talat

Hi folks. I'm Nick; I'm building talat with my friend and cofounder Mike. I love Granola and use it every day, but I never loved that everything passes through someone else's servers. Over the last year I pieced together the bits that would let me build a local-only version (system audio capture, AEC, automatic meeting detection), and FluidAudio (Parakeet TDT on Apple's Neural Engine) finally gave me the transcription model to match. Mac and Windows, both entirely on-device, no account, pay once. If you try it and something breaks or annoys you, please tell me. Cheers, Nick

Looks a promising tool.

This is great tool to take notes during meetings.

Nice, is it completely agnostic of what app I use?

Always been wary of using AI note takers, looks cool!

Strong privacy angle here. Running transcription and summaries fully on-device is a real differentiator for teams handling sensitive client calls. The Obsidian / local export workflow also makes the product feel immediately practical rather than just another meeting bot.

Great! Looks promising

The privacy-first angle is strong here. Capturing both mic and system audio locally, then exporting to Obsidian or webhooks, feels much more practical than another generic meeting bot. Curious how well the speaker diarisation holds up on fast-paced calls.

On-device AI for meeting transcription is the right call for anything sensitive — legal, HR, client calls where cloud processing would be a non-starter. The fact it captures both microphone and system audio means it works for calls you are on as well as recordings you play back, which most alternatives miss. Would love to know how it handles heavy accents and fast-paced technical conversations.

Love the privacy-first angle — most meeting tools ship audio to third-party LLMs by default. Quick question: is transcription/summarization running fully on-device, or is there a local LLM option? And do you support Zoom + Google Meet native capture, or is it system-audio only?

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The on-device angle is perfectly timed, privacy-conscious users are actively looking for alternatives to tools that send audio to the cloud. "No account required, no in-app analytics" on the listing itself is a trust signal most SaaS founders forget to lead with. The one-time purchase model is interesting for a tool like this too. Meeting notes feel like something people want to own permanently rather than rent monthly. The psychology fits the product category really well. Curious how you're handling the Windows vs Mac experience parity, on-device AI performance varies a lot between Apple Silicon and Windows hardware. Is the transcription quality consistent across both or does Apple Silicon have a noticeable edge?

Actually, I am also working similar kinda project tell what ai tools u have used

How good is on-device transcription? From my experience, it's not really on par with cloud-based. Any language support beyond English?

how are you securing the data for this?

The privacy part is prob the #1 advantage, use that as selling point

This has been such an upgrade in my workflow. Private, local, and a one-time payment? Amazing! I have saved so much time with this little app!

How are edits handled after a meeting has already been auto-exported to an Obsidian folder? Does talat update the original Markdown file or create a new version? Retaining a stable meeting ID and timestamps would make later corrections easier to trace.