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No-frills offline meeting transcripts with context

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   Speakmac▲190

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   QuickQuill▲103

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   MeetingBar▲264

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   Speech To Markdown▲83

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   Grain Desktop Capture▲141

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    MeetingBar – A menu bar macOS app for calendar meetings▲131

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    talat▲149

    Realtime meeting notes that don’t leave your Mac

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    Mic Drop 2.0▲145

    Mute your mic in any app

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    Signal Recorder SR-7▲101

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    Phantom Voice▲79

    Local push-to-talk dictation for Mac

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    TeamWatch▲318

    Simple menubar app to make remote work easier 💼⏰

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    Record any audio on MacOS

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    FnKey▲104

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    Yap▲140

    Open-source voice dictation for Mac, fully on-device

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    Walkie▲228

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