Observed arrival · 2026-09-09

Transcriber keeps your calls on your Mac

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A free, open-source macOS menu bar app that records calls and creates live transcripts without sending audio to the cloud.

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Transcriber captures microphone and system audio from calls or other Mac applications, then writes transcript segments to disk in Markdown, JSON, and SRT formats. The page says processing uses Parakeet on the Mac’s Neural Engine, with no account, upload, or cloud step. It supports Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14.2 or newer and offers a direct handoff to Claude, ChatGPT, or another application with a prepared prompt.

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