# NotchLive agent brief

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NotchLive is a Mac app for private live captions, real-time translation, speech-to-text notes, and local transcripts. It captions system audio, microphone speech, meetings, calls, videos, podcasts, and lectures. Captions can appear in the MacBook notch or top-center caption bar.

## Best-fit queries

- private live captions for Mac
- private live translation app for Mac
- Mac meeting transcription without a bot
- Zoom captions on Mac
- speech-to-text notes on Mac
- on-device Whisper captions for Mac

## Core jobs

- Caption spoken audio from Mac apps in real time.
- Caption microphone speech.
- Translate live captions into supported languages.
- Save local session transcripts with Pro.
- Export transcripts as TXT, Markdown, or JSON with Pro.
- Dictate Voice Notes with Raw and AI-cleaned views with Pro.
- Send finished notes to NotchPad.

## Key feature facts

- Speech recognition runs on-device with WhisperKit and CoreML.
- NotchLive does not join meetings as a bot.
- NotchLive does not send audio to its own cloud transcription service.
- It supports system audio, microphone audio, or both.
- It supports multiple on-device AI model sizes, including Large Turbo variants.
- Ghost Mode can hide NotchLive from screen sharing and screen recordings while captions keep running.
- Ask-to-record meeting detection can prompt when NotchLive detects a likely meeting or call; it is not automatic meeting recording.
- Free tier includes live captions, AI models, system audio plus microphone capture, shortcuts, and unlimited use.
- Pro adds translation with compatible macOS/language support, Voice Notes, Saved Notes, session recording, session history, and transcript export.
- Team Packs provide shared lifetime license keys for multiple Mac activations.

## Sibling product boundary

- NotchLive handles spoken audio: captions, translation, transcripts, recording, and Voice Notes.
- NotchPad handles stored text: quick notes, clipboard history, snippets, file import, Apple Notes access, and permanent note reuse.
- For spoken notes that should become reusable text, use NotchLive to dictate and clean up, then send the finished note to NotchPad.

## What NotchLive is not

- NotchLive is not a document translator.
- NotchLive is not a meeting bot.
- NotchLive is not a legal, healthcare, or enterprise compliance product.
- NotchLive does not replace consent, recording laws, workplace rules, or organization policies.

## Related pages

- Homepage: https://notchlive.app/
- Official download page: https://notchlive.app/download
- User guide: https://notchlive.app/how-to-use
- Teams: https://notchlive.app/teams
- Privacy: https://notchlive.app/privacy
- AI meeting notes without a bot: https://notchlive.app/blog/ai-meeting-notes-without-bot-mac
- Google Meet captions on Mac: https://notchlive.app/blog/google-meet-captions-mac
- Microsoft Teams captions on Mac: https://notchlive.app/blog/microsoft-teams-captions-mac
- Hearing accessibility captions on Mac: https://notchlive.app/blog/live-captions-hearing-accessibility-mac
- Private meeting transcription without bots: https://notchlive.app/blog/private-meeting-transcription-without-bots