The call is in English, and you catch half of it

You follow the words but lose the thread. Afterwards you remember the mood of the meeting and none of the decisions. Two different problems, an hour apart.

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What it looks like

  1. 1Start subtitles or configure automatic start for selected apps and sites.
  2. 2Subtitles run over the call with a translation underneath.
  3. 3Read the language you think in and listen in the one they speak.
  4. 4After the call, open the transcript in local history.

During the call and afterwards

Follow the conversation now and return to its text after the meeting.

Live subtitlesRead what participants say as the conversation unfolds.
Translation alongsideA translation into your chosen language appears below the original.
TranscriptReturn to the text of the conversation after the call.
Local historySession records are stored on your Mac.
Optional audio savingEnable audio saving and choose a folder to listen to the recording later.
Copy and exportCopy the text you need or export the transcript.

Next to what you use now

They all write good notes. The question is not the quality of the notes.

Granolachecked 08.2026Keeps the recording and the transcript on its own servers.
Otterchecked 08.2026The same: the meeting leaves your machine whole.
Fathomchecked 08.2026The same, plus an account that owns your meetings.

Your recording is transcribed on your Mac and the transcript lives in local history. For a call under NDA, speech processing without uploading the meeting to the cloud matters.

What it costs

Meeting recording and live subtitles are paid features. Plain dictation — your language in, your language out — stays free forever and needs no account. Everything on this page is opened by the 14-day trial that starts by itself once you sign up in the first-run setup.

$0Plain dictation, forever
14 daysRecording and subtitles, on the trial

Processing on your Mac

Recognition and translation run on your Mac without sending audio or text to the cloud for processing. Meeting audio is saved to disk only if you enable saving and choose a folder.

What exactly leaves your Mac, address by address

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