Description
Aside is a comprehensive desktop application designed for Mac and Windows users, offering advanced features for meeting management, call recording, and live guidance. Unlike traditional meeting tools, Aside operates without a bot joining your calls, ensuring privacy and a seamless experience for all participants. It records your microphone and computer's sound, transcribing conversations and allowing you to take notes directly within the transcript.
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The application's core functionality revolves around enhancing call productivity. Before a call, Aside can help you plan with specific goals and a research brief on attendees. During the call, it provides live guidance, displaying prepared answers and suggesting next steps from just under your camera. This guidance is hidden from screen shares, making it visible only to you. After the call, Aside generates detailed write-ups, including questions, objections, and promises made, and can even draft follow-up emails.
Aside prioritizes user privacy and data security. Recordings and on-device transcriptions for English and 24 European languages remain on your computer, never used to train AI models. Only meeting text, such as titles, transcripts, summaries, and plans, syncs to your account, enabling integration with connected AI apps like Claude or ChatGPT for advanced analysis and planning. For languages not supported by the on-device model or on slower computers, transcription occurs online, with audio sent to speech-to-text providers.
The tool offers a flexible pricing model, including a robust free tier that provides recording, notes, transcripts, and search features indefinitely, along with live guidance and write-ups for two calls per week. A 14-day free trial of the Pro features is available without requiring a credit card. The Pro plan unlocks unlimited guided calls, research briefs, and comprehensive post-call insights, catering to professionals who frequently engage in important client or team discussions. Aside integrates with popular call apps like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams by listening to your computer's audio, requiring no direct connection or admin approval.
- CategoryAI Meeting Assistants
- Pricing ModelFreemium
- DeploymentDesktop app
- PlatformsMac, Windows
Aside's Core Features
Bot-free call recording on Mac and Windows
On-device transcription for English and 24 European languages
Live call guidance displayed under your camera
Hidden from screen sharing for privacy
In-call note-taking with timestamping
Post-call write-ups, summaries, and follow-up emails
Meeting planning with goals and research briefs
Playbook creation and utilization for different call types
Integration with AI apps like Claude and ChatGPT for meeting analysis
Search across all past meetings, people, and playbooks
Speaker identification from calendar invites or call clues
Automatic recording stop when calls end or silence occurs
Data privacy with recordings and voiceprints staying on your computer
Support for 36 additional languages via online transcription
Free tier for recording, notes, transcripts, and 2 guided calls per week
How to use Aside?
Download and Install: Get the Aside app for your Mac or Windows computer.
Set Up: Launch the app and sign in to connect your calendar for upcoming meetings.
Plan Your Call: Create a plan with goals and a research brief for your next meeting.
Start Recording: Begin a call on any platform; Aside automatically records audio.
Receive Live Guidance: See prepared answers and next steps under your camera during guided calls.
Take Notes: Press Ctrl+Alt+N (or ⌃⌥N) to add timestamped notes during the call.
Generate Write-ups: After the call, Aside provides summaries, questions, objections, and promises.
Connect AI Apps: Link Claude or ChatGPT to analyze meeting text, plans, and playbooks.
Aside's Use Cases
- Meeting Preparation
- Live Call Coaching
- Accurate Note-Taking
- Post-Call Analysis
- Sales Call Optimization
- Interview Documentation
- Customer Interaction Review
- Language-Specific Transcription
- AI-Powered Meeting Insights
