This meeting cannot go outside

A call under NDA, a patient visit, an incident review, an interview. You need the notes, and you cannot upload the recording to someone else’s cloud — and that is usually where the conversation ends.

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Screencast: meeting recorded, transcript in history, network off
Not filmed yet. The frame holds its place and shows the size.

What it looks like

  1. 1Press once to start recording. Press again to stop.
  2. 2Audio comes from your microphone and the call app.
  3. 3Recognition runs on your Mac.
  4. 4The transcript is saved in local history, ready to copy or export.

What stays with you, item by item

Audio and text are processed on your Mac. Your meeting needs no cloud recognition service.

AudioSaved to disk only if you enable saving and choose a folder.
TranscriptProduced by a model on your Mac without sending speech to the cloud for processing.
Local historyOpen a past meeting and return to its text.
Copy and exportCopy the passages you need or export the transcript.
An account for licensingYour account holds your right to features, not your meeting history.
OfflineAfter downloading the required models, recording and recognition work offline with a valid entitlement.

Next to what teams use

They all take good notes. The question is not note quality — it is where the recording sits afterwards.

Granolachecked 08.2026Keeps the recording and transcript on its own servers.
Otterchecked 08.2026Same: the meeting leaves in full.
Fathomchecked 08.2026Same, plus an account that owns your meetings.

Where is the recording processed? On your Mac. Transcription happens locally and meeting history stays on your device.

What it costs

Meeting recording is a paid feature, opened by the 14-day trial that starts by itself once you sign up in the first-run setup. Plain dictation — your language in, your language out — stays free forever and needs no account.

$0Plain dictation, forever
14 daysMeeting recording, on the trial

Processing on your Mac

Recognition and translation run on your Mac. Audio and text are not sent to the cloud for processing. The full list of network requests is published separately.

What exactly leaves your Mac, address by address

Dictate in your language into any app. No account, no limits — forever.

14-day free trial — nothing charged until it ends

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Monthly Pro includes a 14-day free trial. Every paid purchase — monthly after the trial, annual, or lifetime — is covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee.

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