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It listens to both sides
Your microphone becomes “Me” and the call’s audio becomes “Them”, transcribed separately on the Mac. No bot joins the call; it works with any app that plays audio.
Hear the question. Find the answer in your documents.
Meeting Assistant transcribes both sides of a call on your Mac, keeps live notes of the key points, and when someone asks something it answers from the documents you gave it — with the passage it came from.
Download for MacFree. No account.
Direct download · version 0.1.0 · 3.6 MB · macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon · notarized by Apple.
- Free, no account
- Speech recognized on your Mac
- Answers with sources
- Notarized by Apple
How it works
Three things happen while you talk.
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It catches the question
Press ⌃⌥Space and it finds the last question asked in the recent minutes of the transcript — or type your own, about the whole meeting.
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It answers from your documents
It searches the files you dropped in, writes a short answer and shows the passages it used. A floating panel keeps it out of the way of your call.
What is in it
Built for the call you are in.
Live transcript, two voices
Lines labelled Me and Them as they are spoken, in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch, or detected automatically.
Your documents, per meeting or shared
Drop PDF, Word, RTF, Markdown, text, HTML or CSV files onto a meeting, or into a knowledge base every meeting can search. Replace or remove them any time.
Key points, not a transcript copy
A live scratchpad that adds only what is new, in short bullets, tuned for each model, with a short recap when you stop.
Chat with every answer
Questions and answers stay in the meeting. Edit a question, regenerate an answer, copy it or delete it, as in any chat.
Pick your model
Apple’s on-device model, your ChatGPT plan, an OpenAI-compatible API or Claude. Different models can write the notes and the answers.
Every meeting saved, exportable
Each meeting is stored on your Mac with its answers, gets a short title when it ends, and exports to Markdown.
On your Mac
Native, quiet, and yours.
A SwiftUI app with a menu-bar icon that fills in while it listens. Speech recognition runs on the Neural Engine, with Apple’s built-in engine or Whisper models; your audio is never uploaded.
Download for MacDirect download · version 0.1.0 · 3.6 MB · macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon · notarized by Apple.
What leaves your Mac
Only what you decide to send, to the model you choose.
There is no account and no server of ours. Pick Apple’s on-device model and nothing leaves the Mac at all.
Audio stays here
Speech is recognized on the device. The first use of a Whisper model downloads it, about 600 MB; after that it runs offline.
Text goes to your model
To answer, the recent transcript and the matching passages go to the model you selected, and nowhere else.
Keys stay in the Keychain
API keys and sign-in tokens are stored in your Mac’s Keychain. Signing out of ChatGPT revokes the token.
Documents are indexed locally
Search uses a local index and on-device embeddings. Deleting a meeting deletes its documents.
Recording other people can require their consent where you live. The menu-bar icon fills in while the app is listening.
Price
Free. You bring the model.
Meeting Assistant costs nothing and has no subscription. The model you connect has its own terms.
- Apple’s on-device model: free, nothing leaves the Mac
- ChatGPT plan: uses your own plan, with a usage cap you control at OpenAI
- API keys (OpenAI-compatible, Claude): billed by that provider
- If it helps you, an optional donation button opens PayPal — the app sends nothing
Start from what you need.
Four guides, each from a different angle.
Transcribe meetings on a MacBoth sides of a call, on the device, without a bot in the room.Answers from your documents during a callThe last question, answered with the passage it came from.Meeting notes and minutesLive key points and a recap you can export.A private AI meeting assistantWhat stays on your Mac, and what goes to your model.
Questions
Does it work with Zoom, Google Meet and Teams?
Yes. It records the audio your Mac plays and your microphone, so it works with any call app or browser tab. It does not join the call or appear as a participant.
Which Macs does it need?
A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 26 or later. Answers from Apple’s on-device model also need Apple Intelligence to be available on that Mac.
Is the interface in my language?
The interface is in English. You can transcribe meetings in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch, and choose the language of the answers.
Who is “Them”?
The app labels two sources: your microphone (Me) and the call’s audio (Them). It does not tell individual remote speakers apart.
Will the answer panel show on a shared screen?
The floating panel is excluded from screen sharing and recordings using a macOS window setting. Apps differ in how they capture the screen, so try it before an important call.
What if I have not loaded any documents?
The app warns you that none are loaded and that answers will be generic. When documents are loaded, it cites only passages it actually found and does not invent sources.
Is recording a call legal?
It depends on where you and the other people are. Many places require everyone’s consent. You are responsible for asking.
Why is it not on the App Store?
It records system audio and runs a local index, and is distributed directly as a notarized download. It is free.
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Be ready for the next question.
Download it, drop in the documents of your next meeting, and let it listen.