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You need an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer) running macOS 15 or later. Intel Macs are not supported by this download. You don’t need Xcode, Python, or an extra audio driver. Apple On-Device speech is optional and requires macOS 26 or later, a supported spoken language and prepared Apple-managed speech assets. Nemotron remains available on macOS 15+. Apple Translation separately requires macOS 26+ and installed translation packs; Apple’s meeting-notes provider also needs an eligible Mac with Apple Intelligence enabled.

Sottola for Windows supports Windows 10 version 2004 or later and Windows 11 on x64 PCs. Start with 16 GB of memory for local speech plus translation or notes; larger models need more. The app includes its desktop runtimes, so you don’t need Python or developer tools. Download the installer or portable ZIP, prepare your models, and choose the output device playing your meeting.

Sottola captures system audio: the sound playing through your Mac or the selected Windows output device from a call, video, or other app. It doesn’t join your meeting as a bot. Your own microphone is not captured by this system-audio path unless its sound is routed into system audio. Let participants know when you transcribe a conversation.

Local transcription, downloaded translation, and meeting notes run on your computer after their models are prepared. Internet is needed to start your trial, activate a license, and renew a paid license’s 30-day offline allowance. Renewal is free and happens automatically when the app can connect. Your purchase is not a subscription. On Mac, Nemotron speech needs about 760 MB; with its optional speaker model, downloads total roughly 1 GB. Apple manages its own speech assets. TranslateGemma adds about 2.2 GB for 4B or 6.7 GB for 12B. The notes model needs additional storage. Windows setup shows download sizes for its own model files. Optional cloud engines also need internet.

Quiet audio now shows “Listening — waiting for system audio” while recording continues. Silence between speakers no longer produces a misleading screen-recording permission warning.

Fixed Apple On-Device audio timing that could stop recording and close the caption window with an “Audio input timestamp overlaps” error. Audio chunks now stay continuous, including through silence. If recognition does fail, its original error stays visible instead of being replaced by a cleanup error.

Apple On-Device remains an explicit local choice on macOS 26+ with a supported spoken language and prepared speech assets. Nemotron remains the default on macOS 15 and later. The Quick Start Guide, optional setup counts, translation choices, and existing licenses work as before.

Windows 1.0.0 brings local Nemotron transcription, floating captions, local TranslateGemma translation, Qwen meeting notes and folder context, searchable transcript history, and Markdown export. Optional anonymous speaker labels are added after Stop. Install with the Windows setup program or use the portable ZIP. The seven-day explicit-start trial and paid licenses use separate Windows seats.

Meeting notes generate after you stop recording by default; you can turn automatic notes off or generate them manually. To generate notes for an earlier saved recording, choose it in Meeting Notes or use the Meeting Notes button in History, even after restarting Sottola. Download the local Qwen model on Mac or Windows, or choose Apple’s on-device model on an eligible Mac with macOS 26 or later. The same local providers can index folders you explicitly choose, so relevant file summaries can support your meeting notes. Context accepts UTF-8 text, Markdown, and source code, not PDF or Word files. Keep Sottola open until indexing and note generation finish. Neither feature automatically switches to a cloud model.

On Mac, optional vocabulary boosting extracts a limited glossary of names, acronyms and technical terms from enabled context and your custom vocabulary. It influences Nemotron’s recognition as you speak; accuracy still depends on the audio. Translation uses the resulting recognized captions. Qwen and Apple’s notes model continue to handle folder summaries and meeting notes, without reviewing or rewriting live captions. Folder vocabulary is not sent to cloud speech engines.

Nemotron supports 28 spoken languages. Apple On-Device shows the languages and regions supported on your Mac and requires an explicit choice. The Mac text translation picker offers 20 output choices. Windows offers 11 named choices for speech and translation, plus automatic speech detection. See the language lists and engine requirements. Speech support and translation-pair availability are separate; test your pair during the trial. On Mac, Nemotron’s optional speaker labels distinguish up to four anonymous voices; overlapping speech can be labeled “Multiple speakers.” Windows adds optional anonymous speaker labels after Stop. Apple speech does not provide speaker labels in Sottola.

Try all features for seven days, with no payment details. The trial begins when you choose Start Trial in the app. Afterwards, a US$39 one-time license covers two Macs or two Windows PCs, depending on the platform you purchase. Mac and Windows licenses are separate and are not interchangeable. Move a seat by deactivating that computer in License settings. Existing transcripts and saved notes remain available to read, copy, and export when the trial ends.

Your key is available on the private purchase page after payment. Save a license file or copy the key there; that page also shows the status of your license email.

License emails come from Sottola <no-reply@wilder.ing> to the address used at checkout. Check spam if an email is missing, and keep a private copy of your key. Replies and support requests go to me@wilder.dev. If email is delayed or unavailable, you can still retrieve your key in the checkout browser for 30 days.

With local engines selected, meeting audio and text are processed on your computer. Model preparation connects to the provider to download models or Apple-managed language assets. Saved transcripts and context from folders you explicitly choose remain local. Selecting an optional OpenAI engine sends the relevant audio or text to that service. Licensing sends a random installation identifier and activation credentials to sottola.com for Mac or windows-license.sottola.com for Windows, never audio, transcripts, or context files. Stripe handles payment and billing information. When license email is enabled, Resend processes the checkout email address and license message to send your key; meeting content is never included. A secure purchase cookie lets this browser retrieve your license key for 30 days; save a private copy.

In app versions that offer optional setup counts, this setting is off until you choose to allow it in the Quick Start Guide. If allowed, the app sends only fixed setup milestones and failure categories to sottola.com, such as model preparation, permission, trial start, recording and the first caption. It sends no installation identifier, license, meeting content, error text, file paths, cookies or campaign label with those events. The server stores only daily event totals for 90 days, not individual event records. The receiving server sees your IP address for delivery and briefly uses it for rate limiting; the address is not saved in these totals or request access logs. Operational error logs may contain network information when a request fails. You can turn counts off in the guide without limiting the app. This stops future sends and cancels pending requests; events already received cannot be withdrawn individually from aggregate totals. Failed sends are not retried, and enabling counts later does not send earlier completed steps. Setup counting stops after the first caption; later recordings are not counted. These counts do not identify installations or connect app use to advertising clicks. No Firebase or Google analytics SDK is used.

Ad measurement is optional. Only after you choose Allow ad measurement, Sottola saves a secure first-party cookie for up to 30 days containing a shared campaign label, not a unique visitor identifier. If you purchase in that browser, the label can be associated with your existing private order to count campaign purchases. The label is deleted from the order after 90 days; aggregate campaign totals may be retained. Ad privacy choices in the footer lets you view or withdraw browser consent. Withdrawal removes the optional cookie and stops future attribution from it; labels already attached to orders follow the 90-day deletion period. Declining does not affect downloads or purchases.

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Speech recognition, translation, and generated notes can make mistakes. Review important details against the transcript and source timestamps. Sottola’s notes help you follow up; they don’t send messages or create tasks on your behalf.