Silkwave Voice records your microphone, system audio, or both simultaneously. Transcription runs entirely on-device using Apple's speech-to-text models. Supports 10 languages. Your audio never leaves your Mac. Get structured AI summaries with key topics, action items, and decisions powered by ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence. Start recordings from the menu bar without switching apps. Full-text search across all your recordings, transcripts, and summaries. Requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later.
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Bakhshi, the maker of Silkwave Voice.
At some point I realized that macOS now provides everything you need to build a privacy-first meeting assistant: on-device speech-to-text, mic and system audio recording APIs, and free ChatGPT summarization through Apple Intelligence. All the pieces were there, just nobody had put them together into one app. So I built Silkwave Voice, a one-time $14.99 purchase (launch price, will increase later) with a 7-day free trial, no subscriptions, no per-minute fees, and no server costs.
Silkwave Voice is a macOS app that does three things well: 🎙️ Record: mic, system audio, or both at once (perfect for Zoom, Meet, podcasts, no third-party drivers needed) ✍️ Transcribe: in real time, on-device, using Apple's speech-to-text models in 10 languages. No internet required, no audio leaves your Mac 🧠 Summarize: structured summaries with key topics, action items, and decisions, powered by ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence
Plus a menu bar app for quick access and full-text search across your entire recording library.
Since everything runs on your Mac, there's nothing for us to charge you monthly for. It's available now on the Mac App Store.
I'd love to hear: what's the one feature that would make you switch from your current transcription workflow? Happy to answer any questions. I'll be here all day. Thanks for checking it out! 🙏
On-device makes sense for corporate environments where IT won't allow audio on third-party servers. Any plans for team sharing of transcripts, or is this intentionally staying a personal tool?
The one-time pricing is such a breath of fresh air in a space where everything is $20/month. The fully on-device angle is what actually makes it believable too, most tools say 'privacy-first' but still send audio somewhere. Congrats on the launch Bakhshi! :)
About Silkwave Voice on Product Hunt
“Record your microphone, system audio simultaneously”
Silkwave Voice launched on Product Hunt on April 7th, 2026 and earned 72 upvotes and 5 comments, placing #38 on the daily leaderboard. Silkwave Voice records your microphone, system audio, or both simultaneously. Transcription runs entirely on-device using Apple's speech-to-text models. Supports 10 languages. Your audio never leaves your Mac. Get structured AI summaries with key topics, action items, and decisions powered by ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence. Start recordings from the menu bar without switching apps. Full-text search across all your recordings, transcripts, and summaries. Requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later.
Silkwave Voice was featured in Productivity (649.9k followers), Meetings (6.4k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (466.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 217.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Silkwave Voice?
Silkwave Voice was hunted by Bakhshi Mnatsakanyan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Bakhshi Mnatsakanyan
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Bakhshi, the maker of Silkwave Voice.
At some point I realized that macOS now provides everything you need to build a privacy-first meeting assistant: on-device speech-to-text, mic and system audio recording APIs, and free ChatGPT summarization through Apple Intelligence. All the pieces were there, just nobody had put them together into one app. So I built Silkwave Voice, a one-time $14.99 purchase (launch price, will increase later) with a 7-day free trial, no subscriptions, no per-minute fees, and no server costs.
Silkwave Voice is a macOS app that does three things well:
🎙️ Record: mic, system audio, or both at once (perfect for Zoom, Meet, podcasts, no third-party drivers needed)
✍️ Transcribe: in real time, on-device, using Apple's speech-to-text models in 10 languages. No internet required, no audio leaves your Mac
🧠 Summarize: structured summaries with key topics, action items, and decisions, powered by ChatGPT through Apple Intelligence
Plus a menu bar app for quick access and full-text search across your entire recording library.
Since everything runs on your Mac, there's nothing for us to charge you monthly for. It's available now on the Mac App Store.
I'd love to hear: what's the one feature that would make you switch from your current transcription workflow?
Happy to answer any questions. I'll be here all day. Thanks for checking it out! 🙏