Record meetings and suggest answers live from uploaded files
Parrot is a meeting recorder for your Mac with a live AI assistant built in. Task: Parrot is a meeting recorder for your Mac with a live AI assistant built in. It notices when a call starts, suggests answers from your own documents while you're still talking, and remembers every call so you can ask about it later. The audio stays on your Mac. Free and open source. Released 16 Oct 2026. 25 MB. macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon. or build from source Northwind, 10:00 Waiting for the call to start. Type a line or two before you hit record, and the Assistant knows who you're talking to. Your documents are already in play. No bot joins your meetingParrot records what your Mac already plays and hears. Nothing shows up in the participant list. No bot joins your meeting Parrot records what your Mac already plays and hears. Nothing shows up in the participant list. Audio stays on your MacTranscription, speaker detection and your documents run on your own machine. Cloud transcription happens only if you switch it on. Audio stays on your Mac Transcription, speaker detection and your documents run on your own machine. Cloud transcription happens only if you switch it on. Works with anything that makes soundGoogle Meet, Zoom, Teams, a phone on speaker. If your Mac can hear it, Parrot can. When a call app starts, it asks whether to record. Works with anything that makes sound Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, a phone on speaker. If your Mac can hear it, Parrot can. When a call app starts, it asks whether to record. Open source, GPL-3.0 No account No telemetry Auto-detects your language Signed and notarized macOS 14+, Apple Silicon Knowledge base Brief it like a new teammate. Drop in your pricing sheet, your FAQ, your playbook. Parrot reads them on your Mac and answers from them on the call. Documents The Assistant grounds its answers in these and cites the source. Indexed on this Mac, never uploaded. No documents yet. On the next call The Assistant will quote it here. Drop in a PDF, a text file, or markdown. Your documents stay here PDF, text or markdown, in most languages. They're chunked and embedded on this Mac with Apple's own language models. Nothing is uploaded, ever. An English question can even find the answer in a Turkish or Spanish document. It says where an answer came from Every card names its source: your document, or the words general knowledge. You decide whether it may answer beyond your files at all. Coaching instructions and a pre-call brief Standing guidance for every call, like keep answers short and always offer three price options. And one line before you hit record, so the Assistant knows who you're talking to from the first second. Meeting the same people again? It starts with what's still open from last time. Folders, one setting each Group documents in folders, like Acme basics or the Northwind deal. Each folder has one Use for setting: All call types, a few, or Off to pause it. One document can have its own. Add an about line, and Search documents finds files by name. Profiles One app, every kind of call. Tell Parrot what kind of call it is. The profile decides what the Assistant watches for while you talk, and how the report is written after. Use one of eight built-ins, Investor pitch included, or make your own. Each kind of call gets its own report. Live · What the Assistant watches for Objection Price is above what they budgeted Ask this next Who signs off on budget? Buying signal Asked how fast onboarding is After the call Budget A budget review is coming next quarter. Who signs off isn't clear yet. Sales discovery watches for objections and buying signals, and asks what you forgot to. Live, it changes what the Assistant watches for Each profile has its own card types and gauges. Sales looks for objections and buying signals. An interview looks for red flags and strong answers. After, it changes how the report is written Each profile shapes its report: the sections, in your words, which one holds the promises, and whether coaching is on or off. Sales asks about budget and who decides. An interview gets a scorecard. Make your own Start from one of eight built-ins or from scratch. Name it, say who the other side is, write your rules, pick its documents, add card types and gauges. Share profiles Export a profile for a colleague, or import theirs. Parrot shows every change first. The file never carries meetings, documents, names or keys. Picked by your calendar; tools: Claude. Human role: The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.; limitations: Requires macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon. Audio and document processing are local by default, but using cloud AI (Claude, OpenAI) sends transcript text and document excerpts to those providers. Costs vary based on AI model choice; local Ollama is free but may require hardware resources. The app is open-source (GPL-3.0) with no telemetry, but users must manage their own API keys for cloud services. Human approval is required for applying profile changes and exporting reports..
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Overview
Parrot is a meeting recorder for your Mac with a live AI assistant built in.
