Your audio. Your Mac. Your moment.
For the message you can't listen to right now.
Save the audio. Read the text. Carry on.
Version 0.8.3 · Apple Silicon · macOS 26 or newer
Not yet Apple-notarized. Read the installation notes.
Made for your Mac
A quiet place for your voice messages. A translucent card when you need it. Clear settings when you want to make it yours.
Choose a view to explore the design.
A narrow glass card at the top right of your screen. Read the full transcript, switch to a summary, or copy the text. Close it when you’re done.
Choose audio folders, set the card’s appearance and decide what happens to a processed file. Everything together in one clear settings window.
Morgen um 18:30 Uhr am Café neben dem Park treffen.
Fotos vom Wochenende mitbringen. Bei Regen drinnen sitzen.
Die App läuft in der Menüleiste. Das Schließen eines Fensters beendet sie nicht.
1 Audioordner eingerichtet
Illustrated app views · example data · native interface in German
One small step. Less listening.
For example, Downloads. On first launch, choose a folder and decide whether to start the app at login.
Save an audio from WhatsApp, Mail or your browser to that folder. Sprachnotiz detects the new file automatically. It does not access your chats.
A glass card shows the transcript. Summarize long messages locally when Apple Intelligence is available.
You can also open files manually in the app. Existing files in a watched folder are skipped at startup. The native app's interface is currently in German; transcription offers German and English.
Personal messages stay personal
Speech recognition and summaries run locally. Sprachnotiz does not send your audio or transcripts to a cloud AI service.
Beta activation downloads a signed public file from GitHub on first use, after app updates, and at least every seven days. No audio, transcripts, filenames or device identifiers are sent. GitHub sees normal connection data, such as your IP address.
Data & connections ↗Small, early, and ready for honest feedback.
Do you receive voice messages and use a Mac? Try Sprachnotiz in your everyday workflow. The beta is free; future pricing has not been decided.
Send feedback ↗Public GitHub form · GitHub account required
Please do not share private audio, transcripts or personal information in public feedback.
Questions? Start here.
Download and open the DMG. Drag Sprachnotiz to Applications, then launch it from there. Choose an audio folder and optional login startup.
The beta is locally signed but not Apple-notarized. macOS may block the first launch. Check the source before opening a downloaded app; a signature is not an Apple review. Apple's guidance ↗
Apple Silicon and macOS 26 or newer. Summaries require Apple Intelligence to be supported, enabled, and its local model available. macOS downloads missing speech models from Apple. The app interface is currently German; German and English transcription are available.
No. Save an audio from WhatsApp or another app to your selected folder. Sprachnotiz does not read chats or access your WhatsApp account. It is an independent project, unaffiliated with WhatsApp or Apple.
The current beta is free, with no beta-license limits on audio count or duration. Future pricing is undecided. Beta access can end or require an update. After a successful online activation you can use it offline for up to seven days. After that, new processing pauses until activation is renewed; existing texts remain readable.
Transcripts and summaries stay in memory until you quit. Audio stays with you. Optionally, a successfully transcribed file from a watched folder can be moved to Trash when its card is closed. Manually opened files are not cleaned up this way.
Use Feedback in the app or the link on this page. It opens a public GitHub form. Include app version, macOS version and steps to reproduce, without private audio or transcripts. You choose what to submit.
Yes. Open Settings → Quellen from the menu bar to manage watched folders. You can use audio saved from WhatsApp, Mail or a browser; the app watches files, not accounts.
The app detects new files in the selected folder. Existing files are skipped when monitoring starts. Check that monitoring is not paused, or open the audio manually in the app.
Summaries need Apple Intelligence to be supported and enabled, with the local model available. If it is unavailable, you can still use local transcription with the required speech model.
The beta checks a signed activation file on GitHub on first launch, after app updates and at least every seven days. Audio processing stays local. App updates and missing Apple language models also need a connection.
Ready for less listening?
0.8.3 · Apple Silicon · macOS 26+ · not Apple-notarized
Release notes & downloads ↗This page includes no analytics, advertising or newsletter services. Its demo only uses supplied example text; it does not accept files. The hosting provider receives connection data needed to serve the page.
This website is hosted on a Netcup server. App downloads, updates, beta activation and public feedback use GitHub, which receives normal connection data. See GitHub's privacy statement. macOS may contact Apple to download missing language models. There is no automatic cloud fallback for your audio.
Project contact: Nichttobi12's public project page. Do not publish private messages or personal information there.