Summary

Serdar Live Transcript is a macOS app for people who want to capture conversations, transcribe recordings and review meeting content. It brings timestamped transcripts, audio playback, session questions, notes, bookmarks and downloadable reports into one workspace.

User roles

• Individual user: Record or import audio, review and edit transcripts, ask the assistant questions, organize sessions, manage notes and bookmarks, and export results.

Features

1. Transcribe live microphone audio, computer audio or both into timestamped text.
2. Pause, resume and stop live recording.
3. Import supported audio recordings and follow transcription progress.
4. Cancel an active recording import or retry an eligible failed transcription.
5. Reopen saved sessions with their transcripts and chat history.
6. Rename sessions manually or enable periodic automatic titles.
7. Organize sessions into folders using drag and drop or a folder selector.
8. Play retained recordings with seeking, ten-second skips and adjustable playback speed.
9. Jump to audio passages using transcript timestamps.
10. Edit and format transcript text.
11. Ask the assistant questions using session transcripts, notes, bookmarks and retained chat history.
12. Request meeting topics, action items and highlights through assistant shortcuts.
13. Choose whether individual chat messages inform future assistant answers.
14. Create, edit and delete meeting notes.
15. Save transcript excerpts and assistant answers as notes.
16. Bookmark transcript excerpts and return to their original passages.
17. Generate meeting reports for download as Markdown, Word, HTML or Excel documents.
18. Export timestamped transcripts as plain text or SRT subtitles.
19. Display live subtitles in a floating overlay with a separate chat window.
20. Discard retained audio while keeping session text.
21. Permanently delete sessions and their saved content.
22. Customize colours, text appearance and panel layout.
23. Choose AI models, a default audio source and whether to retain live recordings.
24. Create downloadable report with using ai agent as result of discussion with it

Main user flows

1. Capture a live conversation: Choose New session → Select an audio source → Start a Live session → Follow the transcript and ask questions → Pause, resume or stop recording.
2. Transcribe a recording: Choose Recorded session → Select a supported audio recording → Follow transcription progress → Review the transcript → Ask questions about the recording.
3. Review and annotate: Open a saved session → Play audio or select a transcript timestamp → Correct transcript text → Save excerpts as notes or bookmarks → Return to bookmarked passages.
4. Produce meeting outputs: Open a session → Request topics, actions or highlights → Save useful answers as notes → Generate a report with your instructions → Review and download the report.
5. Use live subtitles: Start a live session → Open Subtitle mode → Read the floating subtitles → Ask questions in the separate chat window → Return to the normal workspace.
6. Organize saved sessions: Create a folder → Move sessions into it → Rename sessions as needed → Reopen a session for review → Discard its audio or confirm permanent deletion.

Integrations and external services

• OpenRouter: Speech transcription, session answers, chat-retention classification, report content and automatic session titles.
• macOS audio access: Microphone capture and recording playback.
• Recognized virtual audio inputs, including BlackHole, Soundflower, Loopback and VB-Cable: Computer-audio capture.
• Operating-system secure storage: Protection of the saved OpenRouter API key.
• Local document import and export: Audio recordings, transcripts, subtitles and reports.
• user can share the recording and trasncription via google drive link with using google authentication

Known limitations

• AI features require an OpenRouter API key, network access and working models.
• Audio imports support WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC and OGG recordings of up to two hours.
• Only one recording or transcription job can run at a time.
• Computer-audio capture requires a recognized virtual audio input and audio permissions, and may include sounds from multiple applications.
• Subtitle mode requires an active or paused live session.
• Audio playback requires a retained, available recording.
• Interrupted sessions are marked failed after restarting the app.
• Failed-upload retry availability does not survive an app restart.
• Chat messages excluded from retained context remain visible but do not inform later answers.
• Shared accounts, team permissions and cloud synchronization are not available.
• Generated action items do not send emails or create external tasks.