An AI-powered note-taking app for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) is set to be launched commercially by the end of the year.
The iFieldnotes app aims to improve the quality, depth, accuracy, and speed of note-taking on and off site. It has entered final beta testing before going on sale on Google and Apple stores.
Development has been led by Edinburgh acoustics consultant Dr Shenzhi Su. She said: “If you are one of the millions of architecture, engineering, and construction industry-related professionals worldwide who still use pen and paper for taking notes out in the field, it is high-time to upgrade your processes – and we have the solution.”
She added: “It greatly enhances the quality of field notes while reducing the time typically spent on site by half, making the job many times more accurate, efficient, less error-prone, and far quicker.”
The Scottish startup has been recognised as a finalist in the John Connell Awards, the UK Noise Abatement Society (NAS) annual awards.
Professor David Waddington, president of the Institute of Acoustics and director of the Acoustics Research Centre, said: “AI is going to transform the acoustics industry. We must not only be involved in that, but actively develop our work so that AI can support and deliver innovation and sustainable development.
“iFieldnotes is an important first step in what I believe will be an AI journey through acoustics for consultants and engineers alike.”
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