Sesame vs Voicenotes

Comparing the features of Sesame to Voicenotes

Feature
Sesame
Voicenotes

Capability Features

AI Memory and Recall
Authenticated Access Only
Community Access
Consistent Personality
Content Creation Tools
Context Awareness
Conversational Dynamics
Conversational Speech Generation
Data Not Used for AI Training
Data Security & Encryption
Dataset Size
1 million hours
Emotional Intelligence
Evaluation Suite
GDPR Compliance
Meeting Summaries
Model Sizes
Tiny: 1B backbone, 100M decoderSmall: 3B backbone, 250M decoderMedium: 8B backbone, 300M decoder
Multiple Speaker Handling
Objective Metrics
Word Error RateSpeaker SimilarityHomograph DisambiguationPronunciation Consistency
Partial Multilingual Support Planned
Planned for 20+ languages
Pronunciation Correction
Record Without Bot
Sequence Length
2048
Single-Stage Model
SOC 2 Compliance In Progress
Subjective Metrics
Comparative Mean Opinion Score
Supported Use Cases
Personal journalingDoctor appointmentsCreative ideasLecture notesHome projectsRecord and preserve memoriesSales & client callsProject progress loggingCustomer supportTeam management & collaborationInterviews & recruitingEOD reports
Text and Audio Input
TextAudio
Training Epochs
5
Transcription Accuracy
More accurate than Apple and Otter
Transcription Supported Languages
100
Unlimited Notes & Meetings
Unlimited Users (Teams)

Integration Features

Chrome Extension
Desktop App Availability
Mac with Apple SiliconMac with Intel ChipWindows (BETA)
GitHub Release
LLama Architecture Backbone
Mimi Split-RVQ Tokenizer
Mobile App
iPhoneAndroidWhatsApp
Watch Apps
watchOSWearOS
Web-Based Platform
Works With Major Meeting Apps
All major meeting apps

Limitation Features

Cannot Model Conversation Structure
English Language Dominance
Memory Bottleneck in Training
No Export Formats Mentioned
No Mention of API
No Pre-trained Language Model Use
Real-Time Generation Delay
RVQ time-to-first-audio scales poorly

Other Features

Self-Funded Company
Simplicity Focus

Pricing Features

Add-on Minutes Available
Annual Individual Plan
$79.99 per year
Free Preview
Monthly Individual Plan
$14.99 per month
No Free Tier
No Per-User Pricing (Teams)
Open Source
Apache 2.0
Team Minutes Limit
10000
Team Plan
$49 per month