Recording a meeting on your Mac

paperite records the audio your Mac is already playing and capturing. Nothing joins the meeting, and the recording is written to your disk rather than sent anywhere. Because it captures at the operating system level, it does not care which meeting app you are using, or whether the meeting is happening on a screen at all.

What does paperite actually record?

Two streams: the system audio your Mac is playing, which is everyone else, and your microphone, which is you. They are captured together and transcribed as one conversation. You can wear headphones and it still works, because the system audio is taken before it reaches them.

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Does anyone in the meeting see it?

No. Nothing is added to the participant list and no notification is sent, because paperite never connects to the meeting platform. That places the responsibility for telling people on you rather than on a bot with a product name in the roster. See what happens to your recordings for how the data is handled.

Which meeting platforms does it work with?

All of them, and none of them specifically. paperite has no Zoom integration, no Teams integration and no calendar connection, because it captures the audio rather than joining the call. Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Slack huddles, a phone on speaker, or two people at a table all work the same way.

What happens after I stop recording?

The recording is transcribed on the Mac, the speakers are separated, and the result is attached to the note you were writing. Nothing is queued for upload, because there is no server to upload to.

Do I need to tell people I am recording?

Almost certainly yes, and in some jurisdictions it is a criminal matter rather than a courtesy. Germany treats the recording of a confidential spoken word without consent as an offence under §201 StGB. paperite does not make that decision for you and does not announce itself. Ask.

Captured	System audio and microphone
Stored	On your Mac
Uploaded	Nothing
Platform integrations	None needed