trnscrb
On-device transcription for macOS with MCP
trnscrb launched on February 20, 2026 with 100 votes, #360 of 16,628 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Local meeting transcription for macOS — trnscrb lives in your menu bar, auto-detects Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack, and FaceTime, then transcribes on-device using Whisper on Apple Silicon. No cloud, no account, no subscription. Transcripts save as plaintxt with speaker diarization. The Claude Desktop MCP integration lets you search, summarize, and extract action items from past meetings. Requires macOS 13+ and M1+.
trnscrb lives in your menu bar, auto-detects meetings, transcribes locally with Whisper, and makes every transcript searchable from Claude Desktop.
trnscrb lives in your menu bar, detects meetings automatically, and transcribes with Whisper — on device, no cloud. Every transcript is instantly searchable from Claude Desktop. Mic active for 5 s + Google Meet, Zoom, Slack, Teams, or FaceTime running. Captures mic only, or mic + system audio via BlackHole virtual driver. Whisper small model runs on Apple Silicon Metal. No internet required. After trnscrb install , Claude Desktop can control recordings and search your transcripts. # tap once, then install brew tap ajayrmk/tap brew install trnscrb trnscrb install pip / uv Python pip install trnscrb && trnscrb install # or uv tool install trnscrb && trnscrb install trnscrb install handles…from trnscrb.com
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