Show HN: HushScribe – Self-contained local meeting transcription for macOS

Category: devtools

Tags: speech-to-text, privacy-focused, local-ai, macos, meeting-notes

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

HushScribe is a macOS menu bar app that provides fully local meeting transcription and AI summarization using on-device models like Parakeet-TDT and WhisperKit. It's interesting because it combines privacy-focused local processing with practical workflow integration for note-taking systems like Obsidian, offering automatic meeting detection and speaker diarization without cloud dependencies.

Target audience: knowledge workers, macOS users, privacy-conscious professionals, Obsidian/note-taking enthusiasts

Repository: https://github.com/drcursor/HushScribe · Swift · MIT

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