Granola for Apple Watch

_fw•about 15 hours ago

Man that Apple Watch strap is GORGEOUS. And an Apple Watch app is a great idea for this!

But I just can’t bring myself to try out ANOTHER meeting notetaker app. The space just feels so commoditised. How different will this be to Fireflies? Or the six dozen others?

Getting that strap would absolutely work as a bribe though. I love it…

urbandw311er•about 13 hours ago

Granola terrifies me. It’s highly capable at summarisation, and seems to be free. What’s the catch? Generally speaking, if something is free then my attention or my data tends to be the product – and when that thing runs in the background on my Mac, has access to my microphone, my calendar data and my private meeting notes, that is potentially very scary indeed.

Grombobulous•about 11 hours ago

Transcribing is pretty simple and can be easily handled with very small/economical models.

That said, I share your sentiment. They're going to enshittify when they run out of money or sell your data.

I also think automatic meeting transcription is potentially kind of bad for us. I find that when I know it's being used I just zone out, and the question of why we are having this meeting at all comes into question? If we are just transcribing everything why not have everyone write an email?

OptionOfT•about 16 hours ago

> phone calls

(I can't try right now)

Does it record phone calls and then transcribes? Does it announce itself on the call?

Edit: I quickly installed the app, seems like you become the MITM, where you call the other party. Interesting solution.

nerdsniper•about 15 hours ago

I'd love something like this for the Apple Watch but with local (iPhone) or self-hosted processing using whisper/parakeet/etc.

dzonga•about 14 hours ago

pretty dope product - but who are these things made for ?

if most companies are forcing people to attend meetings in person - are people recording in-person meetings ?

danans•about 14 hours ago

> are people recording in-person meetings

Yes, even if only for the AI summaries it generates, it saves lots of time.

Only thing is that with a company this is nearly always on enterprise managed software like Google Meet or Zoom, not personal software. Maybe this is good for independent consultants meeting in person.

htrp•about 14 hours ago

how bad does the app burn battery life for your watch?

JEzra100•about 13 hours ago

I've been beta testing it and it seems like it's not bad for battery life at all, works like a charm

Granola for Apple Watch

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