v0.6.0 — Meeting Recording, Live Notes, and Multilingual Transcription
Meeting Recording, Live Notes, and Multilingual Transcription
MacParakeet now has three main ways to work: dictate anywhere, transcribe files and URLs, and record meetings locally on your Mac.
- Meeting recording — Capture microphone and system audio, then turn the meeting into a local transcript without sending audio off your Mac.
- Live Notes, Transcript, and Ask — Take notes while recording, watch the transcript come in, and ask questions about the meeting as it develops.
- Clearer permission guidance — If Screen Recording or Microphone access is missing, MacParakeet now points you to the right setup path before recording.
- Optional WhisperKit multilingual transcription — Use a local WhisperKit engine for languages beyond Parakeet's English-first model.
- Cleaner transcript defaults — Speaker diarization is now off by default for simpler transcripts. You can turn speaker labels on whenever you want them.
- More polished setup and transcription — Onboarding, AI provider setup, file transcription, meeting recovery, and update handling all received reliability and usability improvements.
MacParakeet remains local-first: core dictation, transcription, meeting audio, and transcripts stay on your Mac.
Download: MacParakeet.dmg
Build: 20260504052037
Requires: macOS 14.2+ on Apple Silicon