Notices your meetings
When Zoom, Teams, Slack, Webex, FaceTime or a Google Meet tab starts using your microphone, AltNotes offers to record. Snooze it, or turn it off for any app.
Coming soonAltNotes for Mac
An AI meeting note taker for Mac, with no bot in your calls.
AltNotes for Mac notices when a call starts, records both sides of the conversation, and turns it into a transcript, a summary and tasks. Hold Fn to dictate into any app.
The Mac app isn’t out yet. When it is, you’ll download it here at getaltnotes.com. Until then, AltNotes is ready on iPhone and iPad, and your notes will be waiting on your Mac.
What AltNotes for Mac will do
Everything AltNotes does on iPhone, plus the things only a desk computer needs.
No bot joins your call
AltNotes records on your Mac, capturing the other people’s audio and your microphone together. Nothing joins the meeting, and the transcript has the whole conversation.
Dictate into any app
Hold the Fn key, speak, and let go. Your words are typed into the app you were using, with a live indicator in the MacBook notch or a small pill.
A recorder that stays out of the way
A small floating panel shows the level meter and timer above your windows, with pause and finish one click away. The menu-bar icon tells you when you’re recording.
Recordings that don’t get lost
Every recording saves on your Mac first, even if the Wi-Fi drops, and uploads when you’re back online.
A Home that shows what’s next
Record a meeting, start a voice note, write or import from one bar. Below it: your starred notes, tasks due this week and everything recent.
Tasks with reminders that fire
See every task across your notes by day, week or overdue. Reminders arrive as Mac notifications, even when AltNotes is closed, and you can mark them done from the banner.
Made for keyboard and trackpad
Shortcuts for new notes, search and playback, drag audio files into the window to import them, pick your microphone, and export notes as Markdown.
The rest of AltNotes, too
Summaries, Ask AI across all your notes or just one, AI Crafts, quizzes, flashcards and web links, all synced with your iPhone and iPad.
Inside AltNotes for Mac
The screens you'll use every day, exactly as they look in the app.
- Notes
Read along as it plays
Every note opens on its summary, transcript, crafts, tasks and attachments. The current word lights up as the audio plays, and the floating player stays out of the way.
- Ask AI
Ask your notes anything
Start from a suggestion or type your own question. Answers come from your notes, with the notes they came from listed as sources.
- Tasks
Every task, by day
Tasks from all your notes in one place, with a week strip, filters for today and overdue, and reminders that arrive as Mac notifications.
- Flashcards
Flashcards at your desk
Click a card or press Space to flip it, mark it Known or To Review, and keep the whole deck in view in the sidebar.
- Quiz
Quiz yourself with the keyboard
Turn a lecture into a quiz. Press 1–9 to pick an answer and the arrow keys to move on, then see your score and review each answer.
- Import
Drop in a recording
Drag an audio file onto the AltNotes window and click Import. A copy stays on your Mac in case the upload needs another try, and the transcript and summary follow.
Keyboard first
The shortcuts you'll use every day, and Fn to dictate anywhere.
- fnHold to dictate in any app
- ⌘NNew note
- ⇧⌘IImport audio
- ⌘FFind notes
- ␣Play or pause
- ←→Skip back or forward 15 seconds
- ⌘1–5Switch between a note's tabs
- ⇧⌘NNew Ask AI chat
How meeting recording will work
Join your call
Start Zoom, Teams, Slack or a Google Meet tab as usual.
Click Record
AltNotes notices the call and asks whether you’d like to record it.
Talk as normal
A small recorder floats above your windows while it captures both sides.
Get the note
Finish when the call ends, and AltNotes writes the transcript, summary and tasks.
Questions and answers
When is AltNotes for Mac coming out?
We’re finishing it now and haven’t set a date yet. It will be a direct download from getaltnotes.com. AltNotes is available on iPhone and iPad today, and when the Mac app arrives you’ll sign in with the same account and find your notes there.
Will AltNotes for Mac be on the Mac App Store?
No. You’ll download AltNotes for Mac directly from getaltnotes.com and sign in with your AltNotes account. The iPhone and iPad app stays on the App Store.
Does AltNotes join my meeting as a bot?
No. AltNotes records the call’s audio on your own Mac, so no bot or extra participant appears in Zoom, Teams or Google Meet. That also means it’s up to you to tell people you’re recording.
Does AltNotes record my screen?
No. AltNotes records audio only: the sound of the call and your microphone. macOS names the permission “Screen & System Audio Recording”, but AltNotes never captures your screen.
Which meeting apps will it detect?
Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Webex, FaceTime, Discord, WhatsApp and Skype, plus browser calls such as Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, Webex, Whereby and Jitsi in Chrome, Safari, Arc, Edge, Brave and Firefox. Browser calls need the Accessibility permission.
Will the other people on the call know I’m recording?
AltNotes doesn’t join the call or announce itself, so it’s up to you to tell people. Recording laws differ from place to place: always get consent before you record a conversation.
What do I need to run AltNotes for Mac?
macOS 15 Sequoia or later, and an internet connection for transcription, dictation and the AI features. Recordings save on your Mac even when you’re offline.
How does Fn dictation work?
Turn dictation on in Settings, then hold Fn (or Globe) anywhere you can type. AltNotes transcribes what you say, can tidy it with smart formatting, and types it into that app. Each dictation can run for up to two minutes.
Do I need a separate subscription for Mac?
No. Your plan belongs to your AltNotes account, so one subscription works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. If you subscribe on Mac, you pay in your browser through a secure checkout; on iPhone and iPad, you subscribe through the App Store.
Can I use AltNotes on my Mac today?
Not as a Mac app yet. Until then, record meetings with AltNotes on your iPhone or iPad, or import a recording file, and AltNotes will transcribe and summarize it.
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