Overview
Important: For step by step guide on how to setup this vm , please refer to our Getting Started guide
Open Notebook is an AI-powered, privacy-first research tool that transforms your content into engaging podcasts in seconds.
Upload notes, PDFs, or links, and instantly generate audio conversations that help you learn on the go. It's like turning your knowledge into a personalized podcast feed.
Beyond podcasting, Open Notebook also lets you chat with your content, extract insights, and organize everything into smart notebooks-while staying fully in control with self-hosted or flexible AI model options.
Perfect for learners, researchers, and creators who want to consume knowledge faster and more naturally.
Why Use It
- Turn passive notes into active, listenable content
- Create an internal knowledge base for personal and team/organization use
- Keep your data private and under your control
- Cost-effective: No surprise AI API usage bills with local LLM support
Key Features
- Podcast Generator - Convert notes into AI-generated podcast-style audio
- Browser-Based Access - Access from any device via web browser, no local installation required
- Chat with Your Content - Ask questions and get instant insights
- Multi-Source Input - PDFs, links, text, and more
- Privacy-First - Self-hosted & model-flexible
- Smart Search - Find insights instantly across notebooks
Use Cases
Podcast Creation
- Convert your knowledge base into engaging podcasts or audio format
Research & Knowledge Management
- Organize papers, notes, and insights in one place
- Summarize large documents and extract key ideas
Private Team Knowledge Base
- Share internal documentation securely
- Keep sensitive data within your own infrastructure
Cost-Controlled AI Usage
- Avoid recurring API costs by using local models
- Use paid APIs only when higher performance is required
Startup & MVP Development
- Quickly build and test AI-powered products
- Use as a backend knowledge engine for prototypes
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Highlights
- Turn your notes into podcasts with AI
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
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t2.xlarge Recommended | $0.13 |
r8id.12xlarge | $0.13 |
r7i.48xlarge | $0.13 |
m6id.8xlarge | $0.13 |
m5.4xlarge | $0.13 |
r8a.metal-48xl | $0.13 |
x2iezn.2xlarge | $0.13 |
m6a.metal | $0.13 |
m6id.large | $0.13 |
r6i.16xlarge | $0.13 |
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Will be charged for usage, can be canceled anytime and usage fee is non refundable.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
first release
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Usage instructions
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On the EC2 Console page, instance is up and running. To connect to this instance through putty, copy the IPv4 Public IP Address (refer Putty Guide available at https://www.techlatest.net/support/open_notebook_support/aws_gettingstartedguide/index.html for details on how to connect using putty/ssh)
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Open putty, paste the IP address and browse your private key you downloaded while deploying the VM, by going to SSH->Auth, click on Open
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login as ubuntu.
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run below command to set the ubuntu user password.
sudo passwd ubuntu
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Now the password for ubuntu user is set, you can connect to the VM's desktop environment from any local Windows Machine using RDP protocol or Linux Machine using Remmina.
From your local windows machine, goto "start" menu, in the search box type and select "Remote desktop connection". In the "Remote Desktop connection" wizard, copy the public IP address and click connect
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This will connect you to the VM's desktop environment. Provide the username "ubuntu" and the password set in the above "Reset password" step to authenticate. Click OK
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Now you are connected to the VM's desktop environment via Windows Machine.
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The vm will generate a random password to login to Open Notebook Web Interface. To get the password run below command from ssh terminal
cat /home/ubuntu/open-notebook-local/open_notebook_credentials.txt
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Now copy paste the public Ip of the VM in your local browser as https://public_ip_of_vm. Please make sure to use HTTPS and not HTTP. Provide the password you received in above step and login to the web interface.
For more details please visit - https://www.techlatest.net/support/open_notebook_support/aws_gettingstartedguide/index.html
Support
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Email: info@techlatest.net
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