Meeting notes for consultants
Record client discovery and kickoff calls without a bot in the room — and keep every word on your Mac.
- Free, no account
- Open source, MIT
- Apple Silicon, macOS 13 or later
Why consultants need this
Consultants live in back-to-back discovery, kickoff, and status calls under client NDAs — and a notetaker bot joining a client call reads as recording them for a third party.
- Client calls are under NDA; a bot joining as a participant is an awkward look.
- Back-to-back calls leave no time to write notes up in between.
- You need clean who-said-what for scoping and follow-ups.
How Humla fits
See it in action: how to record Zoom on your Mac.
- No bot in the call. Humla records your Mac directly, so a client never sees a recorder join.
- On-device and private. Under NDA, nothing has to leave your machine — no cloud, no vendor retention.
- Who-said-what, sorted. Colour-coded speaker labels make scoping notes and action items easy to attribute.
- Free, with optional team sync at $5/user/month when your practice grows.
One meeting, from agenda to recap
Write the agenda, record the call, press Summarize. Your note stays on the left while the transcript and the recap fill in on the right.
Six pages, maybe a new CMS?
Keep the brand palette
Who signs off the budget?
Hanna approves budget, wants qu
Speakers are identified when you stop.
Related reading
- What is Meeting bot?A meeting bot is an automated participant that joins a video call to record and transcribe it, appearing in the attendee list like another guest.
- What is On-device transcription?On-device transcription converts speech to text entirely on your own computer, with no audio sent to a cloud service.
- What is Speaker diarization?Speaker diarization is the process of splitting an audio recording into segments by who is speaking, so a transcript can show “who said what.”
- What is Local-first software?Local-first software keeps your data on your own device as the primary copy, working without a server and syncing only if and when you choose.
Questions and answers
Can I record client calls without a bot joining?
Yes — Humla records your Mac's audio directly, so nothing appears in the participant list.
Is it private enough for NDA work?
Humla can run fully on-device — transcription and summaries never leave your Mac, and there's no vendor sitting on a copy.
Keep your meetings on your Mac.
Free and open source. Apple Silicon, macOS 13 or later.