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<h3>VoxNotes is a privacy-focused voice notes application that leverages on-device Whisper AI for transcription. It offers two distinct modes to cater to user needs: Privacy Mode and Speed Mode.</h3><ul><li>Privacy Mode: This mode ensures that your audio never leaves your device. Whisper AI runs locally via WebAssembly, meaning nothing is uploaded or tracked. It functions completely offline, even in airplane mode, and requires no account to start. This mode is free forever.</li><li>Speed Mode: For users who require faster transcription, Speed Mode offers instant cloud-based processing. Audio is deleted immediately after transcription. This is an opt-in feature per note, available for $7 per month.</li></ul>VoxNotes is designed for individuals who think out loud, enabling them to capture ideas three times faster than typing. The app supports 99 languages, handling accents and various linguistic nuances effectively. Transcripts are refined in real-time as you speak and are available after completion. Notes can be exported in multiple formats, including Markdown, plain text, and PDF, with options to push them to platforms like Notion, Obsidian, or Google Docs, ensuring your data is not locked into proprietary formats.Key features include:<ul><li>On-device Whisper AI via WebAssembly for zero server round-trips in Privacy Mode.</li><li>Optional cloud processing for speed, with audio deleted immediately after use.</li><li>No account required to start using Privacy Mode; an account is only needed for sync and Speed Mode.</li><li>Support for 99 languages, including accents and less common ones.</li><li>Export options to Markdown, TXT, and PDF, with integrations to Notion, Obsidian, and Google Docs.</li><li>Notes are stored in open formats, ensuring data ownership and portability.</li><li>A Progressive Web App (PWA) for instant installation on any browser.</li></ul>VoxNotes prioritizes user privacy by making it the default setting, with cloud-based speed as an optional add-on. This contrasts with other voice apps where cloud processing is the standard and privacy is a premium feature.

VoxNotes — Privacy First Voice Notes App

Focal — Watch Smarter. Not Longer.YouTube has more content than you'll ever have time to watch. Focal fixes that.Focal is a video intelligence tool that reads between the lines of any YouTube video and tells you exactly what you're getting into — before you invest your time. In seconds, it delivers a clear verdict: WATCH, SKIM, or SKIP — plus a density score, timestamped highlights, and the key moments that actually matter.Stop guessing. Start knowing.Every video comes with a crisp summary of what's covered, a breakdown of the most information-dense moments, and timestamped gist bullets so you can jump straight to the parts worth your attention. Whether it's a 3-minute tutorial or a 3-hour conference talk, Focal tells you what's signal and what's filler — so you spend your time on content that earns it.Built for people with limited time — or limited patience.Focal was designed with ADHD in mind, but it's useful for anyone who's ever clicked on a video, watched for 10 minutes, and realized it wasn't what they came for. It respects your attention like it's the finite resource it actually is.How it worksInstall the Chrome or Firefox extension and Focal appears right on YouTube. Open any YouTube video and within moments you'll see your verdict, a density score reflecting how much information is packed per minute, and a set of timestamped bullet points covering the core ideas. No tab-switching, no copy-pasting, no extra steps. Hover on a youtube video to see instant verdicts and gists..You can also access your full history and saved summaries through the Focal web dashboard, and share summary links with teammates, students, or anyone else who deserves to know what they're about to watch.Go deeper with LensesNot every video needs the same lens. Focal's Lens system lets you re-evaluate any summary through a specific perspective — without re-running the full analysis. Built-in lenses like Just the Steps, No Fluff, and Deep Understanding shift what gets surfaced and how it's framed. Power users can build and publish their own custom lenses, or subscribe to lenses created by others.Your intelligence feedSubscribe to lenses that matter to you and Focal surfaces new insights in your feed as your subscribed lenses find things worth flagging. It's a smarter way to stay on top of content across channels you follow — filtered through the perspective you care about most.Integrations that fit your workflowConnect Focal to Notion and push video summaries directly to your workspace — individually or automatically by verdict. Research, learning, content review: Focal plugs into the tools you already use.Who is Focal for?<ul><li>Researchers and students evaluating whether a source is worth watching</li><li>Professionals keeping up with industry content without losing hours to it</li><li>Creators and marketers analyzing video content at scale</li><li>Anyone with ADHD who needs the point before they can commit to the journey</li><li>Anyone who's ever watched half a video only to realize it wasn't what they needed</li></ul>Focal doesn't ask you to watch less. It helps you watch better.Try Focal free. No credit card required. Install the extension and get your first verdicts in under a minute.