Dictation and meeting notes that never leave your Mac.

Zero cloud. Speak types what you say wherever your cursor is, free forever, no card. Listen turns every meeting into searchable notes, free for 14 days. Nothing you say ever touches a server.

Download Free for Mac

Speak (dictation) is free forever · Listen (meeting notes) free for 14 days, then $9/mo · the first 500 members lock in the founding rate

No credit card to download · requires macOS 26 + Apple Silicon

No account required
100% local processing
Audio auto-deleted
MeetingVault Transcripts view, a meeting transcript with Me and Them speaker labels, transcribed and stored entirely on your Mac, with the audio already deleted
100%
On-device processing
0
Bytes sent to the cloud
<30s
From meeting end to searchable notes
$0
Per transcription (runs locally)

Listen. Transcribe. Delete the audio.

You get the notes. The audio disappears. No internet required after setup.

Step 1

Listen

Click start in your menu bar. MeetingVault captures both sides of the conversation: your mic and system audio. Works with Zoom, Teams, Meet, FaceTime, and more.

Step 2

Transcribe

When you stop, the app transcribes everything on-device. When it completes, the audio file is deleted automatically. Only your transcript remains.

Step 3

Review

Search across every meeting you've ever taken notes on. Export to Markdown, Obsidian, JSON, or SRT. Your notes, your system.

Speak

Voice to text. Anywhere on your Mac.

Open any app, hold Option+Ctrl, and start talking. MeetingVault transcribes your words and types them right where your cursor is. Email, Slack, notes, code. Release the keys when you're done. Speak is yours free, forever. No card, no trial clock.

  • Works in any app: email, Slack, code editors, browsers
  • Fully customizable hotkey
  • 100% on-device. Dictated words never touch a server.

Jargon Dictionary

Teach Speak your vocabulary. Add product names, acronyms, client names, and technical terms. It stops guessing at words it's never seen.

⌥ + ⌃ Hold to speak

Words appear instantly wherever you're typing. Lift the keys when you're done.

We can't see your data. By design.

We don't run servers. We don't collect data. Your notes live on your Mac and nowhere else. That's the product.

Audio is temporary. Notes are forever.

Audio is transcribed on your Mac and deleted automatically when processing completes. If transcription fails, the recording stays on your Mac until you retry or delete it yourself. Either way, it never touches a server.

Your conversations don't train anyone's AI.

Your meeting content never leaves your Mac. No third-party analytics SDKs. No Firebase, no Mixpanel, no Segment. The only outbound requests are software update checks, Apple's one-time on-device speech-model download, and license validation once you subscribe. Your meeting content is never sent anywhere.

Uninstall and it's gone. Really.

No account to "delete." No 30-day data retention policy. No email to support begging them to purge your records. Drag to trash. Done. There's nothing on our end to clean up because there's nothing on our end.

Everything you need to stop losing information

One plan. Everything included. No tiers, no upsells.

On-device transcription

Powered by Apple's on-device Speech framework. Runs on Apple silicon. After Apple's speech model downloads once on first launch, transcription works with no internet connection.

Mic + system audio

Capture your voice and the other side of the call simultaneously. Works with Zoom, Teams, Meet, FaceTime, Slack, and more.

Audio stays on your Mac

Audio is deleted automatically after transcription completes. If a session fails, the recording stays on your Mac until you retry or remove it. It never touches a server either way.

Full-text search

Search across all your transcripts instantly. Find that thing someone said three weeks ago in seconds.

Menu bar design

Lives in your menu bar, not your Dock. Start capturing in one click. Visual indicators show when it's listening.

Export anywhere

Markdown, JSON, SRT subtitles, or Obsidian-ready format. Your transcripts flow into whatever system you use.

Meeting detection

Detects when Zoom, Teams, or other meeting apps start. Nudges you to capture notes. No bots, no auto-join, just a tap.

Speak: voice to text anywhere, free forever

Hold Option+Ctrl and dictate into any app. Email, Slack, code editors, browsers. Lift the keys and the text is there. Customizable hotkey. Runs entirely on-device, free forever, no subscription needed.

Jargon Dictionary

Teach Speak your vocabulary. Add product names, acronyms, client names, and technical terms. Stops guessing at words it's never seen.

The competition stores your audio on their servers and trains AI on your conversations

MeetingVault never touches your audio. Everything stays on your Mac.

