Meeting Transcription for Mac
Record meetings with automatic speaker identification. All transcription happens locally on your Mac — no cloud, no bots joining your call.
Key Specs
100% Local
On-device processing
Speaker ID
Auto voice recognition
No Bots
Captures system audio
Copy
Speaker-labeled text
How Meeting Mode Works
Four steps from meeting to transcript
Grant Screen Recording Permission
One-time macOS setup to allow Chirp to capture system audio from meeting apps.
Start a Meeting Recording
Click the Meeting Mode button in Chirp. It captures both your microphone and system audio (Zoom, Meet, Teams, etc.).
Speakers Are Identified
Chirp automatically detects different voices and labels who said what. Save voice profiles for auto-recognition in future meetings.
Review and copy
Browse the transcript with speaker labels and timestamps. Copy it out with speaker labels, or replay the audio from history.
Speaker Identification
Automatically identify who said what — entirely on your Mac
Automatic Speaker Detection
Chirp analyzes audio to detect when different people are speaking and groups their segments together. This works for both virtual and in-person meetings.
Saved Voice Profiles
Save speaker voice profiles in your Speaker Library. When Chirp encounters a saved voice in future meetings, it automatically labels their segments with their name.
Privacy-First
All speaker identification happens locally using on-device models. Voice profiles are stored on your Mac and never uploaded. See more about how offline processing works.
Watch a meeting become a transcript.
The call plays, each speaker gets named, and the library remembers the voices for next time.
FaceTime100% on-device · Speaker profiles never leave your Mac
Use Cases
Meeting Mode works wherever people are talking
Virtual Meetings
Record Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams calls with automatic speaker labels. No bots or integrations — Chirp captures system audio directly.
In-Person Meetings
Place your Mac on the table and record through the built-in microphone. Chirp identifies different speakers by voice.
Interviews
Conduct interviews with automatic transcription. Speaker profiles let you label interviewer and interviewee for a clean, readable transcript.
Lectures & Presentations
Record talks with speaker identification for Q&A sections. Copy it out for easy note-taking.
No Bots in Your Meetings
Unlike cloud transcription services, Chirp doesn't add a bot to your call or require any meeting integrations. It captures system audio directly from your Mac, so participants never know you're transcribing. No “Otter.ai is recording this meeting” notifications. Just quiet, local transcription. See how Chirp compares to cloud alternatives.
Meeting Transcription FAQ
Common questions about Meeting Mode
Chirp uses macOS Screen Recording permission to capture system audio from any application. This lets it record audio from Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or any other meeting app without needing integrations or plugins.
Chirp uses on-device speaker identification to tell apart different voices in a conversation. You can save speaker voice profiles so Chirp auto-recognizes them in future meetings. Accuracy improves over time as voice profiles are refined.
Yes. All transcription and speaker identification happens locally on your Mac. However, the meeting itself typically requires internet. Chirp is useful for in-person meetings in offline environments too.
Yes. Copy any transcript straight from the history view, with speaker labels and timestamps intact, and paste it wherever you need.
Yes — Meeting Mode is fully unlocked during the 7-day free trial, and it's included with every Chirp license after that. Every license (from $39 one-time) covers unlimited meetings with on-device speaker identification, the speaker library, and a full searchable history. No subscription required.
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