
Based Hardware
Friend - The world's #1 open-source wearable for effortless conversation capture

What is Based Hardware?
Based Hardware is the company behind Friend, which is an open-source wearable device for effortless conversation capture. By connecting Friend to your mobile device, it automatically saves high-quality transcriptions of meetings, chats, and voice memos. The device also provides instant summaries, key highlights, mind maps, to-do lists, and more, eliminating the need for tedious note-taking. Friend utilizes on-device AI capabilities for real-time audio analysis and can capture audio for over 24 hours on a small button battery. The software stack of Friend is open-source, allowing users to access and contribute to its development.
Key Features and Benefits
- Real-Time AI Audio Processing: Friend leverages powerful on-device AI capabilities for real-time audio analysis.
- Low-powered Bluetooth: The device is designed to capture audio for over 24 hours on a small button battery.
- Open-Source Software: Friend's software stack is open-source
- allowing users to access and contribute to its development.
Use Cases
- Effortless Conversation Capture: Friend automatically transcribes meetings
- chats
- and voice memos
- saving users time and effort in note-taking.
- Instant Summaries and Highlights: The device provides instant summaries
- key highlights
- mind maps
- and to-do lists based on captured conversations.
- Proactive Feedback and Advice: Friend utilizes AI capabilities to provide proactive feedback and advice to users based on their recorded conversations.
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