Seance AI vs Tactiq

Seance AI lets you build a chat profile for someone you miss, then hold a text conversation that mimics how they wrote and spoke. You add personality traits, relationships, writing samples, and topics, and the app generates a simulated dialogue you can revisit or share with family.

Unlike generic grief chatbots, Seance AI walks you through a six-step setup (who they were, how they wrote, what to discuss) before opening the conversation. Premium adds voice recreation and animated portraits with subtle eye and head movement. The site is clear this is simulated entertainment, not real spirit contact.

Built by AE Studio, Seance AI targets people processing loss who want a creative outlet rather than a therapist. Early access is free with one-month conversation storage; Google sign-in handles account access.

Tactiq is a meeting companion that runs as a Chrome extension and transcribes Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams calls in real time. It shows live captions in a side panel only you can see, then turns the transcript into summaries, action items, and follow-up drafts when the call ends. Over 1 million users have installed the extension, and the site claims more than 1 million meetings get transcribed with Tactiq every week.

Most meeting recorders send a bot into the room. Tactiq skips that entirely and captures audio from your browser tab, which matters when guests refuse third-party bots or when back-to-back calls make a visible recorder feel awkward. The trade-off is you need Chrome (or the Edge add-on) and you must be in the meeting yourself for transcription to run.

Project managers, sales reps, and customer-facing teams use Tactiq to stay present in calls while still leaving with searchable notes. Custom AI prompts can be saved into reusable kits, and workflow automations push highlights into Slack, Notion, Linear, or HubSpot without retyping decisions from memory.