# Anyone using Plaud Free with Obsidian + Hermes?
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Hey everyone! Thinking about getting a Plaud and wondering how much of my setup would work without a paid subscription. Basically, I want to record conversations, get the transcripts and summaries into Obsidian automatically, and use Hermes Agent to search my notes and pull out decisions and to-dos. Anyone doing something similar on the free Starter plan? A few things I’m trying to figure out: Does Free separate speakers? Can you manually change “Speaker 1” to someone’s name? Anyone using an Obsidian plugin to import everything automatically? Does it pull in full transcripts, summaries, and action items? Does Plaud’s MCP work on Free? Do you need an API key, or just sign in? What happens when you use up the 300 monthly minutes? Can you still access and export everything you’ve already transcribed? Anyone connected it to Hermes Agent through MCP, especially to automatically save notes into an Obsidian vault? Have you found a way to send action items to Apple Reminders? Does that work without a paid plan? Would love to hear from people actually using this on Free, outside a paid trial. Trying to figure out what works before buying. Thx