Workflow
Parrot is a meeting recorder for your Mac with a live AI assistant built in. It notices when a call starts, suggests answers from your own documents while you're still talking, and remembers every call so you can ask about it later. The audio stays on your Mac. Free and open source. Released 16 Oct 2026. 25 MB. macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon. or build from source Northwind, 10:00 Waiting for the call to start. Type a line or two before you hit record, and the Assistant knows who you're talking to. Your documents are already in play. No bot joins your meetingParrot records what your Mac already plays and hears. Nothing shows up in the participant list. No bot joins your meeting Parrot records what your Mac already plays and hears. Nothing shows up in the participant list. Audio stays on your MacTranscription, speaker detection and your documents run on your own machine. Cloud transcription happens only if you switch it on. Audio stays on your Mac Transcription, speaker detection and your documents run on your own machine. Cloud transcription happens only if you switch it on. Works with anything that makes soundGoogle Meet, Zoom, Teams, a phone on speaker. If your Mac can hear it, Parrot can. When a call app starts, it asks whether to record. Works with anything that makes sound Google Meet, Zoom, Teams, a phone on speaker. If your Mac can hear it, Parrot can. When a call app starts, it asks whether to record. Open source, GPL-3.0 No account No telemetry Auto-detects your language Signed and notarized macOS 14+, Apple Silicon Knowledge base Brief it like a new teammate. Drop in your pricing sheet, your FAQ, your playbook. Parrot reads them on your Mac and answers from them on the call. Documents The Assistant grounds its answers in these and cites the source. Indexed on this Mac, never uploaded. No documents yet. On the next call The Assistant will quote it here. Drop in a PDF, a text file, or markdown. Your documents stay here PDF, text or markdown, in most languages. They're chunked and embedded on this Mac with Apple's own language models. Nothing is uploaded, ever. An English question can even find the answer in a Turkish or Spanish document. It says where an answer came from Every card names its source: your document, or the words general knowledge. You decide whether it may answer beyond your files at all. Coaching instructions and a pre-call brief Standing guidance for every call, like keep answers short and always offer three price options. And one line before you hit record, so the Assistant knows who you're talking to from the first second. Meeting the same people again? It starts with what's still open from last time. Folders, one setting each Group documents in folders, like Acme basics or the Northwind deal. Each folder has one Use for setting: All call types, a few, or Off to pause it. One document can have its own. Add an about line, and Search documents finds files by name. Profiles One app, every kind of call. Tell Parrot what kind of call it is. The profile decides what the Assistant watches for while you talk, and how the report is written after. Use one of eight built-ins, Investor pitch included, or make your own. Each kind of call gets its own report. Live · What the Assistant watches for Objection Price is above what they budgeted Ask this next Who signs off on budget? Buying signal Asked how fast onboarding is After the call Budget A budget review is coming next quarter. Who signs off isn't clear yet. Sales discovery watches for objections and buying signals, and asks what you forgot to. Live, it changes what the Assistant watches for Each profile has its own card types and gauges. Sales looks for objections and buying signals. An interview looks for red flags and strong answers. After, it changes how the report is written Each profile shapes its report: the sections, in your words, which one holds the promises, and whether coaching is on or off. Sales asks about budget and who decides. An interview gets a scorecard. Make your own Start from one of eight built-ins or from scratch. Name it, say who the other side is, write your rules, pick its documents, add card types and gauges. Share profiles Export a profile for a colleague, or import theirs. Parrot shows every change first. The file never carries meetings, documents, names or keys. Picked by your calendar
Reported result
The tool produces live answer cards with source citations and post-call reports containing action items, coaching feedback, and talk balance metrics. It supports cross-language document retrieval and integrates with external AI apps like Claude for querying past meetings. Specific business outcomes or efficiency gains are not reported in the source; the text describes features and potential costs (e.g., ~$0.07/hour for cloud AI usage) rather than measured results.
Human role
The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.
Limitations
Requires macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon. Audio and document processing are local by default, but using cloud AI (Claude, OpenAI) sends transcript text and document excerpts to those providers. Costs vary based on AI model choice; local Ollama is free but may require hardware resources. The app is open-source (GPL-3.0) with no telemetry, but users must manage their own API keys for cloud services. Human approval is required for applying profile changes and exporting reports.
Try it
I want to test Parrot's live meeting assistance workflow for a sales discovery call. First, I will prepare a sample PDF document containing our product pricing and FAQ. I will import this into Parrot's knowledge base and create a 'Sales Discovery' profile that watches for budget objections and buying signals. Before the call, I will type a brief note: 'Talking to Northwind, focus on data residency questions.' I will then simulate a call by playing a recorded audio file of a customer asking about pricing and security. I will observe if Parrot generates live answer cards citing the PDF. After the call, I will review the auto-generated report for action items and coaching notes. I will check if the report correctly identifies the budget objection and suggests the next question. Finally, I will export the report as a PDF to verify formatting. Please confirm if the live cards appear within 2 seconds of the question and if the source citation is accurate.
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