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A meeting assistantthat knows your business.

Record from the tab at the top of your screen, ask while the call is still going, and turn the transcript into notes with one click. No bot joins the call, and the audio never leaves your Mac.

  1. 1Start recording from the tab
  2. 2Ask while the call is still going
  3. 3Another call: your tools join in
  4. 4Stop, then Process
  5. 5Ask about it any time later

It answers with more than the meeting

A meeting recorder only knows what was said in the room. Your agent also reads your notes, your past meetings and the tools you connected (calendar, Stripe, Linear, your CRM). So “did we promise this customer anything?” gets a real answer, mid-call, not a summary afterwards.

You stop taking notes

Listen and talk. Everything is written down for you, split between what you said and what the other side said, so you can be in the conversation instead of typing about it.

It files itself

One click on Process and your agent goes through the transcript: decisions saved, people and companies updated, and what’s still pending written down, with who it’s pending on.

You can ask it weeks later

The transcript stays in your workspace as a note. “What exactly did Maya say about the redesign date?” comes back with the answer and the minute it was said.

Step 1

Start recording from the tab

Bring the pointer to the top edge of the screen and the tab opens. The small round button next to the agent’s name starts recording: the name turns into a running clock, the button into Stop, and Transcript and Chat appear.

Move the pointer away and the tab tucks back into the edge while it keeps recording. Reach for it again and the transcript is there. Your side comes from the microphone and theirs from what your Mac is playing, so it knows who said what without anyone joining the call. Hearing the other side needs macOS 14.2 or newer.

04Reach for it again: the transcript is already there.
Pointer to the top edge, the tab opens, one click on the round button; it tucks away when you leave and keeps recording.
Step 2

Ask while the call is still going

On the Transcript side the lines arrive a few seconds after they’re said. Type your question in the box at the bottom; when you send it, the tab switches to Chat.

The answer here can’t come from the meeting alone. What you promised Northwind lives in a note from September, and your agent reads it while the call goes on. It doesn’t write anything into your workspace unless you ask it to.

04The promise to Northwind was in a note from September. The meeting alone couldn’t know.
Transcript first, then a question the meeting alone can’t answer.
Step 3

Another call: your tools join in

Same tab, a sales call this time. The question needs your price list and the customer’s account, so the agent reads Pricing.md and checks Stripe through the connector you set up once.

This is the difference with a recorder: the context isn’t the meeting, it’s your business.

04An answer you can say out loud before the pause gets awkward.
A connector (Stripe) and a note (Pricing.md), answered before they finish the sentence.
Step 4

Stop, then Process

Click Stop in the tab. Glowstone transcribes what’s left, saves the note in meetings/ and comes to the front on Meetings, with the call at the top of the list.

Process, on the meeting’s row (or Ask the agent, inside the transcript), opens a new chat with the request already written: digest this meeting into the vault, save what was decided, update the people, companies and deals that came up, and note what’s pending and on whom. It doesn’t summarise it back at you: you were there.

The request also warns the agent that an automatic transcript can get names and figures wrong, so before writing down an amount, a date or a commitment it isn’t sure of, it asks you.

04Decisions, people and what’s pending, filed. And it asks when unsure.
Stop in the tab, the meeting lands in Meetings, Process sends it to your agent.
Step 5

Ask about it any time later

The transcript is a normal note, and your agent finds it on its own. Ask what someone said, what you promised, or have it draft the follow-up email in your words.

No notes taken. The transcript was enough.
Two weeks later, from any chat.

Things to ask

  • “What did we just agree for this sprint?”
  • “Did we promise Northwind anything before their renewal?”
  • “Is this customer behind on any invoice?”
  • “What did I commit to in this call?”
  • “Draft the follow-up for the team from this meeting.”
  • “What changed since last sprint planning?”
  • “Who owns each action item, and by when?”

The details

~10 s
From someone speaking to the line on screen
99
Languages, detected from the audio
0
Bots in the call. Audio is never saved, only the text
meetings/
Where each transcript lands, as a Markdown note
Free
Transcription runs on your Mac with the included Whisper models

Questions

Does a bot join the call?

No. Glowstone listens on your Mac: your microphone for you, the system audio for everyone else. It works with any call app, because it never joins the call.

Is the audio stored or uploaded?

No. Speech is transcribed by a model running on your Mac and the audio is discarded. What stays is the text, in a note you can read, edit or delete. Your questions go to the agent you chose, like any other chat.

Does transcription cost anything?

No. Glowstone includes the transcription models and runs them on your Mac, so there’s no per-minute fee or meeting-recorder subscription. Questions you ask the agent use your own agent’s plan, as any chat does.

Does it work for in-person meetings?

Yes. In a room everyone reaches the microphone, so the transcript can’t split voices into You and Them; it’s one track. Everything else works the same.

Do I need to tell people?

Yes. Recording other people is regulated in many places. Tell them first.

Bring your own AI

Use your Claude or ChatGPT plan, with a memory of your work

Glowstone doesn’t sell its own AI. Sign in with the agent you already use, on the plan you already pay for, and it gets your notes, your meetings and your tools. Switch agents any time: the memory stays.

Glowstone is free

  • The app: free to download and use, with no account and no card.
  • Transcription and dictation: free, with Whisper running on your Mac. No per-minute fees, no word limits.
  • The AI: the agent you already use, on your own plan, or free models through OpenCode and Kilo Code. We take no cut.

Try it on your own work.

Free, including transcription. Works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Your files stay on your Mac.

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