Notes from building Routine Meeting
How the app actually works under the hood, including the bugs — written as they're found and fixed, not cleaned up after the fact.
1:1 meeting notes on Mac: record and transcribe privately (and how 6 options compare)
Planning tools like Fellow and Lattice run your 1:1s; recorders like Routine Meeting write them up. How they differ, what each costs, and how to record a 1:1 on a Mac without a bot and without sending audio away.
October 6, 2026Local and offline AI meeting notes on a Mac: how to run it with no cloud (and 5 apps compared)
What actually runs on your Mac for meeting transcription and summaries, what still needs internet once, and how to test it in airplane mode. Compared with dated sources.
October 6, 2026Otter alternative for Mac: local, no account, no minute caps (and how Otter's Mac app really works)
Otter now has a bot-free Mac app, so the real differences are where your audio goes, accounts, minute caps and price. Otter compared with Routine Meeting and five other Mac options, with dated sources.
October 6, 2026Private meeting transcription on Mac: where your audio actually goes (and 5 apps compared)
Which Mac meeting transcribers keep audio on your device, which send text or audio to the cloud, and what each one costs. Compared with dated sources.