MeetingVault Otter.ai Fireflies Granola
Audio stored Stays on your Mac only On their servers On their servers Cloud-processed
Dictation included Yes (Speak, free forever) No No No (add Wispr Flow, $12/mo)
Bot joins your call No Yes Yes No
App login required No Yes Yes Yes
Works offline Yes No No No
Trains AI on your data No Yes Yes Yes
Export formats MD, JSON, SRT, Obsidian Limited Limited Limited

Who's using this

People who got tired of choosing between convenience and privacy.

Privacy-first professionals

Lawyers, therapists, consultants: anyone whose conversations can't end up on someone else's server. Attorney-client privilege doesn't survive a cloud upload.

AI memory builders

Building a personal memory system? Meetings are the biggest gap. Export every conversation as Markdown into Obsidian, Notion, or your AI context layer. MeetingVault is the capture engine for people building their external brain.

Mac-native purists

Built with SwiftUI, runs on Apple Silicon, lives in your menu bar. No Electron. No web wrapper. No Dock clutter. If you care about how your tools are built, you'll feel at home.

Simple, honest pricing.

MeetingVault is live. The first 500 founding members lock in the founding rate.

Founding Member
$19/month
$9 /month

Founding member rate. Stays fixed for the life of your subscription.

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  • Listen: unlimited meeting transcription & search
  • Speak stays free forever, subscription or not
  • All future updates included
  • On-device transcription (no cloud processing)
  • Audio deleted after transcription. Never leaves your Mac.
  • Export to Markdown, JSON, SRT & Obsidian
  • Direct input to the product roadmap
  • No account to use the app. No cloud. No tracking.
Download for Mac

14-day free trial, then $9/month founding rate — fixed for the life of your subscription. Cancel anytime.

Regular price after founding period: $19/month.
Requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later and an Apple silicon Mac (M1 or later)

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Get occasional product updates and privacy tips. We only email when there's something worth your time.

Just email updates — no account, no spam.

Questions people actually ask

Is my data really private?
We can't see your meeting content — it never leaves your Mac. No login to use the app, no analytics, no tracking. The app does make a few non-content network calls (software updates, the one-time Apple speech-model download, and license checks once you subscribe), but never your meetings. Your notes live in a local database on your Mac that only you can access. And we don't even keep the audio: it's transcribed on-device and the audio is deleted automatically when that completes, so all that remains is text.
Does it work without Wi-Fi?
Yes, after initial setup. Apple's on-device speech model downloads once on first launch. After that, MeetingVault works on an airplane, at a cabin, anywhere. Transcribe, search, export: all offline. The only ongoing network activity is software update checks, which don't involve your meeting content.
What happens to the audio?
It's gone. MeetingVault temporarily captures audio to transcribe it, then deletes the audio file automatically. You're left with searchable text notes. No audio recordings sitting on your hard drive, no files that could be subpoenaed or leaked. Legally, this makes MeetingVault a note-taking tool, not a recording tool. That distinction matters more than most people think.
Can I get my data out?
We'd never hold your notes hostage. Export to Markdown, JSON, SRT subtitles, or straight into Obsidian with proper frontmatter. A common workflow among our users is a pipeline from MeetingVault into their Obsidian vault: meeting happens, transcript appears in their notes, searchable forever. Your notes, your format, zero friction.
What about recording consent laws?
We built consent into the product, not as an afterthought. Before your first recording, the app walks you through the legal landscape. Before every recording, it reminds you to notify participants. There's even a one-click tool that copies a consent notice to your clipboard so you can paste it right into the meeting chat. 11 US states require all-party consent. Justia has a great state-by-state breakdown. We take this seriously because our users do.
Is it on the Mac App Store?
Not yet. We originally built MeetingVault for ourselves because we were tired of cloud tools recording our sensitive calls. Then we shared it with a few friends, they shared it with theirs, and here we are. Right now we're focused on making the best product possible and keeping the price honest, rather than handing Apple 30% that we'd have to pass on to you. The app is signed and notarized by Apple, so your Mac trusts it out of the box. We'll probably hit the App Store eventually, but we're in no rush.
Why should I trust you over Otter or Granola?
You don't have to trust us, and that's the whole point. Cloud transcription tools ask you to trust that they'll handle your audio responsibly on their servers. Some of them are currently facing lawsuits over exactly that. We don't ask for trust because we never touch your data in the first place. Audio is deleted automatically when transcription completes. If something fails, the file stays on your Mac until you retry or delete it. Either way, your meeting content never touches a server — nothing to breach, subpoena, or train on. The architecture is the guarantee.

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Your meetings. Your notes. Nothing else.

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