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Dictantor captures meetings and voice notes across Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch. On Mac, it records microphone and system audio together and prompts you before meetings. Transcription runs on device in 25 European languages, separating your voice from everyone else. Search returns you to exact spoken moments. No Dictantor account or subscription. Supported recordings can sync through your private iCloud account.
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Recording mic and system audio as separate streams is a clever way to keep "you vs everyone else" fully on device. And transcript search that jumps to the exact playback moment is the detail most notetakers skip. Does the Apple Watch transcribe on the watch itself, or hand recordings off to the iPhone or Mac?
Dictantor
@protsenkoalexandra Thank you! Apple Watch basically just records the audio and sends it to the iPhone for transcription. From there, the recording and transcript sync to the shared library and become available on both iPhone and Mac
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@kremenskoy Makes sense, thanks for explaining! Will give it a try on my next call.
I like that there’s no account or subscription involved. For something handling meeting audio, keeping the seyup simple feels like the right approach.
Dictantor
@lauren_micheal Thank you!
Yeah, I really want to keep it this simple for as long as possible. No accounts, no subscriptions, just open it and use it 🚀
Dial
Local-first is the right call for this category, most meeting recorders quietly assume you're fine with audio going to their servers. The System Audio + mic capture on Mac is what got my attention since most competitors only do one or the other. Congrats on the launch, going to try it on my next few calls.
Dictantor
@galdayan Thanks! Recording both mic and system audio while keeping everything local was one of the main things I wanted from the Mac version. Let me know how it goes on your calls 👌
Dial
@kremenskoy will do, thanks. one thing I'm curious about - how do you handle a call where I forget to hit record until a few minutes in, is there any rolling buffer or is it strictly start-to-stop only?
Dictantor
@galdayan Right now it’s strictly start-to-stop, and that’s intentional. Dictantor never captures audio before you explicitly press Start Recording.
To help you catch the beginning, a prompt appears on Mac when a scheduled calendar meeting starts or when Dictantor detects that you’ve started a call in a supported meeting app. Recording only begins after you confirm it.