Hurd

Hurd is an AI-powered tool that helps people capture and process spoken information from lectures, meetings and conversations. It transcribes, structures and summarizes audio and video recordings so people can focus on the here and now instead of worrying about taking notes.

Hurd has several features that make it useful for different situations:

• Automated Transcription: Record meetings and conversations and get a quick transcription to help you focus on the discussion and synthesize information more quickly.
• Import Audio and Video: Handles a range of file types, including MP3, MP4, WAV, AVI and M4A.
• Audio Playback: Listen to specific parts of the audio right in the transcript for quick reference.
• Multi-Language Support: Transcribes in more than 90 languages, including Arabic, English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.
• Inline Editing: Use keyboard shortcuts to review and edit transcripts right in the interface.
• Data Privacy: Audio files and transcripts are stored on your machine for maximum data privacy.

Hurd is free to use, with no limits on recording time or other usage. Hurd's technology uses an open-source tool from OpenAI that's been trained on vast quantities of audio transcripts harvested from the internet. That training data helps the tool learn how to recognize speech and generalize to ordinary speech processing challenges.

The company's founder and CTO, Paul Wilson, has personal experience with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), a condition that affects how people process sound, and that's been a motivation for the company's mission to make listening easier, especially in noisy environments.

Hurd is good for students, researchers, teachers and professionals who want to capture and process spoken information. By using AI to handle transcription and summarization chores, people can free up time and energy while keeping the focus on the content itself.

Published on June 14, 2024