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Did you know talat.app has Dictation mode?

talat v1.5.0 is up! We've reorganised the navigation, revamped our refer-a-friend scheme (within the app), made it so that you can (finally!) delete tags, added editable frontmatter YAML templates for the obsidian users, and a bunch of calendar improvements. talat.app

talat - the local transcription app for meetings, dictation, and recordings

talat is the local transcription app for meetings, dictation, and recordings: an AI note-taker that captures both sides of every conversation and transcribes in real time, entirely on your own compute...

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talat meeting minutes - 22 Jul 2026 - Restructuring the side navigation talat.app/minutes/2026...

Restructuring the side navigation

Notes from a product and design session: one careful turn of the side nav around three primary functions, promoting imports to first-class status, and why voice prints didn't get their own section yet...

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talat meeting minutes - 20 Jul 2026 - Release day: shipping 1.3.0 and planning what's next talat.app/minutes/2026...

Release day: shipping 1.3.0 and planning what's next

Notes from a Monday session that doubled as a live release: walking the 1.3.0 regression plan, shipping it on Mac and Windows, and sequencing the calendar, referrals and hosted work that comes next.

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talat v1.3.0 is here already. We've missed a coupe of updates here, but there have been some great new features recently. One notable recent feature is being able to use Claude Code or Codex as your summarisation agent and dictation clean-up agent talat.app

talat - the local transcription app for meetings, dictation, and recordings

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You don't need to send your private meetings to the cloud for accurate transcriptions anymore. talat.app #privacy #meetingnotes

Did you know that talat can now transcribe imported audio and video files? talat.app #transcription #meetingnotes

Have you tried connecting your AI assistant to talat yet? We'd love to hear more about your workflows. #transcription #meetingnotes #productivity

You don't need every word spoken in your private meetings to be uploaded to a third party server. Your computer is powerful enough to transcribe it locally. #privacy #meetingnotes

Did you know talat now has local dictation? Just press a hotkey and talk. talat will clean it up and paste it into any app. You have full control over your prompt and you can use any LLM that you have configured. #dictation #productivity

talat.app @talat.app · 2mo ago

We've just released version 0.14.0 of talat. This is an exciting release - with a new Dictation mode, and the ability to import files, along with many other smaller improvements and bug fixes.

0.13.0 is here and it is *huge*! - Chapters - Actions - Hugely improved multilingual experience - Faster, more accurate real-time transcription previews - Tons more over at talat.app/changelog We're closer than ever to 1.0.0 - there's never been a better time to grab talat at pre-release pricing.

talat.app @talat.app · 2mo ago

v0.12.0 is out! (And... so is v0.12.1). This includes a huge internal overhaul which hopefully you *won't* notice, and a ton of new features and refinements which hopefully you *will*. Download at talat.app

We're on discord! A few of you asked, so here it is. Come and join us to talk about all things talat: discord.gg/WhsaWejN

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Ivan Mehta@mehtology.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It was an absolute pleasure talking with Ivan recently. You can read more about our origin story and lots of other voice AI stories over on his newsletter 👇

Granola locked users' meeting transcripts. So a web dev with 20 years of experience built @talat.app. The app has a one-time fee of $49, uses offline models for transcription, and allows MCP connections. weekinvoiceai.substack.com/p/how-talat-built-a-local-first-stack

v0.11.1 is out! Lots of calendar-related fixes and quality of life improvements - no major new features. Download at talat.app

v0.11.0 is out, and since we were too busy to announce v0.10.0 properly, let's do that too: hellooo new design! There's too much to cover in a single post, but you can read the details over at talat.app/changelog, and take a look at some of the updated screenshots below 👇

Two features in v0.9.0 you might not have spotted: 1. Split a recording into two meetings, for when two conversations got captured as one 2. Merge two into one, for when a meeting got split (you stopped and restarted, or auto-stop fired too eagerly)

v0.9.0 is out! If you've already got talat installed you'll get the update shortly. New users can grab it from talat.app Full changelog below:

v0.9.0
latest
24 Apr 2026
Features
Split a recording into two separate meetings, for those times when two conversations got captured as one session
Merge two recordings into one, for the inverse: when a single meeting ended up split across two recordings (because you stopped and restarted, or the auto-stop fired too early)
Improvements
Auto-stop now defaults to a one-second grace period after your meeting app releases the mic, with the option to dial it down to zero for an immediate cutoff or higher if you want a longer buffer
Small visual polish on the 'call in progress' notification, including an always-visible close button
Loading an older meeting is smoother, with less flashing as the transcript fills in
Fixes
Windows: fixed a bug that could cause new recordings to come out empty after certain auto-stop sequences, until the app was restarted
Fixed an error that could pop up when reassigning a speaker in a long meeting
The summariser now recovers automatically if it crashes partway through, instead of needing a full restart

