Backsight vs tabi

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Backsight compared with tabi
Detail	Backsight	tabi
What it does	it notices what you can't	The voice app for your Mac that types what you say, reads text aloud, and answers questions
Stage	MVP	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Free	Not given
Pricing	Recording and the dashboard are free. Encrypted sync and the agent interface are paid add-ons, available later.	Free while in beta
Key features	On-device audio transcription that never leaves your device End-to-end encrypted sync between your own devices Pattern detection including themes, repetition, distributions and correlations Weekly and monthly mood and energy tracking Theme distribution analysis over time Accountless operation with encryption keys as identity Unlimited data export as CSV or JSON Works offline Planned MCP server for local agent integration	Hold a key to dictate into any Mac app Read text, PDFs, Word files, books and photos aloud Ask questions and get answers at your cursor Dictation in 56 languages Read documents in 37 different languages Save spoken text as M4A audio files Per-app writing styles Searchable history kept on your Mac
What makes it different	No account required; keys are your identity Complete data privacy; company cannot read your records No dark patterns, streaks, guilt or nagging Describes patterns without diagnosis or coaching	Audio is deleted the moment it becomes text, no recordings kept No account, no card, completely free while in beta Continues beyond dictation with rewrites, replies and question answering
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	11 −1 (down) since last check	2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	7	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	14	18
Referring domains (Majestic)	18	5

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