Free meeting transcription

Free meeting transcription, on your Mac

Sæga records and transcribes your meetings on your Mac, for free and with no meeting bot in the call. Your microphone and your Mac's sound become two tracks, you and the others, written apart as you talk. The sound never leaves your Mac.

Recording and transcription free, no limit · No meeting bot · Teams, Zoom, Meet and the rest

What you get for free

• Recording and transcription with no limit. No minutes to count, because the speech model runs on your Mac.
• No meeting bot. Nothing joins your call. Sæga listens to your microphone and to what your Mac plays.
• You and the others apart, as you talk. Your microphone is "You" and your Mac's sound is "Others", kept apart. When the meeting ends, Sæga writes the text again more carefully.
• Any call app. Sæga asks when a call starts in Zoom, Teams, Slack, Webex, Discord, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, Amazon Chime or in the browser (Google Meet, for instance). It never records unless you say yes.
• Speakers you can name. After the meeting, the others are split into Speaker 1, 2, 3. Click to name them (macOS 15).
• 12 languages: Swedish, Norwegian, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian. Built for Swedish first.

Notes when you ask for them

Sæga can write notes from the meeting: a summary, decisions, action items (what, who, when) and open questions, each with a time you can click. Notes are written in the cloud from the text, and the app asks first. They cost one AI text, and a follow-up email one more. Free has 40 AI texts a month. Pro is $29 once and gives 1,000 a month, plus custom modes for every app. Only text is sent, never the sound, and Local Mode turns notes off. See pricing, or the full pricing page (in Swedish).

Transcribe a Teams or Zoom meeting for free

1. Start the call in Teams, Zoom, Meet or any other call app. Sæga asks "Record this meeting?". Or choose Record Meeting in the menu bar yourself.
2. Talk. The text appears as you talk, you and the others apart. The panel stays out of your screen share.
3. Stop. Choose Stop Meeting. Sæga writes the text again more carefully, and you can search it, export it or ask for notes.

Tell the others you are recording. Sæga reminds you the first time. More on how a meeting goes: Meetings in Sæga.

Transcribe audio to text on your Mac, for free

Already have a recording? Drop an audio or video file into Sæga and get its text with times, on your Mac. Formats: wav, mp3, m4a, aac, aiff, caf, flac, mpeg, opus, ogg, mp4, mov and m4v (not wma, mkv or webm). Export as text, Markdown or subtitles (.srt and .vtt). In a file, Sæga does not split speakers.

What you need

• A Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14.4 or later. Telling the others apart and recognising voices needs macOS 15.
• Two permissions: the microphone, and recording system audio. macOS does not ask for screen recording, and Sæga can't see your screen.

Free options compared

Four ways to get a meeting into text on a Mac without paying. What each one's free tier gives, as its maker describes it.

Checked 2026-10-28 on the official pages: Apple Support, Voice Memos transcription · otter.ai/pricing · fathom.ai/pricing. Prices and limits change; tell us at support@saega.app if something here is out of date.

When another tool is the better choice

• You are on Windows, or want it on your phone too. Otter has apps for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android. Sæga is Mac only, Apple silicon only.
• Your team wants one shared place for every call. Otter shares notes from the call, and Fathom has team folders, comments and a team recordings view on its Team plan. Sæga keeps everything on your own Mac.
• You only record a voice note now and then. Voice Memos is already on your Mac and transcribes as you record.
• You want a meeting in text without minutes to count, and the sound kept on your Mac. That is what Sæga is for.

Questions