What Tablif read on Hearba's site
Hearba describes itself as: “Hearba Local meetings and dictation that learn your corrections”
- Stage: Beta
- How it differs: “Most meeting tools stream your audio to a third-party cloud, charge per seat, or join the call as a visible bot. Hearba does none of that.”
What it is
Calls itself “meeting and dictation tool”.
- Calls itself: meeting and dictation tool
“The local macOS meeting and dictation tool that learns from your corrections.”
Where it puts itself
Rules out “Zero telemetry”.
- Says it will not: Zero telemetry
“Most meeting tools stream your audio to a third-party cloud, charge per seat, or join the call as a visible bot. Hearba does none of that.”
“Zero telemetry. No crash reporters. No auto-update pings.”
Who it sells to
Sells to consumers. Available in 2 languages.
- Sells to: consumers
- Languages: EN · ZH
“Hearba is an open-source macOS beta for meeting transcription and hold-to-talk dictation.”
“EN + ZH bilingual”
How it runs
A desktop app for macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Offers an API. Open source. AI is the core of the product. You can bring your own API key.
- Kind: desktop
- Runs on: macOS
- Runs where: on the device, offline
- API: yes
- Open source: yes
- AI role: core to the product
- Bring your own key: yes
“Hearba is an open-source macOS beta for meeting transcription and hold-to-talk dictation.”
“Requires macOS 14.2+ and Apple Silicon.”
What it offers as proof
In beta. Claims “38 comparable tools”. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.
- Stage: beta
- Number claimed: 38 comparable tools
- Trial asks for: nothing
“Status — v0.7.1 · Beta.”
“Beta builds are built from source today.”
Sources
Tablif read these pages, last on 14 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.
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