TalkNotes vs Sesame

Comparing the features of TalkNotes to Sesame

Feature
TalkNotes
Sesame

Capability Features

AI Transcription Accuracy
99%
Audio Deleted After Transcription
Consistent Personality
Context Awareness
Conversational Dynamics
Conversational Speech Generation
Custom Styles
Dataset Size
1 million hours
Demo Available
Edit Transcribed Notes
Emotional Intelligence
Evaluation Suite
Model Sizes
Tiny: 1B backbone, 100M decoderSmall: 3B backbone, 250M decoderMedium: 8B backbone, 300M decoder
Multiple Speaker Handling
No AI Training on Notes
Objective Metrics
Word Error RateSpeaker SimilarityHomograph DisambiguationPronunciation Consistency
Partial Multilingual Support Planned
Planned for 20+ languages
Premade Style Types
NoteTranscriptListEmail (formal)Task ListJournalFlashcardTweetLinkedIn PostBlog postVideo ScriptNewsletterPodcast PlannerPodcast ScriptBlog post planner
Premade Styles
100
Pronunciation Correction
Sequence Length
2048
Share via URL
Single-Stage Model
Subjective Metrics
Comparative Mean Opinion Score
Supported Language List
EnglishSpanishFrenchGermanDutchPortuguesePolishJapaneseChineseItalianRussianAfrikaansArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBelarusianBosnianBulgarianCatalanCroatianCzechDanishEstonianFinnishGalicianGreekHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIndonesianKannadaKazakhKoreanLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMarathiMaoriNepaliNorwegianPersianRomanianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSwahiliSwedishTagalogTamilThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelsh
Text and Audio Input
TextAudio
Training Epochs
5
Unlimited Notes

Integration Features

GitHub Release
LLama Architecture Backbone
Mimi Split-RVQ Tokenizer
Supported Export Formats
PDFTextMarkdown
Supported Platforms
WebiOSAndroid
Webhook Integration
Zapier Supported Apps

Limitation Features

Audio Duration Limit
20 minutes (standard), 2 hours (Pro)
Cannot Model Conversation Structure
English Language Dominance
Interactive Demo Recording Limit
1 minute
Internet Connection Required
Memory Bottleneck in Training
No Pre-trained Language Model Use
Real-Time Generation Delay
RVQ time-to-first-audio scales poorly
Recording Limit
2 hours

Other Features

Cancellation Policy
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Support Channels
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Pricing Features

Free Preview
Free Trial Package
Monthly Pricing Plans
$19.97/month
Open Source
Apache 2.0
Yearly Pricing
$197/year