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Private meeting notes, explained
Short, honest guides for people who want meeting notes without sending their conversations to the cloud. Everything here reflects how Stillnote actually works: on your Mac, with no bot in the call.
August 6, 2026
When a meeting transcript names the wrong speaker
A transcript that quietly puts someone else's words in your mouth is worse than one that is visibly incomplete. Here is a real capture failure that did exactly that, why a silence detector would not have caught it, and what we changed.
Read the guideJuly 28, 2026
AI meeting notes without a bot joining the call
A notetaker bot has to join your call as a participant, which means it can be seen, blocked, or simply fail to show up. Here is the alternative: capture from your own Mac, with nothing to admit and nothing uploaded.
Read the guideJuly 12, 2026
An on-device alternative to a cloud AI notetaker on Mac
Newer AI notetakers feel great: no bot, a clean summary right after the call. The open question is where the meeting gets processed and stored. Here is the on-device alternative on Mac, where nothing leaves your machine.
Read the guideJuly 6, 2026
A private alternative to cloud meeting transcription on Mac
Cloud transcription tools upload your meeting audio to their servers. Here is the on-device alternative on Mac: recording, transcription, and summaries that stay on your own computer, with no bot in the call.
Read the guideJuly 4, 2026
The private meeting notes app for Mac: on-device, no bot, no cloud
What a truly private meeting notes app for Mac looks like: recording, transcription, and summaries that run on your own computer, with no bot in the call and no audio in the cloud.
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