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lognow

Overview / Description

Lognow is an AI meeting transcription tool that converts speech to text in real time, directly in the browser, for professionals who need accurate records of meetings, interviews, lectures, and voice notes. Audio is processed locally — it never touches Lognow's servers — making it a practical choice for anyone handling sensitive conversations.

The tool supports 60 languages and automatically labels speakers without requiring a meeting bot, a calendar integration, or any software installation. In a public 2025 benchmark across real-world audio, Lognow achieved a 6.5% Word Error Rate for English — lower than OpenAI Whisper (10.5%), Google (18.2%), AWS (11.4%), and Azure (9.4%). Similar rankings hold across Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and several Asian languages.

After recording, users can rename speakers, trim the transcript, export to Markdown, generate an AI summary, or copy a clean transcript directly into ChatGPT, Claude, or any other LLM. The workflow covers standups, 1:1s, board calls, research interviews, podcasts, and lecture notes — all without a bot appearing in the room. For teams doing AI meeting transcription at scale, the pay-as-you-go model means costs stay predictable without a monthly commitment.

Used For

Lognow is primarily used for real-time meeting transcription and speaker-labeled note-taking directly in the browser, without a meeting bot. It is also used for interview transcription, lecture capture, voice dictation, and generating clean transcripts to feed into AI tools for summarization.

Pricing

Free Start

$0

200 free minutes included at sign-up. No credit card required. Credits do not expire.

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Pay As You Go

$0

$0.003 per minute ($0.18/hour). $10 buys approximately 3,333 minutes (~56 hours). Base transcription is flat-rate; translation, AI titles, and summaries billed separately.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Ranked #1 accuracy across 10 languages in a public 2025 benchmark — 6.5% WER in English vs 9.3%–18.2% for competitors
  • Audio is processed browser-side and never sent to Lognow servers, keeping sensitive conversations private
  • Automatic speaker labeling with one-click rename — no manual diarization step needed
  • Supports 60 languages with sub-10% WER across all major European and East Asian languages
  • 200 free minutes on sign-up with no credit card required and non-expiring credits

Cons

  • Pay-as-you-go only — no flat monthly subscription option listed
  • No dedicated mobile app; runs in-browser only
  • AI summaries and translation billed separately on top of base transcription rate
  • No native integrations (Slack, Notion, Google Docs) mentioned on the landing page

Questions & Answers

Alternatives

Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Fathom, Tactiq

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