel like this one might survive and evolve. Very interesting idea indeed. Especially for places that don't allow cameras but still allow audio recorders. The transcription service definitely sets it apart from current audio recorders.

@seanmachan6551 Місяць тому

OH MY GOD you did Captains logs too?? I still have my microcassette from the 90's and...so many captain's logs. Me and a friend had a blast logging like, everything we saw.

@GreenVibezIguanaDaddy Місяць тому

We need more Mr. Mobile videos :) Thank you for the upload

@marcinhf Місяць тому

Thank you! I think this is the first time I saw a review where someone goes deep into "who" is the company. So needed, so important 👍🏻 Kudos!

@ilpoheikkila4773 Місяць тому

Great video again! I wanted to watch more your videos after this one, the ones I haven’t watched yet. I had to scroll 3 years back to LG Crystal video. 😂

@michaelgrayson409 Місяць тому

The Home Alone quick cuts gave me the nostalgia chuckles. Well done.

@quentenburnett7296 Місяць тому

I have a feeling that the 2020s will be remembered in the tech world as the decade where many great products were destroyed by using a subscription model. I think we'll eventually get to the point where subscription becomes a dirty word because consumers are so tired of them and have so many. They are so anti-consumer that people will eventually say enough is enough. At least I hope so.

@DarshanShah10 Місяць тому

Couldn't the action button on the iPhone just do that?

@joer8386 6 днів тому

Exactly!

@Ben-vu4jn Місяць тому

Phew the amount of voice data they are shipping overseas with this device is terrifying... GREAT reporting

@kevinpaulmyrick Місяць тому

I had a talkboy when I was a kid! Loads of fun!

@Elduderino9097 Місяць тому

Yayyy more quick landfill

@fsmeza 15 днів тому

Do you do a comparison and review of the apps that you mentioned?

@NeoDaOne Місяць тому

as said by many, this is a no go. if I ever cared about using this process daily, my phone already does it. the smartphone has solved a bunch of tasks we use or eventually will if it hasnt already...

@steveoverstreet5635 Місяць тому

Thanks, Mr. Mobile! You just saved me a sack of cash!

@MarkDell Місяць тому

I'm now interested in a video about your void kitty! I've not seen them before!

@Bodotibodo Місяць тому

Do you know if transcripts and their summaries output can be modified say on a word doc?

@JamesTheHuman Місяць тому

What voice memo app do you use? What is the voice memo app shown at 8:21?

@Xalmr 6 днів тому

It was confusing because the video appeared to compare to other voice memo apps, but the voice memo app shown with the different summary structures was actually the Plaud app.

@dexterdiolata Місяць тому

nice rockin the Sean John fashion!

@JerzyLasica Місяць тому

Regarding reviews, It'd be great if you did PhoneCam - essenitally a $70 AI pin, Schiffmann's Tab AI (around 600$) and Rewind Pendant: Rewindai - a 60$ Tab. It would be great if one reviewer compared those similar devices to see why is there a 10x$ difference and if it's justifiable.

@onlynexus Місяць тому

The charger reminds me of the original Pebble watch!

@deanchur Місяць тому

The single button argument is out of the window as well with many phones having a programmable side button.

@monkeybarmonkeyman Місяць тому

Naming it Claude or even Clod would have upped cool factor by at least 11%. At least.

@insertnamehere6559 Місяць тому

Not sure if there was an AV equipment upgrade or the lighting was just extra kind today but wow, the video looks extra crisp!

@ninjatogo Місяць тому

I've been in search of a super compact voice recorder for long meetings at work. Using my phone isn't that great because it has trouble picking up voices far away. If this had better mics and didn't have a subscription, I would be all over this.

@carlosdominguez3108 Місяць тому

Anyone know of other options in this space that don't have subscription models?

@Cyannsia Місяць тому

That is going to be hard because AI tokens cost money, and they are usually running on a server as of right now, you're going to have to wait for Smartphones with AI tech built into the processors (A lot already have this) so you don't have to send it externally.

@qwertzy121212 Місяць тому

Why waste time shipping this to customers when you can simply send it straight to the landfill instead?

@ivinsp Місяць тому

Does anyone know the name of the recording app at 1:07 please?

@TarasBuria Місяць тому

The audacity to charge you $180/year (!!!) and limit to just 10 hours of recording per month. What a joke.

@mohammadabuata3013 Місяць тому

Will you be doing a review on the Zenbook Duo (2024)?

@Infernoman64 Місяць тому

I'm a sucker for gadgets like this...but not enough to warrent yet another subscription

@rudito22 Місяць тому

So as someone who has used whisper before, are they really using the API and then fronting the costs to users? You can easily run whisper directly on phone hardware, what a weird grift if that's the case.

@DPD92 Місяць тому

huge missed opportunity not having stellar audio, i would totally buy this with better fidelity even if it meant it was much thicker

@AsharabAhmed Місяць тому

Call recording is such a small yet important option for me. I've set my oneplus 9 to automatically record calls from unknown numbers and it tells the other side when it starts/ ends recording and i've saved a lot of time because scammers and time wasters listen to the phone tell them that it is recording and just end the call themselves.

@SirNarax 5 днів тому

They looked up 'overpriced' in a dictionary and thought: 'that is too cheap.'

@moranmono Місяць тому

If the call recording works good, this could be a game changer for a lot of people

@shahreiftaylor1687 Місяць тому

That cat is so cute! 😍 Question: Are you captain two pets as well😉?

@CrashloveXO Місяць тому

Ironic Sean John reference as this was released the same day Diddy's homes were raided 😂

@jeremycarter3361 Місяць тому

I forgot Yak Baks existed until you said the word!

