talat
Meeting transcription, notes and dictation that run entirely on your own device
1/3talat is a meeting note-taker for macOS and Windows that records your microphone and your computer's system audio as separate channels, transcribes both in real time, works out who said what, and writes a summary, action points and chapters when the call ends. All of that runs on the device: talat does not join calls as a bot, does not require an account, and works offline, with a cloud LLM used for summaries only if you connect your own key. It reads Apple and Google calendars, starts on its own when it detects a Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet call, imports audio and video files you already have, and exports to Markdown and PDF, to webhooks, or through an MCP server that AI assistants can read and write. Made by Lumikey.
- Records microphone and system audio as separate channels
- Real-time on-device transcription with a live streaming preview
- Identifies speakers and recognises familiar voices across meetings
- Starts on its own on detected Zoom, Teams and Meet calls
- AI notes: summary, action points, chapters and a title
- System-wide dictation on a global hotkey, with optional LLM cleanup
- Imports WAV, MP3, M4A, MP4, FLAC, OGG and AAC recordings
- MCP server, webhooks, and Markdown and PDF export
Based on what people have said
Every answer links back to the mentions it came fromHow does the software handle user privacy and data storage?
Several users highlight that the application operates entirely locally, ensuring that meeting notes and transcriptions remain on the user's machine rather than in the cloud.
4 mentions · r/ProductivityApps · r/macapps · Hacker News · @SarahPerezTC · Mar 2026 – Aug 2026
What is the general user experience like?
Users describe the tool as beautiful and are positively surprised by its performance, though some note that there are still rough edges and features they would like to see added in the future.
3 mentions · r/macapps · r/macapps · @samwho.dev · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
How does the pricing compare to other options?
At least one observer notes that the software is considered considerably more expensive than other focused alternatives.
1 mention · Hacker News · Jun 2026
How responsive are the developers to user feedback?
Users report that the developers are great and highly responsive to feedback.
1 mention · r/ClaudeCode · Aug 2026
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What people are saying about talat
82% positive“A good tool comes with a small price to pay to support developer. Give Talat a try. Comes with 10hour trial for you to test.”
“Check out talat, on device by default but works with basically anything. Devs are great and super responsive to feedback! https://talat.app/”
“the following is really good application for meeting transcript capture that run local 100% offline: Talat is a local transcription app for meetings, dictation, and recordings.”
“Let's take Talat for comparison this time (absolutely beautiful tool by the way, kudos to devs).”
“I don’t see any there that are as focused as this one, perhaps except Talat which is considerably more expensive.”
“I tried using it a few times, and I am really positively surprised by how nice it is. I probably need to check it with more non-English meetings, and if altering the prompt for the summary to produce an outcome in the same language as spoken in the meeting will work for me.”
“u/paynedigital I purchased Talat and really like the local/no-cloud approach.”
“Have you looked at talat.app?”
“Talat's AI meeting notes stay on your machine, not in the cloud”
“Talat’s AI meeting notes stay on your machine, not in the cloud”
“I’ve wanted “Granola but completely local” for ages and this is exactly that. Some rough edges here and there, some features I’d love to see added, but on the whole I’m really happy with it.”