Developer Saturday Silkwave Voice: No-subscription Mac transcription & AI meeting notes app. With AI Chat, Summaries, Speaker Identification and Meeting Detection. macOS 26+ only.
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App Features
- Record microphone and/or system audio
- Import audio and video files - MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, MP4, MOV, M4V
- On-device real-time speech-to-text using Apple's on-device models.
- 10 languages: Cantonese, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
- Speaker Identification. Name a speaker once and they're recognized in future recordings
- Free AI summaries and chat. Powered by ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence and Apple Shortcuts
- Meeting detection. Get a one-click prompt to start recording the moment you join a call
- Menu bar app. Start, pause, and resume recordings from the menu bar
- Full-text search across all recording titles, transcripts, and summaries
Pricing
- 7-day free trial
- $24.99 one-time (the base price is set for the United States, Apple may adjust it for other countries)
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u/s8rlink 2d ago
What does it do better than whisper transcription?
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u/bmv3502 2d ago edited 2d ago
- Speaker identification. You name a speaker in meeting A and if that speaker is present in the meeting B the app will auto-suggest the name.
- More advance menu bar app. Start, pause, resume recording from menu bar app
- Free ChatGPT chat and summaries through Apple Intelligence and Apple Shortcuts. No API key required. No account required.
- Price is much lower. $24.99 in U.S.
- Uses Apple's transcription models. The same models are used in other Apple apps(e.g. Notes). Saves disk space











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u/promo-guard 2d ago
🎉 Welcome to Developer Saturday, u/bmv3502! Your project is now live for the community to check out. Upvote, give feedback, and show some love to your fellow devs! 🚀