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Local meeting transcription for macOS. No cloud services or API keys. Your data never leaves your computer.

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HushScribe – Self-contained local meeting transcription for macOS

by drcursor·Apr 9, 2026·2 points·0 comments

AI Analysis

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Fully local transcription with auto meeting detection beats cloud services on privacy.

Strengths
  • Parakeet-TDT v3 runs on Apple Silicon ANE for fast transcription
  • Markdown output with YAML frontmatter integrates with Obsidian
  • No accounts, subscriptions, or API keys required to use
Weaknesses
  • macOS-only with Apple Silicon requirement limits addressable market
  • Forked codebase with author-admitted unresolved technical issues
Category
Target Audience

macOS users needing private meeting transcription

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Post Description

After trying multiple apps that promised full automatic local transcription of meetings but ended up using remote AI, OpenRouter, or requiring Ollama to be running in the background.

I decided to fork another project and make it as straightforward to use as possible.

It just runs on the background, and transcripts calls automatically when they happen and saves them as md files I can use in obsidian or anywhere else.

I still need to fix some tech issues, and make local AI summaries actually useful, but in the meantime, I have the app I've wished for a long time. Hope others find it useful.

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