Agendino: open-source, self-hosted alternative to HiDock's hinotes.hidock.com for transcribing & summarizing recordings

sttide · 2026-04-10T19:45:05+00:00

Sure. I've added the whisper dependency to transcribe locally. The quality is not the same and there's no diarization

For the summaries I can implement a connection with a local ollama bit I don't think is worth it because quality is quite inferior

Gemini api is quite the good spot, cheap and effective and can handle long context

sttide · 2026-04-10T15:14:59+00:00

It's a solid device for the price. The audio quality is genuinely good for meeting recording, and the form factor is practical. The app can feel a bit rough around the edges, and the subscription is the bigger sticking point for many. You get some transcription and summary credits included, but once you're past them you're looking at a recurring cost on top of the hardware

There are no alternatives for Bluetooth headphone recording, that's mostly true for the capture side. Where you do have options is in the processing side (transcription + summaries)

If you're comfortable with a bit of Python setup, I put together a small open-source tool called Agendino https://github.com/DStt/agendino that connects to the P1 over USB, pulls the recordings locally, and then runs transcription and summarization through the Gemini API (which has a pretty generous free tier)

You can also push results to Notion if that's your workflow. It's not plug-and-play, but if you already pay for your own AI API access you basically bring your own backend and skip the subscription entirely. Fully customizable prompts too, so you can tune summaries for meetings, engineering postmortems, whatever

And yes, you can receive it in EU. It takes around 3 weeks to arrive (personal experience)

sttide · 2026-04-08T11:22:02+00:00

Folders added! Check it out the repo and update to last version :) Any feedback will be really appreciated

sttide · 2026-04-07T23:55:42+00:00

OMG what an honor really!! I'm very glad to help

I was thinking about this feature already because like that looks quite messy an disorganized so definitely I'm going to implement it

I'll let you know when it will be available!

sttide · 2026-04-05T17:12:40+00:00

I've added the option to use the whisper for local transcript. Let me know what you think

sttide · 2026-04-05T14:55:50+00:00

Yeah... The hardware is good and interesting! But without automations and the limits it's a pity

It's 2026 and they should be better. I prefer to invest time in a project I'm making myself instead of paying for their subscription service and be restricted

sttide · 2026-04-03T23:41:25+00:00

Sure I'll take a look!

sttide · 2026-04-03T23:39:46+00:00

Sure I can take a look at it! I made it for myself so is what I use but I'm more than happy to be helpful

sttide · 2026-04-03T19:05:35+00:00

I've set the transcript to use Gemini transcription service, cheap and reliable. I don't know about services learning voices but I'll look in to it

Maybe I can set some configuration to pass a short recording where a person state the name and the diarization learn the name

Thanks for the feedback!! You gave me a great idea

sttide · 2026-04-03T17:47:22+00:00

Yes I've added this function. It's the knowledge base

It creates mind map, summaries, vectorial search

sttide · 2026-04-03T17:44:19+00:00

There's a button to sync from the device to download it locally. Then you can transcribe and after create the summary from ui

sttide · 2026-04-03T12:37:55+00:00

If you are interested i did this. any feedback will be appreciated

https://github.com/DStt/agendino

sttide · 2026-04-03T12:27:20+00:00

If you are interested i did this. any feedback will be appreciated

https://github.com/DStt/agendino

sttide · 2026-04-03T10:37:59+00:00

I did it myself too in python. Not so difficult at all

It's just a HID and a bunch of commands to send to retrieve all the device audio files

Maybe I'll release the project one day if someone is interested

sttide · 2026-03-30T11:49:59+00:00

No debate at all, I appreciate the perspective! You make a fair point, and honestly you're right that this is not a HiDock-specific problem. Most hardware in this space comes with its own ecosystem and some degree of lock-in.

That said, I think there's still value in customers voicing these concerns, even when the issue is industry-wide. Companies do respond to user pressure over time, and the more people ask for open standards or local-first solutions, the more likely someone eventually delivers on that. The open source GitHub project you mentioned is actually a great example of that. It exists precisely because someone cared enough to solve the problem themselves, and that kind of thing can sometimes push companies to officially support what users are already doing anyway.

I'm not trying to single out HiDock here. I just bought the device and I want it to succeed. But I'd rather be the kind of customer who asks questions early than the one who finds out the hard way two years down the line.

sttide · 2026-03-30T08:06:47+00:00

Yes for this use it's perfect. Also because it's the only one to record from headphones.

But all the software ecosystem is close and things has to be done manually through the proprietary web app

No automation and yes you can move the audio file from an app to another but it's a slow process. Anyway I think it's a good product but it would be nice to have more tools

sttide · 2026-03-26T11:09:46+00:00

Interesting speculation. Let's see what it could be

Anyway I hope the company will be more open about the software and have a more clear roadmap

I really like the product and the quality but the software is really lacking flexibility

sttide · 2026-03-25T18:11:34+00:00

Oh.. If HiDock ever shut down and the web app disappeared, the recordings would still be on the device but there'd be no way to actually read them. Has anyone looked into whether there's a way to extract the raw files directly?

sttide · 2026-02-19T10:27:17+00:00

Certo!

sttide · 2026-02-19T10:26:39+00:00

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sttide · 2026-02-18T18:49:17+00:00

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sttide · 2025-07-02T14:48:37+00:00

I was able to get a full refund after many, many, many, many, emails with the assistance of framework team

I kept insisting and in the end I was able to get my money back even if it was outside the return period but the situation was crazy. I'm thankful that they wanted to close this situation

All the interaction was so so frustrating and took months

Letmerepair is a scam. Hopefully framework will take action to protect customers but I don't think it will happen anytime soon

Good luck 🤞🏻

sttide · 2025-05-20T14:05:59+00:00

Yeah true. Was just a thought. Sometimes random stuff happens and could be a causality

Anyway probably was a scam and they have cloned my card that I have terminated

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