Cannoli

Cannoli for Mac

Requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later on Apple silicon. Transcription uses Apple's on-device speech engine, so there is nothing to upload and no account needed to start.

Download coming soon

The first public build is being notarized. Sign up on the pricing page to be first.

First launch

  1. Open Cannoli and pick a mode: Managed, bring your own key, or Local-only. You can change it later in Settings.
  2. Press Start listening. macOS asks for the Microphone (your side) and for Screen & System Audio Recording (the other participants, as audio only). Cannoli asks for nothing else: no Accessibility, no screen video, no Full Disk Access.
  3. The first start downloads Apple's English speech model and a small speaker-separation model once. After that the app works offline.

Verify the download

Every build is signed with the Cannoli Developer ID and notarized by Apple. After installing:

spctl --assess --type execute --verbose /Applications/Cannoli.app
codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=2 /Applications/Cannoli.app

Updates: the app checks a signed update feed once a day and sends only its version and your macOS version. There is no telemetry and no crash reporter.