The open-source Read.ai alternative
Read.ai A meeting assistant that scores engagement, summarises calls and tracks speaker analytics via a bot. Ledgeur does the same core job — an accurate transcript and notes you can act on — but as open-source software that runs in your browser, so the audio never leaves your machine.
Per-seat SaaS; bot joins calls; cloud analytics and storage.
Where Ledgeur differs from Read.ai
- No surveillance-style analytics — just clean private notes.
- Local transcription; nothing sent to a third party.
- No bot in the meeting.
- Open source and free for individuals.
The audio never leaves
Whisper runs in your browser. So does speaker separation. There is no upload step to trust us about — open the network tab and check.
It learns who people are
Ledgeur separates the voices in a recording, and once you have named one, it recognises that person in every meeting afterwards. The voice prints stay on your device.
Nobody joins your call, and nobody can lock it out
No bot in the participant list, no awkward pause while people ask what it is. Ledgeur listens to the tab, the way you would. Which also means no video platform can revoke its access, the way they can with a bot that has to be admitted as a guest.
Free is the whole product
Unlimited recording, transcription, speakers, notes and search — permanently, for nothing. You pay when you want the record shared across a team, or open to your AI agents.
Try the Read.ai alternative
No account, no card, and no bot in your meeting. Open it and record your next call — or drag in one you already have.
Search demand (live Google Ads, US): ai meeting assistant 3,600/mo (comp 10). The comparison reflects each tool’s publicly described model at the time of writing, not a judgement about its quality — Read.ai is good software that made a different architectural choice.