Grounded in how AutoDoc actually works — on-device AI, local storage, optional calendars, and opt-in analytics.
AutoDoc is a local-first desktop meeting assistant. It records screen video, microphone, and system audio, transcribes with Whisper, identifies speakers, and generates structured notes with Ollama — all on your Mac. You can search across meetings, ask questions with Ask AI, and connect Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook optionally.
Cloud tools usually send your audio to their servers, join as a recording bot, and leave you with a transcript-first summary. AutoDoc captures screen video, microphone, and system audio from your device, so you can review what was shown alongside what was said. AI runs locally, files are encrypted on disk, and meeting content is never sent to the cloud for transcription or summarization.
Search is keyword lookup across all transcripts and notes — every match deep-links to the exact line. Ask AI is a chat interface where you ask questions in plain English; it retrieves relevant meetings and answers using local Ollama, grounded in your transcripts, structured notes, and calendar.
No. AutoDoc captures screen video, system audio, and your microphone from your device — the same way local screen recording works. No participant named "AutoDoc" joins your call, and you don't need host permission for a third-party bot.
AutoDoc has been tested with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Slack, Discord, and browser-based calls (Safari, Chrome, Edge, Arc, and others). Because it captures system audio directly, it should work with most meeting applications without platform-specific integrations.
Transcription uses whisper.cpp with the large-v3 model (~3GB, downloaded on first use). Notes and Ask AI use a dedicated local Ollama instance (llama3.1 by default) that AutoDoc manages separately from any Ollama you may have installed. No meeting content is sent to the cloud for AI inference.
Yes, after initial setup. Once Whisper and Ollama models are downloaded, you can record, transcribe, summarize, search, and use Ask AI without an internet connection. Calendar sync requires connectivity when you connect an account.
Structured notes are organized into five categories: Decisions, Action Items, Information Shared, Discussion, and Status Updates. Every note is fully editable after generation.
Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook. Calendar access is optional — used to show upcoming meetings, name recordings, suggest speaker names from attendees, and set auto-record modes (off, once, or series). OAuth tokens are stored encrypted on your device.
On macOS, meeting data lives under ~/Library/Application Support/AutoDoc/ — recordings, transcripts, notes, and models. Everything is encrypted at rest. AutoDoc does not operate servers that store your meeting content.
Recordings, transcripts, notes, and metadata are encrypted with AES-256-GCM. The encryption key is stored in the macOS Keychain via Electron safeStorage. Media files use chunked encryption so playback can decrypt on the fly.
macOS 14 or later for Mac builds. Plan for ~3GB for the Whisper model plus Ollama model storage. A machine with 16GB RAM and an SSD is recommended for the best experience on long meetings. Windows support is coming soon.
AutoDoc is licensed under AGPL-3.0. The source repository is public, so you can inspect the code, build from source, or download the latest macOS release from GitHub. Windows support is coming soon.
AutoDoc is free to download. We may introduce paid tiers in the future for team or enterprise features, but the core local-first experience will remain accessible.
Only if you opt in. Analytics and crash reporting are disabled by default. Meeting content is never included in diagnostics payloads. See our privacy page for full details.
Download AutoDoc for macOS from the GitHub releases page. The source repository is public, and Windows support is coming soon.
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