NotchLive

Live Captions at the Top of Your Mac

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macOS
Productivity
Freemium

About NotchLive

NotchLive keeps live captions at the top of your Mac while you work. It captures system audio or microphone speech from Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, videos, podcasts, and other apps, then transcribes it locally with Whisper and CoreML. Use the compact caption bar for the latest line, or open Live Timeline to scroll, search, copy, and export without stopping the live stream.

Features

Live Captions at the Top: Captions sit near the notch or top center of the screen, so they stay readable while you keep working.
System Audio or Microphone: Caption a Zoom, Meet, or Teams call, a video, a podcast, or anything else playing on your Mac, or your own mic.
On-Device Transcription: Speech recognition runs locally with Whisper and CoreML rather than being sent to a cloud transcription service.
Compact Caption Bar: A minimal bar shows just the latest line when you only need to follow along.
Live Timeline: Scroll back, search, copy, and export the transcript without interrupting the live stream.
Works on Any Mac: Designed for notched MacBooks, with a top-center caption bar on Macs without a notch.
Free Captions: Core captioning is free, no subscription and no account needed to start.
Pro Upgrade ($14.99 One-Time): Adds translation, recording, voice notes, exports, and private meeting summaries.

Why NotchLive?

Meeting captions usually live inside whichever app is hosting the call, if they exist at all, and they vanish the moment it ends. NotchLive puts captions in one consistent place at the top of the screen for any audio source, and keeps a transcript you can search and export.

Pick a Source

Choose system audio or your microphone, depending on whether you're listening or speaking.

Download a Model

Grab a Whisper model once so transcription can run entirely on your Mac.

Start Captioning

Follow the caption bar live, or open Live Timeline to scroll back and export.

Questions

What is NotchLive?

NotchLive shows live captions at the top of your Mac for whatever audio is playing, meetings, videos, podcasts, or for your own microphone.

Does my audio get uploaded?

No. Transcription runs on your Mac with Whisper and CoreML rather than through a cloud transcription service.

Which apps does it work with?

It captures system audio, so Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, video players, podcast apps, and anything else playing sound are all covered.

Do I need a MacBook with a notch?

No. The caption bar sits near the notch on Macs that have one, and top center on Macs that don't.

What's in Pro?

Translation, recording, voice notes, exports, and private meeting summaries. It's a $14.99 one-time upgrade, not a subscription.

What does the free version include?

Captioning itself is free, including the live caption bar and Live Timeline.

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