The call is in English, and you catch half of it

You follow the words but lose the thread. Afterwards you remember the mood of the meeting and none of the decisions. Two different problems, an hour apart.

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Text in the video

Where to configure recording

Open Settings.

Applications — rules for meeting apps.

General — shortcuts and phrase timing.

This demonstration’s audio is saved to its own folder.

Choose the conversation source

Menu → Record Meeting.

A separate window for the conversation.

Audio comes from Chrome.

The microphone is off for a clean demonstration.

Open language controls

Choose the spoken languages.

Spoken and translated languages

Translation target — English.

Choose spoken German.

The checked language is confirmed.

Read the actual translation

No speech has played yet.

The conversation plays after recording has started.

The original and translation remain available to read.

Make the text easy to read

Settings → Recording → Appearance.

Increase the original text size.

Increase the translation size.

Choose a different font.

Choose a translation colour.

Change the background opacity.

Control the window

Show the original.

Show only the translation.

Or show both languages.

Move the window.

Resize it.

Use the native minimize button.

Restore the transcription.

Look up your reply

Start from the meeting panel.

Click Look up a word.

Type a complete working phrase.

Swap the language direction.

Restore the direction you need.

Prepare useful working phrases.

Save your own phrase sheet

Save your own set.

Open the window again.

Choose your own phrase sheet.

The complete phrases are saved.

Refine a phrase.

Translate the refinement again.

When the translation appears

Settings → Recording → General.

A pause ends a phrase.

Limit speech that continues without a pause.

Changes apply to the next session.

Restart the recording

End this meeting.

Start a new session

Open Record Meeting again.

The same recorded conversation and microphone off.

Hear and see the result

The new session starts empty.

Play the same conversation.

The translation appears with the changed settings.

End the meeting

Click End Meeting.

Subtitles for a learning video

Menu → Live Subtitles.

Choose the video app.

Check the language direction.

Now start the video.

Read the actual subtitles and translation.

Stop subtitles.

Dictation goes into your field

Reply to your client in Gmail.

We will send you the draft agreement tomorrow.

Reply to your client in Gmail.

Recognising…

Your reply is in the email.

A meeting has its own window

This is a conversation record, separate from the Gmail field.

Find your own recording

Menu → History.

All — every record kind.

Dictation — your dictated text.

Subtitles — video transcripts.

Meetings — conversations.

Read the original.

Read the translation.

Or read both languages.

Copy your own text.

Seek to the spoken part and play the audio.

What it looks like

  1. 1Start subtitles or configure automatic start for selected apps and sites.
  2. 2Subtitles run over the call with a translation underneath.
  3. 3Read the language you think in and listen in the one they speak.
  4. 4After the call, open the transcript in local history.

During the call and afterwards

Follow the conversation now and return to its text after the meeting.

Live subtitlesRead what participants say as the conversation unfolds.
Translation alongsideA translation into your chosen language appears below the original.
TranscriptReturn to the text of the conversation after the call.
Local historySession records are stored on your Mac.
Optional audio savingEnable audio saving and choose a folder to listen to the recording later.
Copy and exportCopy the text you need or export the transcript.

Next to what you use now

They all write good notes. The question is not the quality of the notes.

Granola10.2026Cloud providers transcribe the audio; transcripts and notes are stored in the cloud. Meeting audio is not stored.
Otter10.2026Processes audio and stores transcripts and recordings in the cloud.
Fathom10.2026An online meeting recording and transcription service; storage and access follow its own terms.

Your recording is transcribed on your Mac and the transcript lives in local history. For a call under NDA, speech processing without uploading the meeting to the cloud matters.

What it costs

Meeting recording and live subtitles are paid features. Plain dictation — your language in, your language out — stays free forever. Everything on this page is opened by the 30-day trial that starts by itself once you sign up in the first-run setup.

$0Plain dictation, forever
30 daysRecording and subtitles, on the trial

Processing on your Mac

Recognition and translation run on your Mac without sending audio or text to the cloud for processing. Meeting audio is saved to disk only if you enable saving and choose a folder.

What exactly leaves your Mac, address by address

Dictate in your language into any app. No word cap, no card — forever.

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