Trace.

Trace: Meeting transcripts that never leave your Mac

Trace is a privacy-first meeting transcription app that runs entirely on your Mac. It captures microphone and system audio, transcribes locally using Apple silicon, and delivers clean markdown transcripts with timestamped key moments—no cloud, no accounts, no meeting bots.

Product Highlights

• Local transcription: A speech model running entirely on-device with zero audio uploads
• Global hotkey access: One keystroke brings Trace over any app—Zoom, Teams, Meet, Slack
• Live moment flagging: Hit ⌘K mid-call to mark important moments inline with timestamps
• Instant recap: Press ⌘? to view the last 2 minutes of transcript without leaving your meeting
• Clean markdown output: Paste directly into Notion, Obsidian, ChatGPT, Claude, or any workflow
• Meeting & speaker awareness: Auto-titles from Google Calendar, unique speaker identification

Use Cases

• Remote work documentation: Capture standups, 1:1s, and client calls without cloud dependencies
• Research interviews: Transcribe sensitive conversations with guaranteed privacy
• AI-assisted summarization: Feed clean markdown into LLMs for instant meeting summaries
• Personal knowledge management: Build a searchable vault of conversations in Obsidian or Notion
• Compliance-focused industries: Meet strict data residency requirements with on-device processing

Target Audience

Trace is built for privacy-conscious professionals, researchers, and teams who need reliable meeting documentation without surrendering audio data to cloud services. Ideal for Mac users on Apple silicon who value speed, security, and seamless keyboard-driven workflows.