For journalists
Transcripts shouldn’t exist on servers subject to subpoenas.
Source conversations become structured notes on your Mac. No cloud transcript, no vendor to serve. And it works with the network off — in the field, on a plane, wherever the connection isn’t yours to trust.
Requires a Mac with an Apple chip (M1 or later) and 16 GB of memory.
A transcript on a third-party server can be subpoenaed from that server — sometimes without your knowledge. A note that exists only on your machine has no custodian to serve.
Otter.ai wiretap class action (Brewer v. Otter.ai) · Consolidated Oct 2025
A pending wiretap class action over cloud meeting-transcription. We describe it as ongoing because it was when we last checked — verify the current status before relying on it.
Every citation is dated. Verify it against the live source before relying on it.
This page describes how the software works — it is not legal advice. NoteGenerator removes the vendor cloud; it does not by itself preserve privilege or make a recording lawful. Confirm your own jurisdiction’s rules on AI use, recording, and consent.
The templates for this work
A source interview becomes Interview Notes — attributed, structured, and stored only on your Mac.
Source conversations, kept off servers.
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Note detail with the Interview Notes label. A downloadable sample generated on a Mac by NoteGenerator lands here.
Journalist & student discount
Working journalists and students get a reduced price. Details and eligibility land with launch — this is a standing commitment, not a limited promotion.
Provable, not asserted
Don’t take our word for it. Take the counter’s.
Privacy theater is a page of certifications. Our answer is a number on the screen you can check, and a test you can run.
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The seal badge up close, with the privacy panel: the connection counter and the last time anything left this Mac.
A live counter, not a promise
The app shows the number of network connections it has made this session. When the seal is engaged and the note-writing AI is installed, that number is 0 — and you can watch it.
A one-tap Seal Test
Press it and the app tries to open a network connection to itself. You watch the attempt start and die before it ever reaches the network. Proof you ran yourself beats a badge we drew.
Turn off Wi-Fi. It keeps working.
Recording, transcription, and note generation run with the network off. The most direct test there is.
- Turn off Wi-Fi in a hotel room or a moving car — recording keeps working.
First version
Not out yet. One email when it is.
This first version does one thing: turn what you said into a clean note, without your words leaving your Mac. It will get better — and what you tell us shapes what’s next.
One email when it ships. No marketing list, no drip campaign — and if you ask, we delete your address sooner. What we hold and why.
Requires a Mac with an Apple chip (M1 or later) and 16 GB of memory.
Not sure? Apple menu → About This Mac. You’re looking for an Apple chip (M1 or later) and 16 GB or more of memory.
The AI that writes your notes runs entirely on your Mac, and it is big. That’s why you need 16 GB — the cost of nothing leaving the machine.
Older Mac, or not a Mac at all? Tell us what you’re on — it’s how we decide what to build next.
No account, no App Store.