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Work · May 26, 2026

Tironian Notes

Free meeting recorder and transcriber for Mac. No cloud.

What it does

Tironian Notes — your private recorder, transcriber, and conversation analysis tool. Completely free. All conversations, transcriptions, and summaries are stored locally on your machine. Works with online calls in any messaging app. Supports offline conversations. No bots joining your calls. Flexible post-processing with popular LLMs or local models. Speaker recognition: once you name speakers, the app gradually learns to recognize them automatically.

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