What is Echoic?
Echoic is a private voice intelligence app for Mac. It records meetings, creates transcripts and notes, and lets you dictate into Mac apps.
Remember every meeting.
Echoic records meetings, creates private transcripts, and lets you dictate into any Mac app. Speech processing stays on your device by default.
On-device speechNo meeting botsNative Mac app
macOS 14.2+ · Apple Silicon recommended
Built for meetings in classrooms, labs, clinics, offices, and teams.
Classrooms
Labs
Clinics
Client work
Teams
Start recording in seconds.
Download Echoic, grant microphone permissions, and capture the next conversation without inviting a bot.
01
Download & Install
Download the DMG, drag Echoic to Applications. It lives in your menu bar.
02
Set Your Hotkey
Pick any key combo. That's your dictation trigger — works in every app on your Mac.
03
Hold & Speak
Hold your hotkey, talk, release. Text appears at your cursor instantly.
What you'll need
- ✓A Mac running macOS 14.2 or later
- ✓Apple Silicon recommended
- ✓~600 MB free storage for speech models
- ✓Microphone and Accessibility permissions
Capture the conversation. Keep the context.
Echoic starts with meeting recall, then adds dictation and AI assistance for the moments when you need to turn speech into work.
How it works
Start recording, stay present, leave with notes.
1
Record
Microphone and system audio are captured together.
2
Transcript
Speaker-labeled speech appears while you stay in the conversation.
3
Notes
Summaries, exports, and action items are ready after the meeting.
Meeting mode
Transcripts, summaries, action items, and exports.
- Dual-Stream CaptureRecords microphone and system audio simultaneously — your voice and everyone else, cleanly separated.
- Live TranscriptWatch the conversation unfold in real time with speaker-labeled chat bubbles.
- Speaker DiarizationIdentifies and separates speakers into "Me" and "Them" channels with inline renaming.
- AI Summaries & Action ItemsGet meeting summaries and extracted action items from any AI provider you choose.
- Calendar IntegrationSee upcoming meetings in the menu bar. Quick-start recording from any calendar event.
- Multi-Format ExportExport as Markdown, DOCX, or PDF. Markdown is Obsidian-vault compatible.
Dictation mode
Speak into any app on your Mac.
- Type Into Any AppHold your hotkey, speak, and text appears at your cursor — in VS Code, Slack, Terminal, anywhere.
- Sub-500ms LatencyNear-instant transcription with local neural models. No round-trip to the cloud.
- Voice Commands"New line", "delete that" — natural editing commands built in.
- Concurrent ModeDictate while recording a meeting — both modes run simultaneously without interference.
Private by default, plain about how it works.
Echoic keeps the privacy story concrete: speech processing happens on your Mac by default, meetings do not need bots, and audio is not uploaded for transcription unless you choose a workflow that sends data elsewhere.
On-device speech
Speech recognition runs on your Mac by default.
No meeting bot
Capture system audio without adding another attendee to the call.
No audio upload by default
Meeting audio does not need to leave your machine for transcription.
No Audio Uploaded
Speech recognition runs on your device by default, so meeting audio is not uploaded for transcription.
Compliance-Friendly
On-device processing makes Echoic safe for sensitive conversations — legal, medical, financial.
BYO AI Provider
Local first. Bring your provider when you need more.
Get summaries, action items, and answers from transcripts. Keep AI local with Ollama, connect your own cloud keys, or use an external login such as Codex Login.
Ollama
Fully local, 100% offline AI
OpenAI
GPT-4o and beyond
Codex Login
Uses your local Codex CLI login. Run codex login in Terminal to change accounts.
Default model: gpt-5.5
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Groq
Ultra-fast inference
xAI
Grok models
Apple Intelligence
On-device Apple AI
OpenRouter
Any model, one API
Gemini
Google Gemini models
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 & V3
What AI can do in Echoic:
Meeting SummariesAction Item ExtractionCustom AI TemplatesDictation CleanupPer-Feature RoutingStreaming Generation
Local AI mode available
No internet connection required
Use Ollama locally —
zero data leaves your Mac
4 Speech Engines. Choose Your Tradeoff.
Speed, accuracy, size, language support — pick what matters to you.
Parakeet v3160ms latency
Whisper99+ languages
Moonshine288MB
Apple Speechzero download
Use cases
Built for conversations worth remembering.
Meeting notes for teams and operators
Remember decisions, owners, and follow-ups from standups, planning calls, customer meetings, and one-on-ones.
Learn moreLecture transcripts for teachers and students
Capture lectures, seminars, and office hours so important explanations are easier to review later.
Learn moreInterview transcription for research and hiring
Capture interviews, customer calls, and candidate conversations with less friction and more privacy.
Learn morePrivate transcripts for research work
Build a private archive of research conversations, lab meetings, field notes, and analysis sessions.
Learn moreClient call notes for consultants
Remember client requirements, objections, decisions, and next steps without breaking conversational flow.
Learn morePrivate voice notes for sensitive professional work
Use Echoic for sensitive professional conversations where privacy and careful wording matter.
Learn moreSimple Pricing
Start Free. Go Pro When Ready.
No lock-in. No credit card required. Cancel anytime.
Local speech engines10+ AI providersUnlimited dictationEvery export format
Free
$0forever free
For getting started
- 10 recordings or raw audio transcriptions per month
- Import existing notes and transcripts anytime
- Unlimited local history
- Cross-meeting search and chat
- System-wide plain dictation
- Core local speech engines
- AI summaries & action items
- Apple Calendar
- iCloud syncsoon
- All export formats (MD, DOCX, PDF)
Everything runs locally. No account required.
Download FreeMost Popular
Pro
$79/year
Less than $7/mo
For professionals
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited recordings and raw audio imports
- Advanced local speech engines
- Custom AI templates
- Advanced dictation commands
- Code command dictation
- Obsidian syncsoon
- Google & Outlook Calendar syncsoon
- Speaker research dossierssoon
- CLI bridge for agents, Hermes & OpenClawsoon
- Priority support
No credit card required to start
Cancel anytime, no questions
Mac App Store coming soon
FAQ
Questions people ask before recording.
Clear answers about privacy, meeting capture, dictation, and Mac compatibility.
Does Echoic work without a meeting bot?
Yes. Echoic runs as a native Mac app, so you can capture conversations without inviting a visible meeting bot into the call.
Is Echoic private?
Echoic is designed around local-first speech processing and user-controlled AI providers, so you can keep transcription on your Mac by default.
Does Echoic upload my meeting audio?
Speech recognition runs on your Mac by default, so meeting audio does not need to be uploaded for transcription. Optional AI features may use providers you choose.
Can Echoic transcribe meetings on Mac?
Yes. Echoic records meetings on macOS and creates transcripts, summaries, action items, and exports for later review.
Can I dictate into any Mac app?
Yes. Echoic dictation is designed to put spoken text where your cursor is, across documents, notes, chat apps, browsers, and other Mac apps.