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Re: Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

#31

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can you share them? I'm looking for a decent open source one

Literally so many when searched: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=macOS+transcription Add "open source" if you wish as well.

Any that you have used and recommend comparable to the one from the post? Thank you!

Re: Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

#33

This looks sick. I was going to download it but for $10 I am more willing to attempt asking Claude to implement something like it, than to purchase. I would be more willing to purchase if it was open source and I could build from source to try it first.

I don't really recommend it. If the software is a one-time purchase, there's no need to rewrite it with an LLM. Rewriting the tokens could cost more than just $10.

Re: Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

#36

This looks sick. I was going to download it but for $10 I am more willing to attempt asking Claude to implement something like it, than to purchase. I would be more willing to purchase if it was open source and I could build from source to try it first.

I don't really recommend it. If the software is a one-time purchase, there's no need to rewrite it with an LLM. Rewriting the tokens could cost more than just $10.

* full price tokens, yes

Not the subsidized subs

Re: Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

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Nice! I really like how many variations on this idea are coming out. MacWhisper used to be great, but is kinda of a buggy mess now. I'm making my own, for personal use. I did a survey of many and they all (that I could find) skip the fundamentals. The major issues that I've run into: - Crash recovery. Most of these apps are incredibly buggy and crash all the time, taking the recorded audio with them. Macwhisper is in…

> I've yet to find a solution that handles all these correctly, let alone having high quality transcriptions.

Wait really? I honestly would have thought this was a solved problem by now, especially high quality transcriptions bit, just out of curiosity, is the problem that the quality isn't high enough?

Re: Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

#38

I don't see how this is different to literally the dozens of other offline transcription apps, many open source even unlike this one.

can you share them? I'm looking for a decent open source one

Handy is the most common recommendation

https://handy.computer/

Re: Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

#39

I will be happy to spend £10 on this. One feature question though -- does it continue transcribing the meeting even if I've turned my volume down / muted it?

It does indeed. Trace will record your system audio regardless of your speaker volume. You do have the option to mute your own mic temporarily though, via a button on the “pill” or a global keyboard shortcut.

Re: Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call

#40
post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

can you share them? I'm looking for a decent open source one

Handy is the most common recommendation https://handy.computer/

That doesn't seem to do transcription of meetings?
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