Guides
Guides
Straightforward guides to recording and transcribing on a Mac: how to capture a meeting, whether it is legal, turning a recording into text, and keeping your audio private.
Meetings
Recording calls, and turning them into minutes.
- How do you record a meeting on a Mac, both sides of the call?Capture your mic and the other people on the call as two tracks, no bot required.
- How do you take meeting minutes without typing through the call?Record the call, flag the moments that matter, and write the minutes afterwards.
Recordings
Interviews, lectures, voice memos and files you already have.
- How do you transcribe an audio recording you already have?Turn an existing audio or video file into text, without uploading it.
- How do you transcribe an interview on a Mac?Record or import the interview, keep the speakers straight, and get clean text.
- How do you record and transcribe a lecture on a Mac?Capture a lecture in person or online, then turn it into searchable notes.
- How do you transcribe voice memos on a Mac?Turn Voice Memos recordings into text on your Mac, without uploading them.
Privacy
Consent, and where your audio actually goes.
- Is it legal to record a work meeting?A plain, high-level look at consent rules, and why you should check your own jurisdiction.
- What happens to your audio when you use an AI notetaker?What most cloud notetakers do with your meeting audio, and the on-device alternative.
Transcription
How accurate it is, and getting from transcript to notes.
- How accurate is AI transcription, and what affects it?What modern speech models get right, what trips them up, and how to improve the result.
- How do you turn a meeting transcript into a summary and action items?Go from a raw transcript to a short summary with clear action items.