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HoverNotes
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser extension whose visual AI watches videos on YouTube, Udemy and Coursera to write structured notes into Obsidian.

110K visits/mo
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ScreenApp
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI meeting recorder and transcription tool that turns audio/video into searchable notes, summaries, and exportable documents.

1.7M visits/mo14K saves
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Video Transcriber AI
✓ verifiedFreemium

No-signup video/audio transcription with speaker recognition, for students, teams, and creators needing quick text records.

1.6M visits/mo5.6K saves
Pricing
Free Starter: $0 (20 minutes of AI notes)
Unlimited Pro: $18/mo (unlimited AI notes)
Unlimited Pro Annual: $10/mo billed annually ($120/yr)
Free: $0/mo (3 recordings)
Growth: $19/mo billed annually (600 AI credits/year, 7-day free trial)
Business: $34/mo billed annually (unlimited AI credits)

Free trial available

Free: $0/month (10 basic quotas/day, up to 20 min per file)
Basic: $4/month or $5/month annual-equivalent, $48/year (1000 min/month transcripts)
Pro: $9/month or $18/month annual-equivalent, $108/year (unlimited basic transcripts, 100 min AI dubbing)
Studio: $19/month or $39/month annual-equivalent, $228/year (unlimited transcripts, 240 min AI dubbing)
Core features
  • Visual AI that reads on-screen content, not just captions
  • Timestamped screenshots and clip snips
  • Syntax-highlighted markdown notes
  • Direct save to a local Obsidian vault
  • Support for 20+ video and course platforms
  • Multi-language note output
  • Screen, webcam, and in-person meeting audio recording across platforms
  • AI notetaker with a meeting bot for Zoom/Google Meet
  • Automatic transcription with up to 99% accuracy and AI summarization
  • Chat-with-recordings and search across all past sessions
  • Export to PDF and formatted documents
  • Translation into 100+ languages
  • Transcribes video/audio with no sign-up required
  • Recognizes different speakers in a recording
  • Generates AI notes, chat summaries, and mind maps from transcripts
  • Auto-generates subtitles and offers AI dubbing with voice options
  • Processes files up to 5GB with multiple accuracy modes
  • Supports translation across 200+ languages
Use cases
  • Taking notes from online courses
  • Capturing code and diagrams from tutorials
  • Building a second brain from lecture videos
  • Reviewing long lectures quickly
  • Teams recording and auto-summarizing meetings
  • Individuals dictating notes that convert to formatted documents
  • Trainers and educators building a searchable video library
  • Support and client-facing teams archiving call recordings
  • Students converting lectures into study notes
  • Teams documenting Zoom meetings and webinars as text
  • Content creators generating captions or scripts from video
  • Researchers transcribing interviews for citation
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