QuietScribe Blog

Plain-English guides on recording and transcribing meetings privately, on your own Mac — how on-device AI notes actually work, what the recording laws say, and how QuietScribe compares to cloud notetakers.

• How on-device meeting transcription actually works

  What "local AI" means in practice: whisper.cpp for speech, Gemma for summaries, and why nothing has to touch the cloud to turn a two-hour call into clean notes.

• How to transcribe Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings locally on a Mac (no bot)

  Capture both sides of any call on macOS and get a transcript and summary — without a meeting bot, a browser extension, or a cloud upload.

• Is it legal to record a meeting? Consent laws, explained

  One-party vs. all-party consent, how the US, UK, EU and India differ, and a practical checklist for recording calls the right way. (Not legal advice.)

• The best private, on-device meeting-notes apps for Mac (2026)

  A privacy-first roundup: which meeting notetakers actually keep your audio on your device, and how to tell marketing "privacy" from the real thing.

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