Trace

What is Trace?

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with a local speech model running entirely on-device. One global shortcut brings up a small bar at the bottom of your screen. It captures your mic and the system audio as separate tracks, labels who said what, and lets you flag key moments mid-call that sit inline at the right timestamp. No bot joins the call, nothing leaves your Mac, no account, no subscription.

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Trace: Meeting summaries that never leave your Mac

A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in dozens of languages.