@amirshokouhi3126 Місяць тому

On one hand, the new generation have shown some interests in limiting their smart phone usage. On the other hand, the majority are still simply leaning more toward all-in-one device direction. It is hard to imagine a day that such secondary devices can find their place back in our pockets unless the software/hardware solution can be truly unique... (which I doubt)

@lumpython5351 Місяць тому

I can run Whisper from OpenAI completely offline on my iPhone for free, the maximum length of audio I've tried is about one hour due to the RAM limitation on iPhone. The limitation doesn't exist on iPad or Mac.

@Jazzy-kz6wd Місяць тому

i don't even care about transcription or audio recording, i just wanna carry such a cool looking device around

@aiko8464 Місяць тому

how do you get the google recorder on your OnePlus Open? 1:11

@TheMrMobile Місяць тому

That's a Pixel Fold.

@aiko8464 Місяць тому

@@TheMrMobile mea culpa, I should have watched the whole video first 🙈

@vinnypiazza4851 29 днів тому

If it had a companion app that utilized open source/portable models like Vicuna and ran locally to avoid much of these red flags I'm seeing at the cost of some speed then I'd actually buy one. However that's not the case unfortunately

@JavierBuendia Місяць тому

"Don't Judge"...TOO LATE! LOL Love Ya Buddy!

@CF542 Місяць тому

So, what happens to this device if/when the company closes its doors? Can you still use it? Can you even use it without a subscription at all?

@MosheKashani Місяць тому

What service could I just upload an audio file to and get a transcript to paste into chat gpt?

@rrad8106 Місяць тому

As soon as the term "subscription" came up, the interest went to zero. Not paying for something I already have on every other device I own... for FREE. And without the data feed into some AI.

@Chemy. Місяць тому

It's an interesting technology, I wonder if the real point of that many gadgets being developed around AI is to create something to be bought by a bigger company

@TylerKupferer Місяць тому

Yeah seems like we're in another boom of tech that isn't really being made for consumers. They are sham products that just need to be plausible enough to appeal to VCs and larger companies, and once the founder cashes out, the whole brand gets abandoned.

@ardas77 Місяць тому

yeah, and if it were to be released last year it would have BLOCKCHAIN

@Pahadidank 20 днів тому

They are essentially trying to do a new version of Shell companies to Shell Addresses (because there is no vetting or threshold)

@abcdqwerty3562 Місяць тому

On IOS, the free app Aiko uses the whisper model for transcription.

@Thirk Місяць тому

But how does the VCS sound compared to the normal mic?

@AmadeusAlmighty Місяць тому

"I recorded Kirk's incriminating captain's log entry from Star Trek VI from memory. Don't judge..." Don't judge?? I'm legit impressed!!

@paweadamczyk4096 Місяць тому

What's the yellow battery case shown in the video?

@cpvm0 Місяць тому

It is a keyboard actually.

@nihar_dixit Місяць тому

Mr. Mobile - Big Fan. Love from India ☘️💜🇮🇳

@bairnonessie Місяць тому

Put it this way, I can listen to just about any song I listened to countless times as a kid and, when I actually focus on the lyrics, the poignancy hits me like a truck. I can go back and listen to pretty much any pop song in the last 20 years and... Yeah nah. You want real lyrics in today's music? Hit the metal scene. Especially underground.

@starksuman Місяць тому

the biggest problem of those single-function gadgets are maintaining each and every ones like I am not yet using a proper smartwatch like Galaxy Watch or apple watch just bcoz I don't want to charge another thing every day if my phone doing the same stuff, if I forget to charge then that thing is useless for the day and the more such gadgets u will use the more cluttered ur life will be so until some drastic development came to battery industry those type od gadgets will come and go.

@markmorris6721 Місяць тому

What are the dimensions of the device?

@RandomTeq Місяць тому

I'm tempted. If you're a content creator, you want a recorder on the go to capture your fleeting thoughts without having to use your phone as it can distract the thoughts.

@Freak80MC Місяць тому

Transcribing and then summarizing voice recordings actually sounds like a use for AI I can get behind. But like everyone else has said, the subscription kills this for everyday use.

@I_am_Allan Місяць тому

5:00 oh, I'm judging. Should have been Picard's speech to Lilley.

@Dycdom 7 днів тому

does anyone knows iPhone app which can do that. ?

@almaq2078 18 днів тому

So this is basically an audio storage device? The actual intelligence / processing is my phone or PC right?

@audoodle9963 Місяць тому

I'm interested in this feature but definitely not interested in this product. I have a z flip 5 and the only AI feature I really want isn't circle to search it's just a better transcription so I can journal easier

@Bacender Місяць тому

You can get whisper on your phone or self host it at home. Such a weird piece of tech.

@raydmari9837 Місяць тому

the fact the sub is more than the product is way too crazy

@user-rw9gz9mj6h Місяць тому

Is a Samsung s23 ultra refurbished from Best buy safe to purchase?

@Slumdog8 Місяць тому

Auri AI app does exactly this, voice notes transcribed via whisper and much more, without the needed extra hardware and the subscription would be cheaper. I don't understand why you'd need extra hardware when your phone is all the hardware yourl need.

@georgecostanza2695 Місяць тому

Except for call recording, my S24 Ultra already does all that… record, transcribe, translate, and summarize.

@Techninjaspeaks Місяць тому

Great video! @andruedwards has been using one nearly a year. I wonder what is his take too ?

@GoldenBeholden Місяць тому

The only way I see these AI devices find any foothold is if they include novel hardware accelerated processors built specifically to run their model architecture on-device. Anything that can be achieved with general purpose processors will be achieved by your smartphone anyhow.