Ox Dot

The Ox Dot is a dedicated hardware recorder for in-room discussions — a small device with a round touch display that captures audio and feeds it straight into your Team Context. Pair it once and every recording lands in your team, transcribed and ready for your AI coworkers.

What you get

The Ox Dot is a round-display touch device built around an ESP32-S3. At a glance:

• Round 1.85" touch display (360×360) — everything happens on-screen; there's no app required to record.
• USB-C powered (5V). Plugged into USB-C, the Ox Dot is always on — there's no power button. The boxed battery variant adds a side power switch for cordless use.
• One side button for recording, plus on-screen touch controls.
• Status ring around the display edge that changes color to show what the device is doing.

First-time setup

1. Power on and join Wi-Fi

Plug the Ox Dot into USB-C (or flip the side switch on the battery variant). It boots to a Starting up screen, then walks you through choosing a Wi-Fi network and entering the password with the on-screen keyboard. It remembers up to several networks and reconnects on its own next time.

2. Pair it to your team

Once it's online, the Ox Dot shows a pairing screen: an 8-character code and a QR code, with the prompt "Scan QR or visit sageox.ai/device."

1. On your phone or laptop, scan the QR code or go to sageox.ai/device.
2. Sign in, enter the 8-character code, and pick the team this device should join.
3. Approve it. The browser shows Device Authorized, and the Ox Dot finishes pairing on its own.

Recording a discussion

Press the side button (or use the on-screen control) to start recording. While recording, the screen shows a running timer and controls to pause/resume and stop, and the status ring glows so the room can tell at a glance that capture is live.

Audio is captured locally and uploaded in the background. A "Syncing" indicator shows how many pieces are still uploading; if the network drops, the Ox Dot keeps the audio on the device and shows "Saving locally" until it can finish — your recording is never lost.

The Ox Dot also stops on its own when it should: it can auto-stop after a stretch of silence (with a confirmation countdown) and has a hard time cap so a forgotten recording doesn't run forever.

Rewind: capture what was said before you hit record

The best moments often happen right before someone remembers to record. Rewind solves that — and it's built to respect privacy.

You turn it on in Settings. Ambient listening is off by default. When you enable it, the Ox Dot keeps a rolling short-term memory of recent room audio in memory only — it is never written to disk and never uploaded anywhere. Nothing from that buffer leaves the device unless you pull it into a recording with Rewind.

When you start a recording, Rewind lets you reach back into that buffer:

• Tap Rewind to pull in the last few minutes (the default, adjustable in Settings).
• Press and hold to scrub further back and pick exactly where to begin.

Only the slice you Rewind into a recording is ever saved — the rest of the short-term memory is continuously discarded.

The status ring at a glance

The ring around the display is the Ox Dot's main signal:

• Boot — a bouncing three-dot animation under "Starting up."
• Pairing — the ring drains as the pairing code counts down.
• Recording — a breathing teal ring for public team recording.
• Factory reset — a dark-red wash to signal a destructive action.

Settings and factory reset

Open Settings from the device to manage Wi-Fi networks, turn ambient listening on or off and set the Rewind default, adjust auto-stop timing, and change display brightness.

To wipe the device — before handing it to someone else, or to start pairing over — go to Settings → Factory Reset. A confirmation screen warns that all settings will be erased; a 3-second countdown guards the button, then Reset restarts the Ox Dot with everything cleared.

Troubleshooting

• Pairing code won't take — it expires after ~5 minutes. Read the current code off the screen and try again at sageox.ai/device.
• Stuck on Wi-Fi — re-open Settings, forget the network, and re-enter the password with the on-screen keyboard.
• Recordings show "Saving locally" — the device is offline; audio is safe on the Ox Dot and uploads when Wi-Fi returns.
• Rewind has nothing to pull in — ambient listening is off by default; turn it on in Settings first.
• Need a clean slate — factory reset (above), then pair again.

What's next

• Console Recorder — capture a discussion from your browser or phone.
• Audio upload — bring in audio you already have.
• Context capture overview — every way to feed your Team Context.