Local-first meeting notes for macOS
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[00:02] speaker_1: ok so um shipping thursday i guess?
[00:09] speaker_2: yeah and maya you got the notes right
[00:15] speaker_1: uh huh and we still need the launch review
[00:21] speaker_2: someone book that please
Summary
Ship date locked for Thursday.
Live transcript
Maya · I can have notes ready Thursday.
Sam· Works. Let's lock the date.
Maya · Recording this so nobody has to▌
- Audio stays on disk
- Keys in the Keychain
- Transcribed on-device
- Cloud only by choice
01 / How it works
Record. Transcribe. Enhance.
⌘N
Record
Mic and system audio, mixed into one track. The other side of the call included.
whisper
Transcribe
Live, on your own GPU, in 15+ languages. No internet required.
⌘E
Enhance
A clean recap with action items, from the AI provider you picked.
02 / Capabilities
More than a recorder.
Ask AI anything ⌘J
Chat with a meeting, even mid-recording.
Knows who said it
On-device speaker ID that remembers voices.
Calendar aware
Google, Outlook, ICS. Read-only, always.
Your choice of AI
Claude, Ollama, or Apple Intelligence.
A real editor
Slash commands, mentions, toggles, callouts.
Semantic recall
Search by meaning across every meeting.
03 / The quiet part
Built like it has something to protect.
Hard CSP, no shell access, SSRF guards, secrets in the Keychain. We wrote down the threat model so you can check our work.
Read the security page04 / Documentation
Everything, written down.
From your first recording to tuning Whisper models and wiring up calendars.
Open the docs