Turn any book into an audiobook with on-device text to speech
Private AI note taker for Mac that records meetings without a bot, fully on-device
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Free: unlimited dictation, voice notes, view and export transcripts. NoteOwl Pro: $79 lifetime licence for one Mac, includes meeting capture, speaker separation, summaries, action items, searchable memory, people profiles and commitments tracking. Try Pro free for 7 days with no card required.
Key features
EPUB and text-based PDF reading
On-device text to speech that works offline
Word-by-word highlighting during narration
Web article saving from Safari and other apps
Playback speed control from 0.5x to 3x
Background playback and Lock Screen controls
Reading and listening position sync
Highlights, notes and bookmarks
iCloud sync across devices
Free Project Gutenberg classics library
Records meetings from any app without a bot joining the call
What makes it different
On-device speech generation means narration works completely offline
No account, no server, and no tracking of what you read
One app for both reading and listening with unified library
Free tier holds five books with unlimited listening
Your library stays readable even if you stop paying
Everything runs on your Mac with no bot joining calls and nothing uploaded to servers
Lifetime $79 purchase instead of monthly subscription
Works fully offline including transcription and AI
Your notes and recordings stay in a folder on your Mac and are always yours to export
Automatic voice recognition learns and identifies speakers after naming them once
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