Epilude Notetaker is a Mac application that records meetings locally and generates transcripts, summaries and action items. According to Epilude’s makers Gustav Ek and Mark Mason, the app runs entirely on‑device with an in‑house model called EP-1, so audio does not leave the user’s computer.
How it works
Epilude transcribes, punctuates, cleans up and matches the speaker’s tone, which the company says happens in about a second. The tool writes a clean transcript, an editable summary and action items with owners and due dates. Key points link back to the transcript for verification, and the output adapts its format to the meeting type—standup, sales call or planning session—rather than returning a single generic layout.
The app records directly from the Mac, so no bot account needs to join calls. If the Mac can hear a meeting, Epilude can capture it whether the conversation happens on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Slack or across a table. Meeting notes are saved as Markdown (.md) files in a folder on the user’s machine; Epilude’s makers point out that this makes the files usable in tools such as Obsidian or Notion or exportable as PDFs.
Integrations, privacy and licensing
On integrations, Epilude’s team confirmed that users can point Claude Code or similar tools to the folder where .md transcripts live to perform further analysis. The makers said they do not yet support MCP. Regarding privacy, the company contrasts its on‑device processing with services that send audio to cloud providers like Anthropic and OpenAI, saying local processing keeps meeting data private on the Mac.
Pricing and update policy were also discussed: Epilude offers a Pay Once license alongside other options, and that Pay Once tier includes one year of app and model updates. The team said updates are designed to be backwards compatible so the app will continue to function without renewing updates, but continued updates after the initial year require a purchase.
Epilude Notetaker launched for Mac and is Mac‑only for now. A free trial is available, and the product stores meeting files locally as Markdown for user control and portability.
Original source: Product Hunt