Autorec v1.0 is shipping today
Autorec is now available for Linux and Windows. It auto-detects your meetings, records them, transcribes them, and (if you want) summarises them. macOS is next.
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Private meeting recording, transcription, and automation
Practical guides for recording meetings without a bot, running Whisper locally, building archives that stay on your hardware, handling GDPR and HIPAA workflows, and replacing tools like Otter or Fireflies without piping every call to the cloud.
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How to record a client meeting without losing their trust
Confidential client work needs more than 'press record'. A practical, low-drama guide to capturing useful notes without spooking the client or scattering files.
Recording calls for several clients without mixing them up
Virtual assistants and fractional operators can't afford a transcript that ends up in the wrong workspace. Here's a multi-client recording setup that doesn't let it happen.
Recording UX research interviews without scaring participants
User interviews aren't ordinary meetings. The recording workflow shapes how candid people are. Here's a setup that respects both the participant and the evidence.
Self-hosting your meeting archive on a NAS
Most people in the homelab world don't actually need the recorder itself to run on a server. They need the archive to. Here's the hybrid version that works.
Getting meeting notes into Notion or Obsidian without copy-paste
Meetings should turn into notes you can find later, not files scattered across three apps. Here's a local-first capture path for Notion, Obsidian, and similar tools.
Recording meetings under GDPR and HIPAA without losing your mind
Compliance isn't a feature you can buy. It's a workflow. Here's what a GDPR-aware meeting recording setup looks like, and where HIPAA needs more than just a tool change.
What SaaS meeting recorders actually cost at scale
One subscription looks cheap. Ten seats over two years is a different conversation. Some honest math on recurring meeting recorders versus a one-time desktop tool.
An automated meeting transcription pipeline that won't bite you
When you're processing dozens of recordings a week, the bottleneck is file handling, not AI. Here's a batch transcription workflow built around that.
A meeting recorder for people who can't afford to leak client data
If you record client calls and the answer to 'where did that go?' has to be a real answer, here's a workflow built around that constraint.
Recording Teams meetings without uploading them anywhere
If you want a private record of your Microsoft Teams calls without routing every recording through the cloud, here's the local-first version.
Transcribing meetings locally with Whisper
A quiet, dependable way to get transcripts from your meetings without uploading them anywhere. Local recording, local Whisper, optional AI on top if you want it.
Looking for an Otter or Fireflies alternative
If you're drifting away from Otter or Fireflies because of the bot, the cloud upload, or the per-seat bill, here's what a local-first recorder looks like instead.
I don't want a bot in my meetings
Most meeting note-takers join your call as a third participant and ship the audio to the cloud. Here's why that bothers people, and what a no-bot recorder does instead.