Show HN: Lorraine, an open source notetaker with speaker recognition

#1

Post by trezm » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC

Hope y'all enjoy. Inspirted by a twitter thread reminding users that if a note taker is closed source and free, at some point they'll use your data for training or sell it to a third party.

Show HN: Lorraine, an open source notetaker with speaker recognition
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Re: Show HN: Lorraine, an open source notetaker with speaker recognition

#2

Post by rebirth01 » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC

This scratches a real itch. Most meeting tools either lock you into their ecosystem or send everything to the cloud, so it's refreshing to see a local-first alternative.

Re: Show HN: Lorraine, an open source notetaker with speaker recognition

#3

Post by trezm » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC

rebirth01 wrote: post #2

This scratches a real itch. Most meeting tools either lock you into their ecosystem or send everything to the cloud, so it's refreshing to see a local-first alternative.

Thanks! I was surprised at how well the open source models compare to the "professional" tools as well. I recently had a meeting where someone used another closed source solution and the result was emailed to me -- I preferred Lorraine's copy by a long shot!