The talat Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about talat in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
talat
The Insider’s Guide
Local transcription app for meetings, dictation and recordings
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI meeting note takers, read from talat’s own pages.
Made by Lumikey LTD · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from talat’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on talat’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 23 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade
talat is a Mac and Windows app that records meetings and transcribes them on the computer itself, so audio, transcripts and notes are not sent to the vendor's servers. It captures both sides of a call without a bot, labels speakers, and writes summaries, action items and chapters with a built-in model or a cloud model that you supply the key for. The same engine handles system-wide dictation and imported audio or video files.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about talat, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No account, no card, nothing to wire up: install it and it can start recording by itself when it spots a call or a calendar event.
- 1
Best for local transcription you can buy outright
talat records and transcribes meetings on your own Mac or Windows computer, so the audio, transcripts and notes don't go to the vendor's servers, and you can buy it outright for $189 or pay $9 a month.
- 2
Paid plans start at $7.42 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $9 per month, $89 per year, or $189 once for a lifetime license.
- 3
You can try it first
10 hours of free recording with every feature; no account or credit card required
- 4
It runs on 2 platforms
macOS and Windows.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 23 of 48
That is against the other AI meeting note takers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace talat you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
talat at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $9 per month, $89 per year, or $189 once for a lifetime license
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 10 hours of free recording with every feature; no account or credit card required
- Runs on
- macOS, Windows
- Made by
- Lumikey LTD
- Category
- AI Meeting Notes
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for local transcription you can buy outright
talat records and transcribes meetings on your own Mac or Windows computer, so the audio, transcripts and notes don't go to the vendor's servers, and you can buy it outright for $189 or pay $9 a month. There's no free plan, just 10 hours of recording to try, and nothing syncs, so notes live on that one computer. There's no phone, web or Linux app, the Mac needs macOS 15 on Apple Silicon, and cloud summaries need your own API key.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | $89 a year is about $7.40 a month, inside the cheapest quarter for meeting notes, and that's the full app with nothing metered. $9 pays by the month. The $189 lifetime license is under two years of what this category usually charges. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan. You get 10 hours of recording with every feature, no account and no card, and after that a new recording needs paying for. What you've already recorded stays searchable and exportable. It's a trial, not a plan you could stay on. |
| Features | B | It transcribes on the computer itself, records both sides of a call with no bot, starts on its own when a Zoom, Teams or Meet call begins, and learns voices so it names the same people next time. Dictation, imports, webhooks and MCP are all in. Nothing syncs, and the better summaries want your own API key. |
| Ease of use | B | No account, no card, nothing to wire up: install it and it can start recording by itself when it spots a call or a calendar event. There's no store rating on record, so that install-and-go is what the mark rests on. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Mac and Windows, and that's it — no phone, web or Linux app, and the Mac wants macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon. Calendars, Obsidian and Markdown export, webhooks and an MCP server are all there, but it's your desktop or nothing. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who talat is for
- Fits if you can't send meeting audio to a cloud service
- Makes sense if you'd rather pay once, at $189 for a lifetime license, than subscribe
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want notes on your phone or in a browser, as there are no mobile, web or Linux apps
- Not for you if you work on two computers, because nothing syncs and notes stay where they were recorded
- Tight if you're hoping to stay free, since new recordings need a paid plan after the first 10 hours
- Watch out: the Mac version needs macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon, so Intel Macs and older systems are out
- Watch out: summaries from Claude, OpenAI or other cloud models need your own provider account and API key
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$7.42
A month to start, paid by the year
talat is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $9 per month, $89 per year, or $189 once for a lifetime license.
What you've already recorded stays searchable and exportable.
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.
Trying it first
10 hours of free recording with every feature; no account or credit card required
Read from talat.app on Oct 6, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on talat.appAnnual 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.
Stated on talat.appOther 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.
Stated on talat.app
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
2
Places it runs: macOS and Windows
Local transcription app for meetings, dictation and recordings. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: works offline, local-first, one-time purchase, AI features, meeting notes, transcription, dictation.
Dictation, imports, webhooks and MCP are all in.
- 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.
Where it runs
- macOS
- Windows
What it works with
- Apple Calendar
- Google Calendar
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Microsoft Teams
- Obsidian
- Ollama
- Claude
talat is made by Lumikey LTD.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
23/48
Other AI meeting note takers it is graded above
talat's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 23 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 43 of 48) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $7.42 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 6 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. talat’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 43 of 48
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 48
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 48
- BEase of useAbove 20 of 48
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 48
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 48 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. talat is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace talat you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $89 a year.
What you could not
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- Dictation that types into any app on your computer.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- A real app for macOS and Windows. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Zoom among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. talat’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Granola, Meetily, Anarlog, Quill Meetings and Shadow
The 5 tools talat is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
Granola
Free plan · from $14/mo
AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot.
- Granola has a free plan. talat does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Granola lists iOS and Android apps.
- talat can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 2.2GPA
Meetily
Free plan · from $10/mo
Open-source meeting recorder that transcribes on your device.
- Meetily has a free plan. talat does not, though it has a free trial.
- talat can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Meetily is open source, according to its own site.
- 2.4GPA
Anarlog
Free plan · from $14/mo
Open-source, local-first AI meeting notepad with no bot.
- Anarlog has a free plan. talat does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Anarlog lists a Linux app.
- talat can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 3.0GPA
Quill Meetings
Free plan · from $6.99/mo
Local-first AI meeting notes recorded without a bot.
- Quill Meetings has a free plan. talat does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Quill Meetings lists iOS and Android apps.
- talat can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- 2.2GPA
Shadow
Free plan · from $8/mo
Bot-free Mac meeting recorder that runs your own AI prompts.
- Shadow has a free plan. talat does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only talat lists a Windows app.
- talat can be bought with a one-time purchase.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is talat free?
No, talat is a paid product, but you can try it first. 10 hours of free recording with every feature; no account or credit card required.
How much does talat cost?
talat lists 3 plans. Monthly: $9 per month.
What platforms does talat work on?
talat is available on macOS and Windows.
Does talat offer any discounts?
talat publicly lists the following: Lifetime license for a one-time $189; Yearly plan costs less than 12 months; $5 off through a referral.
Does talat have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. talat is listed for macOS and Windows.
Does talat have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. talat is listed for macOS and Windows.
Is talat open source?
talat is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Does talat work offline?
Yes, according to its own site. What works without a connection differs by plan and platform, so check the vendor's page for the detail.
What does talat integrate with?
talat's listing names Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Obsidian, Ollama and Claude.
Who makes talat?
talat is made by Lumikey LTD.
What are the alternatives to talat?
The closest alternatives to talat in our directory are Granola, Meetily, Anarlog, Quill Meetings and Shadow.
How does talat compare with other AI meeting note takers?
talat's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 23 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 8.
Is talat good value for money?
ToolGPA grades talat B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $7.42 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 6 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of talat?
To replace talat you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from talat’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from talat's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-05-24.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Lumikey LTD. Prices change, so check talat.app before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- talat, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/talat
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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