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Autorec for consultants
An independent consultant runs a different meeting every hour, often for a different client. The call is usually where the scope gets agreed and the work gets decided, which makes it the thing your next invoice rests on. Autorec records and transcribes those calls on your own machine, so you have an accurate record of every engagement without paying a per-seat subscription built for a sales team you don't have.
What makes consulting calls different
The problem for a solo consultant is not one big meeting, it is the volume of small ones for unrelated clients. Six calls in a day for five companies, and a week later one of them disagrees about what was agreed. Without a recording you are arguing from memory. With one you can point to the exact sentence. The category's tools are priced and built for the wrong customer here. They charge per seat per month for team analytics, CRM sync, and a shared call library, none of which a one-person practice needs. You end up paying a recurring bill for a feature set aimed at a department, while the actual need is simpler: a reliable record of each client conversation that doesn't get mixed up with another client's.
One record per engagement, one price
Autorec detects your Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet calls and starts recording on its own, so a packed day of back-to-back client calls doesn't depend on you remembering to hit record between them. Each call produces an audio file, a transcript, and a short summary as plain files on your disk. You drop those into whatever per-client folder structure you already keep, so one client's material never lands in another's. The pricing matches a solo practice: €20 once per major version instead of a per-seat subscription that bills every month whether you took two calls or twenty. There is no upload, so a client's commercially sensitive call stays on your machine. That is also an easy thing to state honestly when a client asks how you handle their information.
Worth being clear about the boundary: Autorec gives you the raw material for a billable record, it is not a time-tracking or billing tool. It will not tag a recording to a client or a project for you, and it will not build an audit trail. Sorting recordings by engagement is a folder you maintain, not a feature Autorec runs.
The parts that matter for an independent practice
Starts recording on its own
It detects Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet calls and starts recording when one opens. One less thing to remember between back-to-back meetings.
Transcribes on-device
After a call, Autorec runs whisper.cpp locally to produce a text transcript. The audio is never sent anywhere to be transcribed.
A summary you can skim
Autorec drafts a short summary of the call locally, so you can review what was said without replaying the whole recording.
Paid once, not per month
Autorec is €20 once per major version. No per-seat subscription, no bill that grows as your client list does.
Nothing leaves your machine
Recording, transcript, and summary are written to your local disk. No upload step, no vendor copy, no telemetry phoning home.
Where Autorec will not fit
Autorec is built for one person. There is no shared library, no team workspace, and no client portal, so if your practice grows into a small firm where several people need access to the same call archive, you will outgrow it. It does not connect to a CRM or a billing system, there is no mobile app, and macOS is still in development. It runs on Linux and Windows. If centralized team analytics is what you actually need, a cloud notetaker is the more honest fit, and that is fine to say.
Questions consultants ask
Can Autorec keep recordings separate per client?
Every call is saved as plain files on your disk, so you sort them into per-client folders the same way you organize the rest of your engagement records. Autorec does not auto-tag a recording to a client. The separation is the folder structure you keep, and that is usually enough for a one-person practice.
Is it actually cheaper than a subscription notetaker?
For a solo consultant, almost always. A per-seat notetaker at roughly $18 a month is around $216 a year, and it keeps billing. Autorec is €20 once per major version. You are also not paying for team analytics and CRM features a one-person practice never touches.
How is this different from the multi-client guide on the blog?
The blog post on multi-client recording is written for virtual assistants and walks through a day-to-day workflow. This page is about product fit for an independent consultant or freelancer: whether Autorec suits how you bill, organize, and protect client conversations. Different audience, different angle.
Will clients see that the call is being recorded?
Autorec does not add a participant to the call, so there is no recording bot in the attendee list. Telling clients you are recording is good practice and, depending on jurisdiction, a legal requirement. That disclosure is yours to make.
Record every client call without the monthly bill
Free for three recordings a day, up to 40 minutes each. Buy once for €20 when you need more.
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