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10 hours of free recording with every feature unlocked, no account and no card. After the allowance you can still search, export and summarise existing meetings but cannot start new recordings.
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Private meeting transcription that runs entirely on your own computer
Beginner API
What is talat?
talat transcribes meetings, dictation and imported recordings entirely on your Mac or Windows machine, with no account and no audio leaving the device. Speaker identification, on-device or bring-your-own-LLM summaries, hotkey dictation into any app and exports to Markdown, Obsidian, PDF or webhooks.
talat is a desktop transcription application for macOS and Windows that processes speech locally rather than in the cloud. The pitch is architectural: audio is captured, transcribed and stored on the machine itself, using hardware acceleration where available, and nothing said in a meeting is uploaded. The vendor states plainly that recordings, transcripts and notes sit in a local database that never leaves the device. No account is needed to run it. The app covers three workflows from one engine. For meetings it captures both sides of a call, detects when Zoom, Teams, Meet or FaceTime starts and records automatically, pulls Apple and Google Calendar events so sessions begin on schedule, separates speakers and learns voices across meetings. For dictation a global hotkey activates speech input inside any application, with optional cleanup of punctuation and filler before the text is pasted into the focused field. For existing material it ingests WAV, MP3, M4A, MP4, FLAC, OGG and AAC files and runs them through the same transcription, speaker and custom vocabulary pipeline. Summaries, action points and chapters are generated by a built-in Qwen3.5-4B model, or by a cloud provider of your choosing if you supply the API key. Output can go to Markdown, Obsidian, PDF or a webhook, and an MCP connection lets MCP-aware assistants query your meeting data. The realistic audience is privacy-sensitive professionals (lawyers, clinicians, founders, consultants) and anyone who objects to per-seat subscriptions for notes they consider their own. Against Granola, Otter and Plaud the distinction is where processing happens and who holds the data. Those tools upload audio, and the homepage claims some train on it. talat also undercuts them on entry price and offers a one-off lifetime licence. The trade-offs are real: no web client, no meeting bot dialling in, and a hard dependency on recent hardware.
How do you use talat?
1Download and install the desktop app
Grab the Mac (14 MB) or Windows (15 MB) build from the homepage and install it. No account or card is requested; the app launches straight into a 10 hour free allowance.2Check what the app can do
Read the capabilities page to see the three modes (meetings, dictation, recording import), speaker identification and the export and MCP options before committing a workflow.3Connect your calendar
Add your Apple or Google Calendar so scheduled events appear and recording can begin on time. The homepage notes auto-start also triggers when it detects a call in Zoom, Teams or Meet.4Record or dictate your first session
Start a meeting recording to capture both sides of the call, or press the global hotkey and speak to paste text into any app. Transcripts and dictations are saved to the local history.5Choose how summaries are generated
Keep the built-in Qwen model for fully local notes, or enter a Claude, OpenAI or Ollama key if you prefer cloud summaries and accept that text leaving the machine.6Review licensing and volume options
Compare the $7.42 monthly equivalent on the yearly plan, the pay-once lifetime licence at $189 and the enterprise route if your organisation needs compliance or custom deployment.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Audio, transcripts and notes stay on the local disk; no account and no sign-in required to startAI
- Dual-stream capture with automatic start on Zoom, Teams, Meet and FaceTime callsAI
- Dictation hotkey works inside any application, with optional LLM cleanup and auto-pasteAI
- Built-in LLM for summaries plus the option to plug in a cloud model with your own API keyAI
- Lifetime licence available at $189, and existing notes remain usable after an allowance runs outAI
Cons
- Desktop only: macOS 15+ on Apple Silicon or Windows 10+, so no web app, Linux or mobile useAI
- The built-in 4B summary model is the weaker option on long meetings; better summaries mean a paid cloud key and your data leaving the machineAI
- No meeting bot, so calls without a device in the room (or a conferencing setup the app cannot detect) are not coveredAI
- Small two-person team means slower feature velocity and limited formal support compared with funded competitorsAI
- Speaker recognition and accuracy claims are hard to verify before installing; the free allowance is the only real testAI
How much does talat cost?
Pricing
One plan covers every feature: $9 monthly, or $7.42 per month billed at $89 yearly (save 17%). A lifetime licence costs $189 once. Volume pricing is available from five licences, and the homepage promises a 30 day money-back window with data retained after cancellation.
Learn moreSupport
The homepage says the two-person team reads all feedback and aims to reply to every email, with hello@talat.app listed for volume licensing and enterprise enquiries. No separate help centre or SLA is described.
Integrations
Apple and Google Calendar, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and FaceTime detection, LLM providers Qwen, Claude, OpenAI and Ollama, plus Markdown, Obsidian, PDF, webhook and MCP-aware assistant exports.
Learn moreFeatures
Dual-stream meeting capture with calendar integration and auto-start on Zoom, Teams, Meet and FaceTime; live on-device transcription; speaker identification that learns voices across meetings; summaries, actions and chapters from a built-in LLM or your own cloud key; hotkey dictation into any app; audio and video import; screen captures in notes; full-text search; exports to Markdown, Obsidian, PDF and webhooks; MCP access for external AI assistants.
Learn moreFrequently asked questions about talat
How much does talat cost?
One plan covers every feature: $9 monthly, or $7.42 per month billed at $89 yearly (save 17%). A lifetime licence costs $189 once. Volume pricing is available from five licences, and the homepage promises a 30 day money-back window with data retained after cancellation.Does talat offer a free trial?
10 hours of free recording with every feature unlocked, no account and no card. After the allowance you can still search, export and summarise existing meetings but cannot start new recordings.Does talat have an API?
Yes, talat offers an API.How do you use talat?
The walkthrough on this page covers 6 steps: 1. Download and install the desktop app 2. Check what the app can do 3. Connect your calendar 4. Record or dictate your first session 5. Choose how summaries are generated 6. Review licensing and volume options.What platforms does talat support?
talat is available on MacOS and Windows.What does talat integrate with?
Apple and Google Calendar, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and FaceTime detection, LLM providers Qwen, Claude, OpenAI and Ollama, plus Markdown, Obsidian, PDF, webhook and MCP-aware assistant exports.
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