Brilliant Labs Frame

by Brilliant Labs

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Hackable open-source smart glasses with mic + display, runs custom captioning apps.

Hardware, iOS, Android  ·  $349 frames + open SDK

TL;DR

Best for developers prototyping AR captioning / translation / dictation apps on an open hardware platform. Pricing: $349 frames + open SDK.

Category
Products
License
MIT
Stars
★ 11
Last push
2025-05-03
Pricing
$349 frames + open SDK
Platforms
Hardware, iOS, Android

What it is

Frame is the second-gen open-source smart-glasses platform from Brilliant Labs. It pairs with the Noa AI assistant app and exposes a Lua / Python SDK so developers can build custom captioning and translation experiences.

Best for: Developers prototyping AR captioning / translation / dictation apps on an open hardware platform.
Watch out for: Battery life is short for continuous captioning; single-eye monochrome display; needs phone tethering for cloud ASR.

Install / use

brilliant.xyz — pair via the Noa companion app

What people actually do with Brilliant Labs Frame-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported6
HIPAA eligibleNo

Links

GitHub repo ↗

Brilliant Labs Frame vs Whipscribe

FeatureBrilliant Labs FrameWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages699
PlatformsHardware, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Brilliant Labs Frame

Frequently asked about Brilliant Labs Frame

How much does Brilliant Labs Frame cost?

Brilliant Labs Frame is a paid product — published pricing: $349 frames + open SDK. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does Brilliant Labs Frame work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Brilliant Labs Frame runs on Hardware, iOS and Android.

How do I get started with Brilliant Labs Frame?

There is nothing to install — Brilliant Labs Frame is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does Brilliant Labs Frame support?

Brilliant Labs Frame lists 6 languages.

What are the limitations of Brilliant Labs Frame?

Battery life is short for continuous captioning; single-eye monochrome display; needs phone tethering for cloud ASR.

Who is Brilliant Labs Frame best for?

Developers prototyping AR captioning / translation / dictation apps on an open hardware platform.

Is Brilliant Labs Frame open source?

No. Brilliant Labs Frame is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Can I use Brilliant Labs Frame in the browser?

No — Brilliant Labs Frame is a Hardware, iOS and Android application, not a web app. You install it rather than sign in to it.

Where is the Brilliant Labs Frame source code?

On GitHub at github.com/brilliantlabsAR/frame-sdk-python.

What kind of tool is Brilliant Labs Frame?

In this directory Brilliant Labs Frame is filed under wearable, open platform as a product.

What are the alternatives to Brilliant Labs Frame?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/brilliant-labs-frame-alternatives comparing Brilliant Labs Frame with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Brilliant Labs Frame-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Brilliant Labs Frame?

Brilliant Labs Frame is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Brilliant Labs Frame?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Brilliant Labs Frame category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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