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MinuteFile
Turn meetings into searchable transcripts. All local
MinuteFile reads recording folders you select, transcribes the recordings locally, and keeps the transcripts in a searchable archive. You can edit the text and speaker names, then export TXT, Markdown, or HTML copies.
The app has no account, backend, live meeting capture, or cloud transcription service. It uses the network to download transcription and speaker models, check for signed updates, and open Stripe checkout if I choose to buy. Once the needed models are installed, transcription and transcript search stay on the Mac.
Local-first processing is a great angle, and the zero-account setup is genuinely refreshing. One thing that would make this a daily tool for me: let me right-click any audio file in Finder and have MinuteFile add it to the transcription queue without opening the app first. A quick services-level integration would make it feel less like a separate step in my workflow.
the local only angle is genuinely refreshing, especially with all the bots joining meetings these days. one thing that would make this a no brainer for me is speaker diarization, like actually labeling who said what instead of just a wall of text
The local-first angle is really appealing, especially for work calls I don't want bouncing around the cloud. One thing that would make it click for me is adding quick export options, like dropping a transcript straight into a Markdown file or sending selected snippets to Notes so I can paste them into project docs without copying paragraph by paragraph.
About MinuteFile on Product Hunt
“Turn meetings into searchable transcripts. All local”
MinuteFile was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 18 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #31 on the daily leaderboard. MinuteFile turns local meeting recording folders into private, searchable transcripts on your Mac. No account, upload, meeting bot, or subscription.
MinuteFile was featured in Productivity (656k followers) and Meetings (6.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 149.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted MinuteFile?
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