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Professional local transcription for Mac

MinuteFile

Drop in local meeting recordings. Get editable, searchable transcripts without uploading your conversations or inviting a bot.

Download free trial Buy for US$39

Transcribe three recordings free. A license costs US$39 paid upfront, with no account or subscription.

Runs locally
No meeting bot
No audio upload
App-owned local archive

Your recording folder becomes a working archive.

MinuteFile is built for the recordings already on your Mac, whether they came from Zoom, Meet, Teams, Screen Studio, or another app.

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Open a folder

MinuteFile detects meetings and their audio, video, caption, and chat files.

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Transcribe locally

Download the model you want once, then process recordings without sending them to a transcription service.

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Keep the useful result

Edit speaker names, search old meetings, and export copies whenever you need them.

See the archive and transcript workspace.

MinuteFile keeps each recording, source file, transcription status, and saved transcript together. Open any meeting to edit speaker names, review timestamped text, and export a copy.

MinuteFile recording archive showing three completed demo meetings from Screen Studio, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet
Recording archiveOne local view for meeting folders, media, and completed transcripts.
MinuteFile transcript workspace showing editable speaker names and timestamped text for a demo design review
Transcript workspaceEdit speaker names and transcript text before sharing or exporting.

Try the complete workflow on three recordings.

No purchase is required for your first three transcriptions. After the trial, every transcript you already made remains readable, editable, searchable, shareable, and exportable. Further transcription or retranscription requires a MinuteFile license, purchased upfront for US$39.

A transcript workspace, not a disposable text dump.

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Search every saved transcriptFind the meeting and passage from one fast local archive.
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Readable speaker blocksReview inferred speakers and replace generic labels with names.
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Durable autosaveYour app-owned original remains available after relaunch, even after the trial ends.
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Useful exportsShare or export TXT, Markdown, and polished HTML copies.
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Batch transcriptionProcess the untranscribed recordings in a folder and skip completed work.
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Audio and video inputPrefer participant audio tracks when available; fall back to mixed audio or video.

Your recordings stay your recordings.

MinuteFile has no account, backend, or cloud transcription API. Model downloads and update checks use the internet; transcription and transcript storage stay on your Mac.

Try three recordings free Buy MinuteFile for US$39

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