u/ChoiceEducational337

what i made this over the past few months. it's called reline, an AI meeting notepad.

the idea: most notetakers send a bot into your call. mine doesn't, it records mic + system audio locally on your machine, so nothing pops up on the call and the other side never knows a recorder's running.

if you've used Granola it's a similar bot-free approach, with a couple differences: it runs on mac, windows and web (Granola's desktop-only, no web app), and every line of the summary links to the exact spot in the transcript so you can actually check it. does 60+ languages too, and notes live in an editable notion-style page.

free for solo use if anyone wants to try it. happy to explain how the local capture works, that was the tricky bit.

https://reddit.com/link/1uiwezi/video/r5n82wo5u8ah1/player

sharing since this sub's about AI tools that actually help. i built one called reline, an AI notepad for meetings.

if you've used Granola you'll get it instantly, same idea, a clean notepad that captures your call with no bot joining, recorded on-device. the differences: it runs on mac, windows and web (Granola's desktop-only, no web version), every line of the summary links back to the exact transcript moment so you can verify it instead of trusting the AI, it does 60+ languages, and notes live in an editable notion-style page.

free plan available, genuinely curious what AI tools have actually stuck in your daily workflow vs the ones that just demo well.

hey folks, i'm the dev of reline, an AI notepad for meetings.

figured this sub would care since it actually runs on windows natively, plus mac, linux and web if you bounce between machines. the main difference from most of these: it's bot-free.

instead of sending a bot into your call, it records mic + system audio locally on your machine. nothing shows up on the participant list, the other side never sees a recorder. all on-device.

https://reddit.com/link/1uiug1f/video/0y6m6rz8h8ah1/player

after the call you get a summary where every line links back to the exact spot in the transcript, so you can click and check it instead of trusting the AI.
does 60+ languages, and the notes sit in a notion-style page you can actually edit instead of a dead transcript.

i'm the dev so happy to answer anything. honestly also curious what windows users here want from a notetaker, since half these tools ship mac-first and treat windows as an afterthought.

Bit of a surprise week, Superhuman AI, The Neural Frontier, and AI Inner Circle all included my app within a few days of each other, and none were paid placements. Still not sure who first put it in front of them, but it pushed me to finally share it somewhere like here.

What makes my AI notepad different from most: it's bot-free. It records mic + system audio right on your device, so nothing joins the call and the other side never sees a recorder pop up. After the call you get a summary where every line links back to the exact moment in the transcript (so you can verify it instead of trusting the AI), it does 60+ languages, and the notes live in a Notion-style page you can actually edit and build on. Free for solo use, no card. I'm the dev.

Genuinely curious what this crowd thinks: for those who take notes in external/client calls, is a recording bot showing up actually a problem, or not really?

Trying to work out if "bot-free" is a real draw or just my own hang-up. (happy to drop the newsletter links in the comments if anyone wants to see them)

Bootstrapping a bot-free meeting notetaker (records locally, nothing joins the call).

Last week three AI newsletters included it within a few days of each other, my biggest traffic week so far.

The thing I'm trying not to screw up: these spikes fade fast. For anyone who's had a feature or newsletter bump, what actually converted it into retained users vs. a blip? Onboarding tweaks, a follow-up sequence, a specific activation moment?

Disclosure: I'm the founder. Not linking anything, just want to learn from people who've run this play.

Bootstrapping a bot-free meeting notetaker (records locally, nothing joins the call).

Last week three AI newsletters included it within a few days of each other, my biggest traffic week so far.

The thing I'm trying not to screw up: these spikes fade fast. For anyone who's had a feature or newsletter bump, what actually converted it into retained users vs. a blip? Onboarding tweaks, a follow-up sequence, a specific activation moment?

Disclosure: I'm the founder. Not linking anything, just want to learn from people who've run this play.

Bootstrapping Reline, a bot-free meeting notetaker (records locally, no bot on the call). Got an unexpected boost last week: three AI newsletters (Superhuman AI, Neural Frontier, AI Inner Circle) included it the same week, and signups jumped.

The question I'm chewing on: newsletter spikes are spiky. For those who've had a feature-driven bump, what actually converted it into retained users vs. a traffic blip? Onboarding changes? A specific activation moment? Would trade notes.