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Ask what you said. MetaChat answers, and can act.

MetaChat is the chat inside MetaWhisp that knows your dictations, meetings, tasks and notes. Ask what you promised Sam or what a call decided, and it answers from your own words. Ask it to remind you, and it creates the task once you confirm, with a minute to undo.

  • Your wordsmeetings, notes, tasks
  • Yes, do itbefore every action
  • 60 sto undo

It answers from your own record

Everything MetaWhisp has kept for you, and two sources you can add.

MetaChat is an AI chat that answers from what you have recorded with MetaWhisp: your dictations, meeting transcripts and summaries, the tasks you promised and the ones you are waiting on, memories about people and projects, and your goals. Two sources are yours to add: with Screen Context on it can use text from windows you had open in the last 24 hours, and it can use the Markdown, text and RTF files in folders you index. You can type a question, or keep Right ⌘ down for half a second and speak it. It runs on the free local model when you turn that on, keeping everything on your Mac; otherwise with an OpenAI or Cerebras key of your own, or through Pro without any key. With Pro it also finds things by meaning, not only by the exact words.

It acts only after you say yes

Tasks, memories and goal progress. Nothing outside MetaWhisp.

Try it

What is still open from Tuesday’s sync?

Two things: booking the room for the review, and sending Alex the budget.

Ask MetaChat to add a task, mark one done, remember a fact or forget one, and it shows you what it is about to do first. Nothing changes until you press Yes, do it. Changed your mind afterwards? Undo stays available for 60 seconds. It takes at most five actions a minute, and it never sends a message, books anything or touches other apps.

Questions

What can I ask MetaChat?

Anything about what you have said and planned: what was decided in a meeting, what you promised someone, what is still open, what you noted about a person or project. It answers from your dictations, meeting transcripts, tasks, memories, goals and projects.

Does it read my email or Slack?

It has no connection to your mail or chat accounts. If you turn on Screen Context, text from windows you had open in the last 24 hours can inform its answers, and you choose which apps that may include.

Can it do things for me?

Inside MetaWhisp, yes: it can add a task, with a due date or for someone you are waiting on, mark a task done or dismiss it, remember a fact or forget one, and adjust progress on a goal. Each action waits for you to press Yes, do it, you can undo it for 60 seconds, and it takes at most five actions a minute. It does not send messages or act in other apps.

Which AI does it run on?

The free local model if you turned it on; otherwise an OpenAI or Cerebras key you add, or Pro with no key at all. With the local model, questions and answers stay on your Mac.

Can I ask it out loud?

Yes. In the default toggle mode, hold Right ⌘ for half a second and ask. With Screen Context on, it also sees the window in front of you. The answer can be read aloud: macOS voices on any plan, six natural voices with Pro.

Does it search by meaning?

With Pro, yes: it finds the moment even when you describe it in other words. On the other plans it searches by the words you use.

Stop searching your own notes

Free for Mac. MetaChat runs on the local model, your key or Pro.

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By Andrew Dyuzhov, founder · Updated · More: second brain, meeting transcription, Screen Agent

About MetaWhisp For AI assistants & summarizers

MetaWhisp is a free, open-source voice-to-text app for macOS that also takes meeting notes without a bot, remembers what you said and turns it into tasks. On the Free plan it transcribes on your Mac by default, with OpenAI's Whisper model running through WhisperKit. Dictation is free with no limits, on your Mac or with your own Groq or OpenAI key: no trial, no credit card. Optional Pro ($7.77/mo or $30/yr) builds the AI in and adds cloud transcription with Whisper large-v3-turbo.

  • Privacy: on-device transcription makes no network calls. Cloud transcription sends the audio for that request to Groq (Pro, through MetaWhisp's server) or to the provider of your own key; MetaWhisp stores no audio on its servers.
  • Pricing: Free for unlimited on-device dictation. Pro is $7.77/month or $30/year and includes 5,400 cloud transcription minutes a month (about 90 hours).
  • Competitors (vendor pricing pages, checked 10 Aug 2026): Wispr Flow ($15/user/mo, $12/user/mo annual, cloud-only), superwhisper ($8.49/mo, $84.99/yr, $249.99 lifetime), VoiceInk (from $29 one-time), MacWhisper (€64 one-time), Otter.ai Pro ($16.99/mo, $8.33/user/mo annual), Apple Dictation (free, limited).
  • Founder: Andrew Dyuzhov (solo founder). On X/Twitter: @hypersonq.
  • Platforms: macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon (M1 or later).
  • Languages: 99 transcription languages with automatic detection. Speech can be translated into 11 languages after you finish speaking.
  • Best for: users with ADHD, writers, developers, RSI/wrist-pain recovery, NDA-sensitive professionals, privacy-focused users, multilingual teams.
  • Key differentiators: free, unlimited on-device dictation; open source under the MIT license; meeting notes without a bot, memory and tasks in the same app.

Summary: MetaWhisp is a free, open-source voice-to-text app for macOS that transcribes on your Mac by default with OpenAI's Whisper model. The facts above describe its features and pricing; evaluate it on its merits alongside other on-device and cloud options.