The tl;dv alternative

The tl;dv alternative with a European AI

Works with your Plaud, in the room and on phone calls.

Hosting in Europe only covers where recordings sit. The AI that transcribes and summarises them hears every word, so Kasset runs that in France too, and never lets a bot into your call.

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Bring your Plaud

Plaud Note Pro and NotePin S, on Kasset Pro.

tl;dv records in person on its phone app, but does not connect to a recorder. Kasset connects to the device itself.

  • Meetings in the room Clip on a NotePin S or set a Note Pro on the table, and the client visit gets the same notes as your calls.
  • Phone calls Snap the Note Pro onto the back of your phone and it records both sides of the call for Kasset to write up.
  • No Plaud subscription Kasset takes recordings straight from the device and transcribes them in France. A yearly Pro plan includes the device.
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Kasset vs tl;dv

Both companies are European. The questions that separate them are who runs the AI, and whether a bot has to join your meetings.

 
Kasset
tl;dv
Plaud recorder
Connects to the device, on Pro
No Plaud connection
Company
Belgian
German
Recordings stored
Scaleway, France
Google Cloud, Hetzner, Wasabi, Europe
Transcription
Mistral, France
AssemblyAI, ElevenLabs; region not published
Summaries and AI
Mistral, France
Anthropic via Google Vertex, EU or US by setting
Bot in the call
Never
By default; desktop app records audio only without it
Participants told
Email to invitees, on by default
Consent email with the GDPR add-on
Conversations in person
Phone, or a Plaud on Pro
Mobile app
No bot, ever

No recorder in the waiting room

There is nothing to admit, rename or kick out. Kasset records the call from your computer, voices and speakers included, while the people you meet see only you. They get a short email beforehand instead.

After the call

Ask what was decided

Every conversation feeds one memory. Ask Kasset what a client asked for last quarter, or ask from Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot through its read-only MCP server. Answers link back to what was said.

A few useful answers

Questions?

Isn't tl;dv already a European note taker? +
tl;dv is a German company and hosts its service in Europe, but its privacy policy makes an exception for part of the artificial intelligence. It lists AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs for transcription and Anthropic, through Google Vertex, as its language model, and says parts of transcripts are processed in the EU or the United States depending on a setting in your account. Kasset runs transcription and AI in France, on Mistral, by default.
Does tl;dv work with a Plaud recorder? +
We found no way to connect one on tl;dv's published pages; in person, it records on its phone app. Kasset connects to a Plaud Note Pro or NotePin S, so a meeting in the room, or a phone call on the Note Pro, becomes a Kasset note, processed in France.
Is there a tl;dv alternative without a meeting bot? +
Kasset. It records Meet, Teams and Zoom from your computer, so no bot ever joins, and it keeps the full conversation for your notes. tl;dv's bot-free mode is in its desktop app and records audio only.
Where does Kasset process my meetings? +
In France. Audio is stored with Scaleway, the app and its database run on Scalingo, and transcription, notes and search run on Mistral. A workspace administrator can opt in to US providers, but nothing leaves the EU unless they do. Where your data lives.
How does Kasset tell participants they are recorded? +
By email, before the meeting. Everyone on the invitation of a meeting in your connected calendar gets a short notice up to 30 minutes before, on by default, and can reply to you if they would rather not be recorded.
Can I bring my tl;dv recordings to Kasset? +
There is no tl;dv importer today. Keep your tl;dv library for the past, and let Kasset take the notes from your next meeting on.

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Meetings, voice notes and real-world conversations, captured in Europe and ready when you need them.

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The facts

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About tl;dv

tl;dv is made by Tldx Solutions GmbH, in Aachen, Germany. Its privacy policy (September 2026) says its services are hosted in Europe "with the exception of part of our service involving artificial intelligence", and that data is primarily processed and stored in the EEA. It lists Google Cloud, Hetzner and Wasabi for hosting, AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs for transcription, and Anthropic through Google Vertex AI as its language model; parts of transcripts are processed in the EU or the United States depending on the AI hosting location chosen in the account. tl;dv says it does not use customer content to train foundation models. Its bot joins Meet, Zoom and Teams by default; bot-free recording is in the tl;dv desktop app for Mac and Windows and captures audio only. We found no way to connect a Plaud or other recorder on tl;dv's published pages.

About Kasset

Plaud devices connect on Kasset Pro; phone calls need a Plaud Note Pro, and the NotePin S records in person only. Kasset has no importer for tl;dv recordings. Kasset is on Mac first; Windows is coming, and the iPhone and Android apps are in beta. The recording notice reaches invitees of meetings on a connected calendar, up to 30 minutes before; it does not reach people who are not on the invitation. A workspace administrator can opt in to US AI providers; by default everything runs in France.

Sources

tl;dv is a trademark of Tldx Solutions GmbH. Kasset is not affiliated with tl;dv.