Records and transcribes meetings, interviews and voice notes fully offline on your Mac or Windows PC, then turns them into summaries and action items.
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What is Pauta?
Your private memory for every conversation
Pauta records, transcribes and summarizes your meetings on your own computer, for Mac and Windows, with no cloud, no account and no server. It even works offline. You pay once and it is yours forever. It also recognizes who spoke, organizes recordings by project and answers questions across them.
- Fully offline transcription and summaries
- No meeting bot; captures audio from any app
- Summaries, action items and searchable transcripts
- Speaker identification and filtering
- Optional external AI; sync via Obsidian Sync
Pauta is a one-time purchase: a lifetime license costs $5 (was $15), with all updates included and 2 activations per platform, for macOS 13+ and Windows 10/11. A 7-day free trial needs no credit card.
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Pauta Availability
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Pauta Key Features
Fully offline transcription
Records and transcribes on your own device; audio and data never leave your computer or go to the cloud.
No meeting bot needed
Captures system audio from any app, so it works with Zoom, Meet, Teams or Slack Huddle without joining the call.
Summaries and action items
Turns recordings into summaries and action items, and lets you search everything that was said.
Knows who spoke
Identifies speakers and lets you filter content by speaker, and organizes recordings by project.
Your AI, your choice
Works fully offline by default and only connects to an external AI if you choose; recordings can sync via Obsidian Sync.
Best for
Who uses Pauta?
People in lots of meetings
Record meetings, interviews and voice notes and get summaries without a bot joining the call
Anyone who wants recordings to stay private
Keep audio and transcripts on your own device instead of in the cloud
Plans and access
Pauta Pricing
Paid
Lifetime license $5 (was $15); 7-day free trial, no card.
Common questions
Pauta FAQs
Does Pauta use a meeting bot?
No. It never joins your calls; it captures audio from any app on your own device.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. You get 7 days free with no credit card required, then a lifetime license if you decide to keep it.
Do I need internet to use Pauta?
No. The core features work fully offline; internet is only used if you connect an external AI service.
Are my recordings stored in the cloud?
No. Recordings stay on your device; you can move them to another device with Obsidian Sync.
Which meeting platforms does it work with?
Any of them. It captures system audio, so Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack Huddle and others all work, and the other side needs nothing installed.
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