Slipbox vs talat

Slipbox

• Mac users who want transcription kept on their own machine
• Unlimited transcription without paying
• Obsidian users who want meetings exported as Markdown

talat

• People who cannot send meeting audio to a cloud service
• Buyers who prefer a one-time lifetime license to a subscription
• Obsidian and Markdown users who want meeting notes exported automatically

Slipbox

• The desktop app runs on Apple Silicon Macs only; the FAQ says Windows support is being tested with select users.
• The free plan limits AI use to 10 Ask Slipbox messages and 5 summaries every 2 weeks.
• Transcripts and chat messages are sent through Slipbox's servers to AI models for summaries and answers; the vendor says they are not stored there.
• Notes are stored on the Mac with no cloud backup yet, and speaker identification is an Early Access feature that has to be switched on.

talat

• The Mac version needs macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon, and Windows needs version 10 or later. There are no mobile, web or Linux apps.
• After the 10 free hours, new recordings need a paid plan, though existing meetings can still be searched, exported and summarized.
• Nothing syncs or uploads, so notes stay on the one computer where they were recorded.
• Summaries from a cloud model require your own provider account and API key; the vendor notes that cloud models usually do better on longer meetings.

Slipbox

Local transcription, no bot

Slipbox captures the Mac's system audio and microphone and transcribes on the device, so Zoom, Meet, Teams and iPhone calls routed through the Mac are covered without a meeting bot.

Automatic meeting detection

The app recognizes when a meeting starts and ends and begins or stops transcribing on its own, on every plan including the free one.

Ask Slipbox during a meeting

A chat can catch you up, summarize on the fly or suggest questions to ask while the conversation continues. The free plan allows 10 messages every 2 weeks.

Summaries from templates

Slipbox picks a template such as 1:1, customer meeting, podcast or presentation for each summary, and custom templates can be added. Pro writes summaries automatically when meetings end.

Bring your own key

AI features can run on your own OpenAI API key or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including local models served through Ollama or LM Studio.

Import, search and export

MP4, MOV, MP3 and WAV files can be imported for transcription. Meetings are searchable in natural language and export automatically to PDF, Markdown or Obsidian.

talat

On-device transcription

Speech is transcribed in real time on the computer, using hardware acceleration where available. Recordings, transcripts and notes sit in a local database, and the app works offline.

Bot-free meeting capture

talat records the microphone and system audio as two streams and can start on its own when it detects a Zoom, Teams or Meet call or a calendar event. No bot joins the meeting.

Speaker identification

Transcripts are labeled by speaker on the device, and the app learns voices over time so that it can recognize the same people in later meetings.

AI notes with a choice of model

Summaries, action items and chapters are written by a built-in Qwen model, or by Claude, OpenAI or Ollama if you connect your own provider and API key.

Dictation into any app

A global hotkey starts dictation from anywhere, with tap-to-toggle or hold-to-talk. Text is pasted into the focused app, and an optional LLM pass tidies punctuation and filler words.

Import, export and MCP

Existing audio and video files can be imported and transcribed locally. Notes export to Markdown, Obsidian and PDF, and webhooks and an MCP server pass meetings to other tools.

Slipbox

• Hobby$0

  Unlimited transcripts, speaker identification, audio and video import, custom LLM endpoints and auto export, with 10 Ask Slipbox messages and 5 AI summaries per 2 weeks.

• Pro$99

  per year; $10 per month billed monthly

  Everything in the free plan, plus unlimited summaries and Ask Slipbox prompts, enhanced memory, automatic summaries when meetings end and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Pro, plus SAML, SCIM and audit logs, on-premises deployment options, consolidated billing, admin controls and local data retention policies.

talat

• Monthly$9

  per month

  The full app with every update, cancellable at any time from the app. Existing notes stay readable and exportable if you stop paying.

• Yearly$89

  per year

  The same full app and updates as the monthly plan, paid once a year.

• Lifetime license$189

  one-time payment

  One payment with no renewals and every future update included, covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Slipbox

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with yearly billing

  Pro costs $99 a year or $10 a month, and the pricing page marks the yearly option as a 17% saving.

talat

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime license for a one-time $189

  talat can be bought outright for $189 with no renewals and every future update included. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies.

• Annual discount

  Yearly plan costs less than 12 months

  The FAQ prices talat at $9 a month or $89 a year, so paying yearly comes to $19 less than twelve monthly payments.

• Other savings

  $5 off through a referral

  A customer's referral code gives a friend $5 off any plan. The referrer gets $5 off a later bill once the friend has been a customer for three months.