Beat Technology

We imagine beat technology as a lightweight system that enables researchers or students to capture early-stage thoughts through voice notes. These voice entries are transcribed, summarised, and automatically transformed into individual, hyperlinked wiki pages known as Beats.

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Each beat typically includes the original audio, a summarised text, tags for categorisation, and can be further embedded into personal or shared digital spaces. The process encourages reflective practice, supports memory, and enables ideas to be recombined in new contexts. The system is designed to evolve with user practice: over time, users learn to articulate their thoughts more concisely and deliberately.

# Implementation and Infrastructure The technology is structured across three main platforms: messaging bots, desktop applications, and mobile apps. The messaging implementation allows a user to contribute by sending an audio note to a chat group (Whatsapp, Telegram etc.), where a listening bot (ethically designed and community-aware) transcribes and formats it into a beat using local-first software like Whisper.cpp.

The desktop app extends this function, enabling users to record thoughts directly, manage bots, and sync data with personal servers such as a home lab or Raspberry Pi using Dynamic DNS and tools like N8N.

A third implementation focuses on a mobile app that allows hands-free recording, background processing, and lightweight syncing. The transcription can be deferred until Wi-Fi is available, preserving privacy and offline capabilities.

# Features and Creative Direction We imagine the mobile app enriching the journaling experience with supportive features like taking a photo for visual memory, embedding geolocation and timestamps, and recording GPS trails for a fuller embodied experience. These features together create a deeply reflective and sensory-rich journaling process.

Future iterations will introduce Live Transcription, enabling real-time updates to shared wiki pages in workshops or meetings. Eventually, a web-based interface may allow users to create beats directly from the browser without installing any extra software. All these features aim to maintain a simple, enjoyable, and creative workflow that keeps users in the reflective flow rather than bogged down by technical hurdles or bureaucracy.

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