NotchLive
Private live captions and meeting intelligence for Mac
AI & Machine Learning·Productivity·Communication
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NotchLive is a native Mac app that turns audio from meetings, calls, videos, podcasts, lectures, browser tabs, and microphone speech into live captions. Speech recognition runs locally with WhisperKit and CoreML, so NotchLive does not join calls as a meeting bot or upload audio to its own cloud transcription service.
Use system audio, microphone audio, or both. Captions can sit in the MacBook notch or a compact top-center bar, and Ghost Mode can keep the caption interface out of screen shares and screen recordings while captions continue running for you.
Free includes unlimited live captions, local speech models, audio source controls, and keyboard shortcuts. The $14.99 one-time Pro upgrade adds real-time translation where macOS supports it, local session history, TXT, Markdown, and JSON transcript export, Voice Notes with raw and AI-cleaned views, and private Meeting Intelligence on supported Macs. Meeting Intelligence turns caption evidence into current focus, key points, open questions, action items, key moments, and saved summaries without adding another participant to the meeting.
NotchLive supports macOS 14 or later, works on notched and non-notched Macs, and is built for people who want to follow spoken audio privately without another subscription.
Key features
- Private on-device live captions for Mac system audio and microphone speech
- Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, videos, podcasts, browser audio, and lectures
- No meeting bot and no NotchLive cloud transcription service
- Real-time translation using Apple Translation where supported
- Local session history and TXT, Markdown, and JSON export
- Voice Notes with raw and AI-cleaned views
- Private Meeting Intelligence on supported Macs with Apple Intelligence
- Ghost Mode keeps the caption UI out of screen sharing and screen recordings
- Free live captions; $14.99 one-time Pro upgrade with no subscription
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