Omi - Smart Meeting Notes

It does what it said it going to do obviously you need to trained in order to perform 90% of the time the way the way you wanted to be. Oh a lot of tweaking and programming on my end in order to do somewhat close to the adv. and the reason is obvious is Dev kit duh! And all it delivers perfectly most of the time what is happening in my conversation and now event talking to me directly without pressing a button but of course have to build shortcut for that or else it will interrupt you in your real conversation. It fun app with the gadgets I brought for just fun end up using it almost everyday now to improve it. Without the device you still can use your watch and your phone and it provides better quality as well but still use most of your phone processor to do this task. Offline it just dies so keep it online hopefully in the future there is Ollama oh that’s it ! …well guy you know the drill and keep developing!

When it works, it’s good. The device constantly disconnects from the Wi-Fi and, therefore, is unable to perform its job. The only solution has been to have the app on top all the time, which means it’s mostly useless to me at this time. I had the Bee AI and was spoiled with how well it worked. The Bee AI had its own issues, but it didn't require the babysitting this app required. Update: Updated the app, as suggested by the developers, and it is greatly improved. I would say it’s useful this time since I want offline sync and run my conversations to my local LLM. It has improved enough that I’m willing to give it a try now with an annual subscription.

I was eager to get my hands on the Omiai AI digital pendant, a $110 device designed to record important meetings and details. Which is something I needed in my fast paced industry, where I meet new people constantly. Initially, I was thrilled with the purchase, but my excitement quickly turned to frustration. The device itself is sleek and intuitive to set up, with a clean user interface and a built in app that summarizes conversations effectively. The key feature, transcription mode, converts conversations into text and distinguishes between speakers, which is useful but often inaccurate. In one-on-one meetings, it sometimes misidentifies me as multiple speakers, creating confusion. My biggest issue is the paywall for basic functionality. Out of the box, you can’t access recorded audio without a subscription to a developer app, which costs about $2 a month to import audio to Google Drive. Even then, the audio lacks time codes, forcing you to guess when recordings were made—sorting by date is a hassle and not a solution. Worse, the Omiai has a “Pro” version, undisclosed at purchase, that limits transcription minutes unless you pay an additional $20 a month for unlimited transcriptions. For a $110 device, this is outrageous after five months, you could buy another Omiai! It feels like Omiai targets developers, locking essential features behind paywalls. As tech reviewer Louis Rossmann might say, companies like this want you to “own nothing and be happy.” I’m disappointed and will wait for an open-source alternative that respects its users.