Google seems to have built a Granola competitor that never leaves your laptop, and for anyone who has hesitated to hand off call recordings to a cloud service, that is the whole pitch. I’ve just started playing with Foresight, and this could be a game-changer for people who don’t want to subscribe to services like Granola or other AI-driven meeting services.
It downloads a Google AI model locally for transcription and analysis. Yes, it does take up some space on your hard drive, but since everything is “local,” it is more private. One thing I quickly tested was whether I could import an audio file and transcribe it. The current version of Foresight doesn’t seem to support that (which would be an amazing nice-to-have). But you can record meetings in person or via an online service and then work from there.
I have the app pinned to my dock, so I’ll keep playing with it. But if you are a Mac user, this should be on your radar!