XSpeak: live on-device meeting notes that care about you during conversations
Hey r/macapps, happy to be here with you again. XSpeak keeps improving, and I'd like to share latest advancements with you and hear what you think. Problem Taking notes manually during meetings is hard Not everyone feels confident speaking in meetings XSpeak takes notes automatically and provides live suggestions, relevant facts, and context related to the conversation, aimed at helping you participate. All fully on-device. It's like having a supportive friend sitting next to you in meeting (not quite as smart as a human friend, however). Compare Let's take Talat for comparison this time (absolutely beautiful tool by the way, kudos to devs). Compared to Talat, XSpeak, among other things: Has more AI analysis features, like real-time insights and custom skills Doesn't require downloading any models (but you can if you'd like) Pricing $49.99 lifetime $3.99/month, 7 days trial $19.99/year, 7 days trial Free version gives transcription with speaker identification and limited history. What's new You can now switch the recording language mid-recording You can explicitly configure participants of the conversation, which can improve speaker diarization quality Transcription quality and sensitivity are now configurable Support for new AI models: Qwen 3.6 (very impressive models, try if you have enough memory) and Gemma 4 (fast on basic hardware) AI model configuration now shows the best fit for your hardware, including memory fit, speed, and more Significantly improved stability, performance, and user experience I'm building the app solo, and I chose the hard path of full respect for the user. It's my personal response to the state of modern software. In XSpeak, you won't see any rating prompts, login screens, paywalls out of the blue, a 10-step onboarding with no option to skip, or emails you didn't ask for. I believe the app should save you time, not take it. This makes it more difficult to achieve good visibility, so if you like the app, sharing it with a colleague or friend, posting about it on social media, or leaving a quick rating would mean the world to me. 👉 XSpeak on App Store If you want to stay on top of all updates, join r/XSpeak. Thank you. Looking forward to your feedback.
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This looks thoughtful, especially the on-device direction. Two things I'd want to understand before using it in real meetings: how recording consent/visible indicators are handled, and whether the live suggestions/transcripts stay fully local with the default setup or only when a local model is selected.
Thank you! XSpeak doesn’t join the call, so it’s your responsibility to get consent from all participants. App reminds you to get consent when you start recording. In the default setup, everything stays local. The app is designed to be local-first.
looks great!
Thank you!
This looks great. Is there an iOS app as well?
Thanks! Yes, there's an app for iPhone and iPad with mostly the same feature set.
Looks great