Credit card-sized, AI summarizes meetings
A thirty-gram object listens to meetings and transforms them into summaries with AI. A review of the Plaud Note Pro, including prices and Swiss regulations.
For years, after every meeting, I did the same thing. I would reopen the recording and listen to it from the beginning to find that one sentence, that number, or that commitment made halfway through the conversation. A one-hour call would turn into an afternoon of work. Then I tried the Plaud, first in the Note version and then in the brand-new Note Pro, and I haven't lost an afternoon since.
It is a recorder as thin as three stacked credit cards. It weighs thirty grams and fits in your wallet. It attaches to the back of your phone via a magnetic case. You press a button and it records. Nothing new so far. The difference comes afterward.
Once the recording is finished, the audio is transferred to the app. That is where artificial intelligence does the heavy lifting. It transcribes everything in one hundred and twelve languages, Italian included. It recognizes who is speaking and separates the voices. Then it generates an organized summary, complete with decisions made and a to-do list. In a matter of minutes, a one-hour meeting becomes a clean, readable page.
There is one feature that changes the way you work. It’s called Ask Plaud. You ask questions directly to the recording. "Find the point where the client talked about the budget." "Summarize what I promised to deliver." The AI responds by citing the exact moment. The recording becomes a searchable memory.
For those in Ticino who spend their days in meetings, client calls, and negotiations, the value is simple. You stay focused on the conversation instead of rushing to take notes. And at the end of the day, nothing slips through the cracks. No forgotten commitments, no lost promises.
Three practical things before you run out to buy it.
First, the AI functions do not require a subscription to start. The included free plan already provides three hundred minutes of transcription per month, summaries, speaker recognition, and Ask Plaud. It’s enough to figure out if you really need it before paying. Those who have many hours of meetings can then switch to the paid plan, around one hundred and ten euros per year, to get more minutes.
Second, it also records phone calls. You attach the device to the back of the phone and it captures the voice from the call. Convenient for those who close deals over the phone and want the summary immediately afterward.
Third, and here you need to pay attention. In Switzerland, recording a private conversation without the consent of the participants is prohibited by law. Before pressing the button, you inform the people present and ask for permission. It is a matter of respect, as well as the law.
The Plaud Note Pro can be found in Switzerland at Interdiscount and Digitec, for around one hundred and ninety euros in the European version. Data remains protected by European privacy regulations, and the company states that it does not use recordings to train its AI.
The point isn't recording. Any phone can do that. The point is to stop being the stenographer of your own life. You talk, you listen, you decide. The object in your wallet takes care of the rest. And in the evening, for the first time, the meetings are already written down.
More info at: https://it.plaud.ai