Minutehand

Minutehand is a minimalist macOS menu-bar app designed for seamless meeting capture and transcription. Key features include: • Automatic meeting detection from your calendar • Records both microphone and system audio • Transcribes audio using your personal Deepgram key • Files raw Markdown transcripts into a designated folder • No meeting bot joins your call, ensuring privacy This tool simplifies the process of obtaining meeting records. It integrates directly with your existing calendar, prompting you to record before meetings begin. By leveraging your Deepgram key, it offers significant transcription credit and ensures that your audio processing remains under your control, without additional third-party accounts or subscriptions. Once a meeting concludes, Minutehand automatically transcribes the audio and saves a clean Markdown file. This file contains the meeting title, time, and attendees, making it immediately ready for use with local document processors or other applications. The direct filing system eliminates the need for manual copy-pasting, streamlining your post-meeting workflow. Minutehand is ideal for professionals, teams, and individuals who require precise, raw meeting transcripts without complex software or cloud-based summaries. It's perfect for those who prefer to process their own data locally and integrate transcripts into personal knowledge bases or document management systems.