A transcript without speaker labels is a wall of text: you know what was said, but not who said it. Since Plaud rolled out its 4.0 update in October, r/PLAUDAI has filled up with that complaint. We cover what users report, what to check inside Plaud first, and what to look for if you compare alternatives. Reported Changes After Plaud 4.0 The threads keep returning to three problems. Speakers merge into one. One user wrote that a team meeting, "recordings of which were flawlessly separated and labeled in the past" , now has several speakers jumbled together. Others report transcripts with no speaker labels at all . Remembered speakers no longer stick. Users who had named their regular colleagues say they now relabel the same people meeting after meeting. One thread title sums it up: "Plaud, we paid for remembered speakers. Why are we relabelling every meeting?" The third complaint is about AutoFlow. Unlimited subscribers report that it used to run on its own and now draws on credits. A post from October 26 puts the frustration in its title: Plaud 4.0 removed AutoFlow and now wants Unlimited subscribers to pay credits . Plaud explains its new plan structure in two announcements, Introducing Plaud Credits and Meet the new Plaud Intelligence , which hold the official terms. Plans change, so check the dates. We last reviewed these pages on November 10, 2026. Plaud Settings and Recording Checks Before you switch anything, rule out the settings. In some threads, Plaud support pointed users to the automatic speaker labeling option in the app settings. If it is off, turn it on and process a short test recording. Then check the recording itself. Speaker separation works from voice differences, so it struggles when the recorder sits closer to one person than the rest, when people talk over each other, or when one voice comes through a laptop speaker. Put the device in the middle of the table, and keep crosstalk down for the first minute so each voice gets a clean sample. Our guide to how speaker identification works and why labels go wrong covers the technical side in more detail. If labels still merge after that, the problem sits in the processing, and no microphone placement will fix it. Speaker Labels and Meeting Decisions A meeting exists to settle what happens next and who does it. A transcript only answers both if it shows who spoke. "We'll ship on the 4th" means one thing from the product lead and another from an intern thinking out loud. "Sounds good" only counts as agreement if you know who said it, and an action item is only useful once you know who owns it. When labels disappear, the cost shows up after the meeting. You replay audio to work out who committed to what, send a follow-up email asking the room to confirm, or book another meeting to settle it. Speaker Attribution in Flowtica In the Flowtica App, the full transcript separates up to 15 distinct voices in one recording. You see who raised the issue, who agreed and who took the task. FlowTran moves the audio to your phone while you record, so there is no sync step afterwards and nothing to trigger by hand. That is how you stop babysitting your meeting recorder . When the meeting ends, the full transcript is already on its way. Flowtica Verso, with pre-orders opening November 17, shows you the meeting while it happens, which a screenless recorder cannot do. Verso snaps onto the back of your phone and shows the live transcript and live notes on its own E-ink® Display. A sentence appears within 2 seconds of the speaker finishing it. The live view shows what is being said, and speaker separation happens in the full transcript in the app. During the meeting, double-press the Ask Flowtica Key on Verso to log a to-do on the spot. If someone names an owner or a due date in the conversation, the to-do includes it. Our guide to writing action items after a meeting covers the rest. Checklist for Comparing Alternatives If you are looking at other devices, from Pocket to Verso, five questions sort the options. Speaker separation. How many distinct voices does it separate, and does it hold up in a room of six or more? Transfer. Does the audio move while you record, or do you sync and start processing by hand after the meeting? Live view. Can you see anything during the meeting without picking up your phone? Privacy. Which standards are certified, and which are only claimed as compliant? Does the company train models on your recordings? Fit. Does it attach to your phone, and does it record calls and online meetings as well as the room? Here is how Verso answers them. It separates up to 15 speakers in the app transcript and transfers audio with FlowTran during recording. Live notes appear on its E-ink® Display. It is ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 certified, and SOC 2 (Type 2), HIPAA, GDPR and EN 18031 compliant, with no model training on your meetings. It attaches with MagSafe, records phone calls through a contact mic, and works with Flowtica for Mac for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. For a wider list of devices, see our roundup of Plaud alternatives . Reserve Verso for $10 now and lock in $100 off at launch. You pay the $189 balance when Verso launches on November 17. Reservations close November 16, and you can cancel within 30 days for a full refund. Reserve Verso for $10 . See Flowtica Verso →