LokalBot guides
Private meeting notes, explained.
Source-backed guides to recording both sides of a Mac call, running transcription offline, choosing local models, and understanding the real privacy boundary.
Local meeting notes
Local AI meeting notes on your Mac
How local AI meeting notes work on a Mac: bot-free capture, on-device transcription, private summaries, trade-offs, and setup.
6 min read
Offline transcription
Offline meeting transcription on Mac
Set up offline meeting transcription on Apple Silicon with local speech models, two-track audio, timestamps, and no cloud upload.
5 min read
Open source
Open-source AI meeting notes: what to verify
A checklist for evaluating open-source AI meeting notes: license, local processing, network boundaries, storage, builds, and updates.
6 min read
Bot-free capture
Record both sides of a Mac meeting without a bot
How LokalBot captures your microphone and meeting-app audio as synchronized tracks on macOS without adding a bot participant.
5 min read
Model guide
Local transcription models for Mac
Compare Granite Speech, Parakeet, Qwen3-ASR, and Whisper for private on-device meeting transcription on Apple Silicon.
7 min read
Compatibility
LokalBot system requirements
Check LokalBot's macOS version, Apple Silicon, memory, disk, permissions, model downloads, and offline requirements before installing.
5 min read
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