Private transcription for research interviews on Mac
NotchLive helps researchers, product teams, journalists, and founders follow interviews with local captions, optional transcripts, and spoken notes that stay on Mac by default.
For interviews where context matters
Interviews are full of nuance: names, pauses, technical terms, accents, and follow-up questions. NotchLive gives you a local captioning layer while you listen, plus optional transcript export and Voice Notes when you need to summarize what you learned.
Important: NotchLive does not replace informed consent, participant agreements, research ethics review, source protection practices, or your organization's retention rules.
Research workflows
User interviews
Follow customer language in real time and save a local transcript when the participant and project allow it.
Research debriefs
Dictate observations, patterns, and next questions immediately after the session.
Expert calls
Caption dense technical conversations without adding a bot to the meeting.
Recorded materials
Caption lectures, demos, webinars, and videos from your browser or media player.
Private assistance, not a source-of-truth system
| Workflow need | Typical meeting platform | NotchLive |
|---|---|---|
| Official research repository | Usually built for this | Not the goal |
| Live captions while listening | May require a meeting bot | Good fit |
| No extra meeting participant | Usually no | Yes, runs locally on your Mac |
| Local transcripts | Depends on vendor | Stored locally unless exported or shared |
| Analysis and synthesis | Often included | Use Voice Notes and your existing research workflow |
Good fits
- Product researchers: Caption user interviews and dictate quick debrief notes after each session.
- Founders: Follow customer discovery calls without creating a heavy recording workflow.
- Journalists and writers: Use local captions and notes while respecting source expectations and recording rules.
- Academic and independent researchers: Keep speech-to-text assistance local while following your study requirements.
Keep consent and retention explicit
NotchLive makes transcription local, but it does not decide when recording is appropriate or how interview material should be stored.
- It does not obtain participant consent for recording or transcription.
- It does not replace research ethics, IRB, newsroom, or workplace policies.
- It does not guarantee transcript accuracy for official records.
- It does not encrypt or redact exported files after you move them outside the app.
Use NotchLive only in ways that are appropriate for the conversation, organization, jurisdiction, and people involved.
Try local interview captions
Live captions are free forever. Pro adds translation, saved transcripts, Voice Notes, session history, and export for deeper research workflows.
Requires macOS 14 or later. Apple Silicon is recommended for best on-device AI performance.