Meeting Noter

Offline meeting transcription tool for macOS. Captures both your voice and meeting participants' audio, saves to MP3, and transcribes locally using Whisper.

Features

No setup required - Just install and run
Captures both sides - Your mic + system audio (meeting participants)
Offline transcription - Uses Whisper locally, no API calls
Auto-detection - Detects active meetings (Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack)
Multiple interfaces - Menu bar app, desktop GUI, or CLI
Auto-segmentation - One file per meeting (detects silence)

Installation

pipx install meeting-noter

For corporate/offline environments (bundles Whisper model, no download needed):

pipx install "meeting-noter[offline]"

Upgrading

# Standard
pipx upgrade meeting-noter

# With offline model
pipx reinstall "meeting-noter[offline]"

No system dependencies required - ffmpeg is bundled automatically.

Quick Start

Menu Bar App (recommended):

meeting-noter menubar

Desktop GUI:

meeting-noter gui

CLI Recording:

meeting-noter start "Weekly Standup"

The app will request microphone and Screen Recording permissions on first use.

Usage

Recording

The menu bar app auto-detects meetings and prompts to record
Or manually start recording via the GUI/CLI
Press Ctrl+C (CLI) or click Stop to end recording

Transcription

Recordings are auto-transcribed by default. Or manually:

# Transcribe the most recent recording
meeting-noter transcribe

# Transcribe a specific file
meeting-noter transcribe recording.mp3

# List all recordings
meeting-noter list

Commands

Command	Description
`meeting-noter`	Launch desktop GUI
`meeting-noter menubar`	Launch menu bar app
`meeting-noter gui`	Launch desktop GUI
`meeting-noter start [name]`	Interactive CLI recording
`meeting-noter list`	List recent recordings
`meeting-noter transcribe`	Transcribe a recording
`meeting-noter devices`	List audio devices
`meeting-noter status`	Check daemon status

Options

`start`

First argument: Meeting name (optional, auto-generates timestamp if omitted)

`transcribe`

-m, --model: Whisper model size (tiny.en, base.en, small.en, medium.en, large-v3)
-o, --output-dir: Directory with recordings

`list`

-n, --limit: Number of recordings to show
-o, --output-dir: Directory with recordings

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│         Your Meeting App            │
│      (Zoom/Teams/Meet/Slack)        │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────┘
                   │
     ┌─────────────┴─────────────┐
     ▼                           ▼
┌─────────┐               ┌─────────────┐
│   Mic   │               │ System Audio│
│(default)│               │(ScreenCaptureKit)
└────┬────┘               └──────┬──────┘
     │                           │
     └───────────┬───────────────┘
                 ▼
         ┌─────────────┐
         │Meeting Noter│
         │  (capture)  │
         └──────┬──────┘
                │
                ▼
    ~/meetings/2024-01-15_Weekly_Standup.mp3
                │
                ▼ (auto or on-demand)
         ┌─────────────┐
         │   Whisper   │ (local)
         └──────┬──────┘
                │
                ▼
    ~/meetings/2024-01-15_Weekly_Standup.txt

Permissions

On first use, macOS will ask for:

Microphone - For capturing your voice
Screen Recording - For capturing system audio (meeting participants)

Grant these in System Settings > Privacy & Security.

Configuration

Config file: ~/.config/meeting-noter/config.json

{
    "recordings_dir": "~/meetings",
    "transcripts_dir": "~/meetings",
    "whisper_model": "tiny.en",
    "auto_transcribe": true,
    "silence_timeout": 5,
    "capture_system_audio": true
}

Whisper Models

Model	Size	Speed	Accuracy
`tiny.en`	~75MB	Fastest	Good
`base.en`	~150MB	Fast	Better
`small.en`	~500MB	Medium	High
`medium.en`	~1.5GB	Slow	Very High
`large-v3`	~3GB	Slowest	Best

Requirements

macOS 12.3+ (for ScreenCaptureKit)
Python 3.9+

License

MIT

Metadata

Release files for meeting-noter 3.4.2

For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.

Source distribution (sdist)

Source distribution for meeting-noter 3.4.2
File	Size	Uploaded
meeting_noter-3.4.2.tar.gz	165.0 kB	Feb 6, 2026	Details

Built distribution (wheel)

Table of built distributions (wheels) for meeting-noter 3.4.2
File	Interpreter	ABI	Platform	Reset
meeting_noter-3.4.2-py3-none-any.whl 161.0 kB Feb 6, 2026	Python 3	none	any	Details

Total release size: 326.0 kB

Release files / meeting_noter-3.4.2.tar.gz

Download URL	meeting_noter-3.4.2.tar.gz
Size	165.0 kB
Tags	Source
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums	`006c13885ded035a4ca13974128dd0f57c430340c9bdc3d9fe144c96af73de08`
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums	`f805667926dee6ede9c714787a257b79ebf7d9da501b4fb400ae4e87dc22bda1`
Upload date	Feb 6, 2026
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing?	No
Uploaded via	`twine/6.2.0 CPython/3.9.6`

Release files / meeting_noter-3.4.2-py3-none-any.whl

Download URL	meeting_noter-3.4.2-py3-none-any.whl
Size	161.0 kB
Tags	Python 3
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums	`0f3a35d42d758eed9fff457c1301c2ce95a3ed6811a7d7b48c93eb90a616f0f9`
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums	`b86118773763f39dbeca8a9baca0ab5ab3c5e580ad3020514d6398629b9a2686`
Upload date	Feb 6, 2026
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing?	No
Uploaded via	`twine/6.2.0 CPython/3.9.6`