Live transcript
Words show up as people talk, grouped by speaker, so you don't have to take notes while they're talking.
ON MIC · FREE FOR MAC
Every call,
on the record and local.
Onmic records your calls and interviews and writes the transcript while people talk. It all stays on your Mac.
- Notarized by Apple
- M1 or newer, macOS 15 to record calls
ON MIC recording you and the call
HOW IT WORKS
Setting it up
The first time you open it, it downloads two speech models, about 800 MB. The first time you write notes, it downloads a 2.7 GB notes model. After that it works offline.
- 01
Download and drag to Applications
It's 28 MB and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other app. If Safari asks about downloads, click Allow.
- 02
Allow the microphone and meeting audio
macOS asks twice. The second one, meeting audio, is how Onmic hears the people on the other end of a Zoom, Meet or Teams call.
- 03
Press New recording
Two meters show you and the call. If their side goes quiet while you're talking, Onmic warns you in the window and the menu bar.
FEATURES
What it does
Both sides of the call
Your voice and theirs, on separate tracks. Works with Zoom, Meet, Teams and anything else that plays sound.
Rename speakers
Rename a speaker once and every line updates. If it mishears a word, you can fix it, and the original is kept.
Search and play back
Find the quote you half remember, across every interview you've recorded. Click the line to hear it.
Notes after the call
Onmic writes a summary, decisions and to‑dos on your Mac. Each point quotes the transcript, so you can check where it came from.
Export to Markdown
Save any transcript as a Markdown file.
PRIVACY
Nothing leaves your Mac.
The transcript is made on your Mac and saved on your Mac. There's no account and no server, so nobody else hears your interviews.
- TRANSCRIBED
- On this Mac, by a speech model that works offline
- STORED
- In the app's folder on your Mac, never synced
- DELETED
- Kept 30 days in Recently deleted, then erased
MODELS
What gets downloaded
The first time you open Onmic, it downloads two speech models from NVIDIA, about 800 MB together. The first time you write notes, it downloads one more, about 2.7 GB. They all run on your Mac's GPU, and nothing gets sent back.
Nemotron Speech Streaming 0.6B
Writes the live transcript. It's NVIDIA's streaming speech model, so words show up while people are still talking.
NVIDIA Open Model License ↗Nemotron 3 Diarization
Works out who's speaking, so each line gets labeled Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on until you rename them.
NVIDIA Open Model License (OpenMDW 1.1) ↗NeMo-Speech.cpp 0.2.0
The program that runs both speech models on your Mac. It ships inside Onmic, so there's nothing else to install.
Apache 2.0 ↗Qwen3.5 4B
Writes the summary, decisions and to‑dos. It downloads the first time you select Write notes. Onmic leaves out any point whose quote it can't find in the transcript.
Apache 2.0 ↗llama.cpp
Runs the notes model on your Mac. It ships inside Onmic too.
MIT ↗CHECKLIST
Before your first real interview
Do a 30-second test call
Play it back. You should hear both sides and see both meters move.
Tell people you're recording
Ask first. It's polite, and in many places it's the law.
Wear headphones on calls
Onmic records the call directly, so your mic doesn't have to pick up your speakers. No echo.
FAQ
Questions
Does it record Zoom, Meet and Teams?
Yes, and anything else that plays sound on your Mac. It needs macOS 15 or later and the Screen & System Audio Recording permission. Onmic saves audio only, never your screen.
Is it free?
Yes. There's no account to make and nothing to pay for.
Where do my recordings go?
Into Onmic's folder on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded. A meeting you delete waits 30 days in Recently deleted, then it's erased.
Does it work on an Intel Mac?
It opens and records, but transcripts would take longer than the meeting itself, so Intel Macs aren't supported yet. You need an M1 or newer.
How accurate is the transcript?
On clear English audio it gets most words right. Names and jargon are the usual misses, and you can fix any word while the original stays underneath. Onmic transcribes English for now.
How do I uninstall it?
Quit Onmic and drag it from Applications to the Trash. To remove your recordings and the speech and notes models as well, delete the OpenMeeting folder (Onmic's earlier name) in ~/Library/Application Support.