Parrot ScribePrivate meeting transcription for Mac
Parrot Scribe transcribes your meetings on your Mac. No bot joins the call, and your audio never leaves your computer.
Free for personal use, with no account or license key. Requires macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon.
Contract renewal
How it works
Click the parrot in the menu bar or press ⌃⌘R. Parrot Scribe records your microphone and your Mac's system audio, so it hears everyone on the call in any app, and the people in the room.
PROSkip this step for Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Recording starts on its own when a meeting begins.
Parrot Scribe transcribes on your Mac as the meeting runs. After the one-time model download, it keeps working without an internet connection, on isolated networks and behind strict firewalls.
Press ⌃⌘S. The session is saved and encrypted, ready to search, play back, and export.
PRORecording stops on its own when the Zoom or Teams meeting ends.
You're on a call that isn't being recorded. Try it: click Start Listening.
Library
Open a session to read the transcript beside its recording. Click a line and playback jumps there. Search finds a phrase across every session you've recorded.
Speaker TimelineClick a line to jump thereSearch every sessionThe Parrot Scribe 1.0 Library, as shipped.
See who spoke when above every transcript. Zoom in, step through, and follow the playhead.
Cut the small talk from either end, or split a long session at the playhead. Undo puts it back.
Name a session, file it by client or course, and leave yourself a note.
Select and copy text, use keyboard shortcuts, and follow your Mac between light and dark.
Speakers
Parrot Scribe tells speakers apart on your Mac and keeps each one's color in the transcript and the timeline. Name a voice once, and later sessions can recognize it.
Privacy
Parrot Scribe transcribes on your Mac and stores your library encrypted. You choose what to keep, delete or share, and whether an AI assistant gets access.
or drag and drop
Your recordingsAudio, video, Voice MemosYour Mac
If you connect a cloud-based assistant, its provider receives the content the assistant reads.
Whisper large-v3 runs locally through WhisperKit. No audio is sent anywhere to be transcribed.
Transcripts, recordings, and speaker data are encrypted with AES-256-GCM. The search index is encrypted with SQLCipher.
Your library key lives in your Keychain, and a 24-word recovery key restores it on a new Mac. No Parrot Scribe server holds a copy.
There is nothing to sign up for. Free needs no license key, and Pro uses one instead of a login. The app collects no usage analytics. See the full privacy policy for more details.
Parrot Scribe listens through your Mac's audio, so no bot shows up in the participant list.
Diagnostics you choose to send are encrypted and leave out transcript text, audio, names, and keys.
Compare
| Question | Typical cloud notetaker | Parrot Scribe |
|---|---|---|
| Where transcription runs | On the vendor's servers | On your Mac |
| Who joins the meeting | Often a bot, visible to everyone | Nothing. It listens through your Mac |
| Account | Required | None. Pro uses a license key |
| Where recordings live | The vendor's cloud | Your disk, encrypted |
| Without internet | Stops transcribing | Keeps transcribing |
| Cost to transcribe | A subscription or a monthly minute cap | Free and unlimited for personal use |
Compared with typical cloud meeting assistants. Features vary by product.
Import and export
3 minto transcribe an hour of audio on an M4 Pro Mac
Measured in August 2026. Speed varies by Mac.
Export a session in the format the next person needs. Share a few lines, with their audio if you choose.
Parrot Scribe Pro
Parrot Scribe starts recording when a Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting is active, and stops when it ends. You choose which apps in Settings.
Turn on the MCP server and connect Claude or another assistant that supports MCP. Ask about any past meeting, or let it follow the one you're in.
What did we agree on the renewal call?
search_sessions "renewal cap" 2 sessions
read_transcript Contract renewal Sep 18
Elena asked for a 3% renewal cap instead of 5%. You accepted if the term goes to two years, and Marcus added a price review after year one (0:18 to 0:29). Elena is taking it to finance, and you will send the redline by Friday (0:39).
Each assistant gets its own token and the permissions you choose. Transcripts stay on your Mac until an assistant reads them. A cloud-based assistant sends what it reads to its provider.
Pricing
$0
For personal use. No account, no license key.
$59.99/ year
About $5 a month, billed yearly. Save 50% compared with monthly.
Everything in Free, plus:
Renews automatically each year at $59.99 excl. VAT. Cancel before renewal; access continues through the paid term.
Organizations and Pro purchases fund Parrot Scribe. The free app has no telemetry, and there is no personal data or attention to sell.
Buying for an organization? Write to support@parrotscribe.com.
Questions
Yes. Parrot Scribe records your Mac's system audio and your microphone, so it works with any call app or browser tab. Pro adds automatic recording when a Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting starts.
Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Intel Macs are not supported.
Parrot Scribe transcribes many languages. We measure accuracy in English, German, Spanish, French, and Swedish, and the app itself is available in those five languages.
Personal use is free and unlimited, with no account. Pro and organization licenses pay for development. The free app has no telemetry, and there is no data to sell.
Often, yes. Recording laws differ between countries and states, and many workplaces have their own rules. Tell people you are transcribing, and get consent where it is required.
Your library is encrypted on disk. Save your 24-word recovery key during setup. With your library files and that key, you can restore access on a new Mac.
Not by itself. With Pro, your AI assistant can read transcripts through MCP and summarize them the way you ask.
Every Pro plan covers up to 5 Macs. You can switch from monthly to annual at any time, and from annual to monthly at the end of a term. Lifetime is a one-time purchase.
Download
Version 1.0. macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon. Updates install from inside the app.