# The Listenr blog

> Running models on your own Mac, what meeting tools do with your recordings, and reading your meetings from a terminal or an assistant.

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Source: https://listenr.live/blog/
Publisher: The Closed Loop Company
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- [What is the best meeting notetaker?](https://listenr.live/blog/best-mac-meeting-notes-apps/) (2026-09-06). Nine of them put against the same seven questions, with a link to the vendor page behind every answer. Markdown: https://listenr.live/blog/best-mac-meeting-notes-apps.md
- [Your meetings without leaving the terminal](https://listenr.live/blog/meetings-without-leaving-the-terminal/) (2026-09-03). The Mac that records your meetings is often not the one you are typing on, and a terminal reaches it like anything else. Markdown: https://listenr.live/blog/meetings-without-leaving-the-terminal.md
- [Meetings your scripts and your agents can read](https://listenr.live/blog/a-command-line-for-agents/) (2026-08-27). Months of calls in a local database are worth more than a folder of recordings, because a shell script and an assistant can both read them. Markdown: https://listenr.live/blog/a-command-line-for-agents.md
- [Bot or no bot: which meeting recorder fits your calls](https://listenr.live/blog/recording-a-meeting-without-joining-it/) (2026-08-21). If you need meetings you do not attend, use a bot. If you need the audio to stay on your own machine, record from the machine. The rest is trade-offs. Markdown: https://listenr.live/blog/recording-a-meeting-without-joining-it.md
- [Which local model your Mac can run](https://listenr.live/blog/local-models-for-real-work/) (2026-08-13). An Apple Silicon Mac can transcribe a meeting and write the notes without anything leaving the machine. Installed memory decides which model does the writing. Markdown: https://listenr.live/blog/local-models-for-real-work.md
- [What actually leaves your Mac](https://listenr.live/blog/what-leaves-your-mac/) (2026-08-07). Three questions to ask any meeting notes app, and Listenr's answer to each. Markdown: https://listenr.live/blog/what-leaves-your-mac.md