Stargazer Apps · macOS

EchoNotes

Record meetings, lectures and voice notes on your Mac, then get a transcript, a structured summary, action items and answers to your questions. Everything is processed on this Mac.

What it does

• Records from the menu bar with pause, resume and bookmarks. Recording starts only when you press Start.
• Imports audio and video files up to 4 hours long, extracts the audio on your Mac and transcribes it.
• Transcribes with the speech model bundled in the app (Whisper Large v3 Turbo). There is no model download and it works offline.
• Writes a summary with key points, exact source quotes and action items. Summaries use Apple's on-device Foundation Models.
• Answers questions about any note from its transcript. Each question and answer is saved with the note.
• Plays back with a waveform scrubber, ±15 s skip, 0.5–2× speed, bookmark jumps and a transcript that follows the audio.
• Organizes notes with tags, folders, favorites, search and Trash.
• Exports as Markdown, plain text, SRT, WebVTT or PDF.
• Follows the recording language for summaries by default. You can choose another summary language in Settings.
• Interface in English, Turkish, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

Privacy

EchoNotes collects no data and makes no network connections. Recordings, imported files, transcripts, summaries, questions and exports stay on your Mac. The app has no account, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no third-party SDKs. Read the full Privacy Policy.

Troubleshooting

• No summary or answers: summaries and questions need Apple Intelligence. Turn it on in System Settings, then press Retry on the note. The transcript is saved even when the summary fails.
• Recording does not start: allow EchoNotes under System Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone.
• Recording will not start because of disk space: free some space on the startup disk and try again.
• Want to save space: turn off “Keep audio after transcription” in Settings. The audio is deleted after a successful transcription and the text stays.

Support

For questions, bug reports, or feedback, write to [email protected]. Please include your macOS version and a short description of what happened. Do not send recordings or transcripts unless we ask for them.