Offline Meeting Scribe

Fully on-device meeting transcription and summaries for Mac, one-time purchase

Problem

People who take meeting notes either tolerate cloud transcription subscriptions and their privacy risks, or assemble Whisper, ffmpeg and summary scripts on their Mac, where capturing mic plus system audio, segmenting pauses and separating speakers gets fiddly. A $5 on-device Mac meeting-notes app already exists, showing clear demand, yet the supply of cross-platform, model-agnostic options remains thin.

Solution

A desktop app that captures system audio and microphone, transcribes locally, segments speakers, and produces structured notes exported as Markdown or pasted into Notion/Obsidian. It is offline by default, accepts any local Whisper-compatible model, and encrypts transcripts on disk.

Users

Privacy-sensitive consultants, lawyers, clinicians, product managers in frequent meetings, Mac users tired of cloud-meeting subscriptions

MVP

Dual-track system audio + mic recording; local Whisper transcription; pause-based speaker segmentation without training; Markdown/plain-text export; one-time license with no cloud calls

Revenue

One-time purchase ($29–$59) with paid major upgrades; per-seat team license; optional paid hotword/model packs

Why now

Local Whisper-class models now run in real time on ordinary laptops, and Mac audio-capture APIs have stabilized; subscription fatigue around meeting AI leaves room for a buy-once alternative