soberzerg / parrot

Parrot is a Chrome extension that streamlines the note-taking process during work calls. It captures audio, transcribes it using OpenAI's Whisper model, and uses GPT to generate concise notes, which are then uploaded to a specified Notion page.

Parrot 🦜 - Version 0.1

Overview

Parrot is a Chrome extension that streamlines the note-taking process during work calls. It captures audio, transcribes it using OpenAI's Whisper model, and uses GPT to generate concise notes, which are then uploaded to a specified Notion page.

Warning: there isn't yet a packaged distribution.

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Installation

Steps:

1. Download: Get Parrot (version 0.1) from this repo, no real distribution (for now).
2. Unzip: Extract the downloaded file.
3. Load in Chrome:
   • Navigate to chrome://extensions/.
   • Enable "Developer mode" in the top-right corner.
   • Click "Load unpacked" and select the unzipped extension folder.
   • Remember to go to the site settings and grant microphone authorization for the extension. This for now has to be done manually.

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Configuration

Creating the Configuration File

Create a config.json file in the extension's root directory.

{
    "notionSecret": "<Your Notion Secret>",
    "existingPageId": "<Notion Page ID>",
    "openAIKey": "<Your OpenAI API Key>",
    "gptPrompt": "<Custom GPT Prompt (optional)>"
}

Generating an OpenAI Key

1. Visit OpenAI API website.
2. Navigate to the API section and create a new API key.
3. Copy this key and paste it into your config.json file for the openAIKey field.

Generating a Notion Key

1. Log in to Notion.
2. Access "Settings & Members" > "Integrations".
3. Create a new integration and copy the token.
4. Paste this token into your config.json as the notionSecret.

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Usage

• Start Recording: Click the Parrot icon in your browser when you're on a call.
• Stop and Upload: Click again to stop the recording and upload the notes to Notion. Also the audio file will be downloaded automatically.

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Feedback and Support

Feel free to clone, fork and request PR. This is just a little tool for productivity under MIT license, made to improve my everday life at work. It is laser focused on one thing alone and taht is whay I needed: not a big complicated enviroment but a single button approach.