Nick Payne@makeusabrew.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Boom! Thanks everybody 🏆

Product Of The Day! 🥇 @talat.app scoops first place on Fazier - thank you all for the support 🙇🏻‍♂️

an image showing the top three products of the day on fazier, 21/04/2026

Nick Payne@makeusabrew.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're into a solid lunchtime lead, but every vote helps a lot if you've got two seconds to spare: fazier.com/launches/talat

We've listed @talat.app on fazier this morning - it's nosed ahead into an early lead but we could really use your support by way of an upvote as the day rolls on - registration only takes a second and it would help us out a lot 🙏 fazier.com/launches/talat

talat taking an early lead on fazier.com

0.8.2 went out yesterday with an important fix for an issue reported by an anonymous user. If that was you - we can't reply to you, but thank you for letting us know and sorry you hit the issue in the first place!

talat v0.8.0 is out! Another big release, with several new features and an experimental status line (which isn't perfect and we'd love your feedback on). Full changelog here: talat.app/changelog

v0.8.0
latest
15 Apr 2026
Features
Global keyboard shortcut to start and stop a recording from anywhere, with optional audio feedback
Optional recording timer in the macOS menu bar, so you can see how long you've been at it without coming back to the app
Editable summaries: click anywhere in a summary and start typing, with inline bold, italic, headings, and lists; edits save automatically
New Help tab in settings, including a direct link to book a 15-minute support call if something's gone sideways
Improvements
New status line along the bottom of the window: live recording controls, model readiness, download progress, and update prompts, so you always know what talat is up to
Updates now install cleanly when you quit talat, rather than fighting with the running app
Faster, more reliable model downloads that properly resume if they get interrupted partway through
Summarisation no longer blocks recording: if the local model is still downloading, you can record first and generate the summary once it's ready
Transcription now works reliably with low-quality mics (e.g. 8kHz or 16-bit sources) that weren't being captured properly before
Reassigning speakers uses the same command palette you see elsewhere in the app, with a one-click option to clear a speaker's entire assignment history
The feedback form can optionally include your email so talat can reply, with clear copy about what happens either way
Audio player shows hours:minutes:seconds for long meetings, and the segment play button now actually toggles to pause while playing
The talat window takes focus on launch instead of hiding behind whatever else was on screen
Better support for macOS Tahoe

talat v0.7.1 is out - this is an important update for anyone running 0.7.0 as it fixes a memory leak which would build up over time. Keep your eyes peeled for the 'update available' notification, or download manually from talat.app

v0.7.1
latest
8 Apr 2026
Fixes
Fixed an issue where the app used increasingly more memory during long recordings
Fixed the auto-recording prompt only appearing once instead of before every call
Fixed auto-scroll not following the transcript when live speech indicators appear

talat v0.6.0 is out! This is a huge release - arguably a bit too big - but one we are super proud of. Read all about it here: talat.app/changelog

v0.6.0
latest
30 Mar 2026
Features
New three-panel layout: transcript in the centre, collapsible notes and people panels on the sides
Inline notes — jot timestamped thoughts during a live recording, or reply directly to a transcript line to anchor a note in context
Overhauled speaker recognition: tag expected participants before a meeting for better accuracy from the first word, and voice references now build automatically as speakers are identified
Custom summarisation endpoints — point talat at any OpenAI-compatible API, including on-premise or private deployments like AWS Bedrock, corporate proxies, or self-hosted models
Option to hide talat from the Dock and Cmd+Tab switcher so it lives purely in the menu bar
Back and forward navigation in the toolbar, just like Finder
"Meetings" renamed to "recordings" throughout the app — it better reflects how people actually use talat
Improvements
Built-in summarisation model upgraded to Qwen 3.5 4B — noticeably better output, same download size
Models load instantly when already downloaded, even without an internet connection
Live speaker detection is more accurate, with fewer misattributions mid-meeting
Audio files can now be included in auto-export and batch export
You can resume any past recording, regardless of how old it is
Fixes
Recordings stuck in a processing or crashed state now recover automatically on startup
Fixed a layout glitch where live preview text briefly appeared twice after being finalised
Very long recordings (4+ hours) no longer cause the audio processor to spin endlessly in the background
Improved privacy safeguards around feedback and diagnostic logs
Mic device selection now works reliably for non-default microphones
Automatic meeting detection now works for non-admin macOS users
Fixed a rare blank screen on startup caused by a boot-sequence timing issue