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-# Plaud comparison and feature gap analysis
-
-A review of the Plaud product line (Note, Note Pro, NotePin / NotePin S) to make sure the
-OpenScribe roadmap covers what people expect from this class of device, and to be clear
-about where OpenScribe deliberately differs. Reviewed July 2026 from Plaud's site and
-listings (see Sources).
-
-OpenScribe's core difference: **you bring the AI.** Plaud routes everything through
-Plaud's own cloud AI on a subscription. OpenScribe lets the owner point transcription and
-summarisation at any open-standard endpoint (OpenAI-compatible / local) or a commercial API
-(OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini), self-hosted or not, with no subscription and no lock-in.
-
-## Feature map
-
-| Capability | Plaud | OpenScribe status |
-|-----------|-------|-------------------|
-| One-button voice recording | Yes | Done (M1) |
-| Long recordings to storage | Yes (cloud) | Done (M1, microSD) |
-| Sync to phone app | Yes (BLE/WiFi) | M2 (WiFi) done; M4 (BLE); M7 (app) |
-| AI transcription, many languages | 112 languages | M5 (provider-driven; language set by provider) |
-| Speaker labels / diarisation | Yes | Backlog (added below) |
-| Custom vocabulary | Yes | Backlog |
-| AI summaries | Yes | M6 |
-| Summary templates (meeting, to-do, mind map, custom) | 10,000+ | Backlog (templating) |
-| Multidimensional / role-based summaries | Yes | Backlog |
-| Ask AI / chat grounded in the recording | "Ask Plaud" | Backlog (RAG over transcript) |
-| Multimodal: attach text/images to a recording | Yes | Backlog |
-| Highlight / mark key moments while recording | Yes | Backlog (device long-press -> timestamp) |
-| Auto title + auto formatting | Yes | Backlog |
-| Tags / folders / search | Yes | Backlog (server + app) |
-| Calendar integration | Yes | Backlog (nice-to-have) |
-| Share summaries / export | Yes | Export done in API (M5); share links backlog |
-| On-device status display (InstantView) | Note Pro | Hardware future (optional OLED variant) |
-| Phone-call recording | Yes (MagSafe) | Out of scope (no phone-call tap) |
-| Choice of AI provider (open or commercial) | No (Plaud cloud only) | **OpenScribe differentiator** |
-| Self-hostable, no subscription | No | **OpenScribe differentiator** |
-| Open source, open API, open hardware | No | **OpenScribe differentiator** |
-
-## New backlog items derived from this review
-
-These are added to `state/TODO.md` (Plaud-derived backlog):
-
-1. Speaker diarisation + labels (server), with rename-speaker in the app.
-2. Summary templating: built-in templates (meeting notes, action items, to-do list, mind
-   map, decisions) + user-defined templates; role-based multidimensional summaries.
-3. Ask AI: chat grounded in a recording's transcript (RAG), reusing the chosen LLM provider.
-4. Custom vocabulary / prompt hints passed to the transcription + summary providers.
-5. Multimodal attachments: text notes and images attached to a recording.
-6. Mark-a-moment: device long-press during recording writes a highlight timestamp;
-   surfaced in the app and used to focus summaries.
-7. Auto title + auto formatting of transcripts and summaries.
-8. Library organisation: tags, folders, full-text search (server + app).
-9. Share links / export of summaries (extends the existing export endpoint).
-10. Optional hardware variant with a small OLED status display (InstantView equivalent).
-11. Calendar integration (nice-to-have) to attach recordings to events.
-
-## What we deliberately do not copy
-
-- Phone-call recording via a phone accessory (Plaud's MagSafe call capture). Out of scope.
-- Subscription tiers and per-minute transcription quotas. OpenScribe has none by design; the
-  cost is whatever your chosen AI provider charges (zero if self-hosted).
-- A closed cloud. Everything stays on infrastructure the owner controls.
-
-## Sources
-
-- [Plaud NotePin](https://www.plaud.ai/products/plaud-notepin)
-- [Plaud Note Pro](https://www.plaud.ai/products/plaud-note-pro)
-- [Plaud Note](https://www.plaud.ai/products/plaud-note-ai-voice-recorder)
-- [Plaud NotePin S](https://www.plaud.ai/products/plaud-notepin-s)
-- [Plaud: AI Note Taker (App Store)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plaud-ai-note-taker/id6450364080)

state/TODO.md

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 - [ ] M9 Hardening + OTA: API auth, credential handling, OTA update, docs handoff.
       (branch `feature/hardening-ota`)
 
-## Pending - AI provider flexibility
-
-- [~] Pluggable AI providers (server): transcription + LLM can target any open-standard
-      endpoint (OpenAI-compatible / local faster-whisper / Ollama) OR a commercial API
-      (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini). Config-driven, no lock-in. (branch
-      `feature/server-ai-providers`) - provider layer + HTTP providers landing now;
-      local faster-whisper wiring completes in M5.
-
-## Pending - Plaud-derived backlog (see docs/plaud-comparison.md)
-
-- [ ] Speaker diarisation + labels (server); rename-speaker in the app.
-- [ ] Summary templating: built-in templates (meeting/action-items/to-do/mind-map/
-      decisions) + user templates; role-based multidimensional summaries.
-- [ ] Ask AI: chat grounded in a recording's transcript (RAG), via the chosen LLM provider.
-- [ ] Custom vocabulary / prompt hints for transcription + summary.
-- [ ] Multimodal attachments: text notes + images attached to a recording.
-- [ ] Mark-a-moment: device long-press during recording -> highlight timestamp, surfaced
-      in the app and used to focus summaries.
-- [ ] Auto title + auto formatting of transcripts and summaries.
-- [ ] Library organisation: tags, folders, full-text search (server + app).
-- [ ] Share links for summaries (extends the export endpoint).
-- [ ] Optional hardware variant with a small OLED status display (InstantView equivalent).
-- [ ] Calendar integration (nice-to-have).
-
 ## Done
 
 - [x] Dev testing + emulation harness - native unit tests (wav/range), Wokwi emulator,