Building HyNote: meeting transcription and notes for Mac.

Ryan Lai • Peerlist

<h3>We built HyNote for Mac to help you focus on meetings, interviews, and classes without taking notes as you listen.</h3>Capture system audio and your microphone from Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, or other Mac apps. No meeting bot needs to join the call.• Free on-device transcription on supported configurations.• Save notes under On This Mac to keep them locally.• Turn transcripts into summaries, decisions, and action items with Local AI on compatible Macs.• Import audio, PDFs, images, YouTube links, and webpages alongside your meeting notes.The core local features stay free. Online AI is an optional paid upgrade for longer transcripts, larger files, and more complex requests.HyNote requires macOS 14 or later and an account. On-device features may need an initial model download. Local AI requires macOS 26.4 or later, Apple silicon (M1 or newer), and Apple Intelligence enabled and available for your language and region.Try it in your next meeting. We'd love to hear which part of your note-taking workflow still takes too much time.Watch the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cjDdaMksFo">HyNote for Mac demo on YouTube</a>.