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Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcripts

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Re: Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcripts

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post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a lot but processing real time video and audio streams inherently consumes alot of CPU. So they may not be making as much profit on that price as you'd think. I run an open source alternative to Recall (for meeting bots), and our costs are about 8 cents per hour.

What is the open source project?

https://attendee.dev/

Re: Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcripts

#54

Out of interest, what is the thinking behind sending a physical mailer to what feels like a large fraction of San Francisco? Both why send it and why send it with very little info included on the page?

Wait, they sent out physical spam?

Re: Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcripts

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post #44

Our meetings often involve a mix of onsite and offsite employees. Typical setup might be CEO + CTO + a VP in a room, connected as a single zoom client to the call (either of these 3 guys depending on who got in the meeting room first), then few additional people joining remotely from home each on their own zoom instance. The guys on the meeting room are using a dedicated camera in the meeting room that captures the e…

That’s a great question! We partner with a number of different transcription providers that use AI to identify different speakers based on the sound of their voice. This prevents all the speakers from a conference room from being bundled together as the same person. We’re also going to be looking to add this functionality to our own transcription service in the coming months.
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