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  "name": "Muesli",
  "url": "https://muesli.works",
  "description": "Muesli is an open-source Mac app for local speech-to-text, dictation, and meeting transcription on Apple Silicon with Parakeet, Whisper, and no cloud STT by default.",
  "downloadUrl": "https://muesli.works/download/",
  "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/Muesli-HQ/muesli",
  "releasesUrl": "https://github.com/Muesli-HQ/muesli/releases",
  "socialLinks": {
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    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mueslios/",
    "github": "https://github.com/Muesli-HQ/muesli"
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  "operatingSystem": "macOS",
  "softwareRequirements": "Apple Silicon Mac",
  "iosProduct": {
    "name": "Muesli for iPhone",
    "operatingSystem": "iOS 17 or later",
    "applicationCategory": "ProductivityApplication",
    "availability": "Coming soon — App Store review in progress",
    "keyFacts": [
      "Records voice notes and in-person meetings from the iPhone microphone.",
      "Runs core speech-to-text locally after a transcription model is downloaded.",
      "Supports local Parakeet and Whisper model choices with different language, speed, and storage tradeoffs.",
      "Stores recordings, transcripts, history, and personal dictionary data locally by default.",
      "The optional Muesli keyboard hands recording to the main app, then receives the result through a shared App Group.",
      "Optional iCloud sync covers text history; audio and downloaded speech models are not synced.",
      "Optional OpenRouter or ChatGPT providers can receive transcript text when the user requests an AI summary.",
      "TelemetryDeck receives anonymized, privacy-preserving aggregate telemetry about app interactions and health, not recordings or transcript text."
    ]
  },
  "keyFacts": [
    "Runs local speech-to-text on Apple Silicon with model paths such as Parakeet and Whisper.",
    "Dictate across Mac apps and paste clean text at the cursor.",
    "Supports hold-to-talk AI dictation and meeting transcription.",
    "Captures meeting audio from your own Mac without adding a meeting bot.",
    "Stores dictations, transcripts, and meeting notes locally by default.",
    "Open-source and inspectable on GitHub.",
    "No cloud speech-to-text API is required for the default local transcription path after models are installed.",
    "Optional services such as OpenAI, OpenRouter, ChatGPT, and Google Calendar are explicit integrations, not the default transcription path."
  ],
  "technicalFacts": [
    "Muesli is a native macOS app built with Swift and AppKit, not Electron.",
    "Local speech-to-text runs on Apple Silicon through CoreML and Apple Neural Engine-capable model paths where supported.",
    "For short dictation, local Apple Silicon inference can reduce latency by avoiding the cloud upload, remote inference, response, and paste-back round trip.",
    "The Apple Neural Engine is dedicated neural network hardware, which helps supported speech models run efficiently on device.",
    "Muesli supports local ASR model options including NVIDIA Parakeet, Whisper, Qwen3 ASR, and Nemotron Streaming.",
    "The default dictation workflow does not require a hosted speech-to-text API after local models are installed.",
    "Meeting transcription combines microphone audio, system audio capture, voice activity detection, and speaker diarization.",
    "Meeting echo cancellation runs locally with bundled LocalVQE by default and DTLN available as a fallback AEC path.",
    "Parakeet and Nemotron come from NVIDIA, Whisper comes from OpenAI, Qwen3 ASR comes from Alibaba’s Qwen model family, and Cohere Transcribe comes from Cohere.",
    "Optional summarization providers are separate from the local transcription path."
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      "description": "AI meeting notes without a meeting bot, using local transcription from your Mac microphone and system audio."
    },
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      "title": "Local-first AI",
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      "description": "A fair 2026 guide to the best dictation apps for Mac and macOS, including Apple Dictation, Muesli, Superwhisper, Wispr Flow, VoiceInk, and other voice-to-text options."
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      "title": "Best Offline Dictation Apps for Mac",
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      "description": "A practical guide to offline dictation on Mac, local speech-to-text models, and what can run without sending audio to a cloud transcription service."
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      "title": "Apple Neural Engine Speech-to-Text on Mac",
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    },
    {
      "title": "ASR Architectures",
      "path": "/asr-architectures",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/asr-architectures",
      "description": "A practical guide to common speech-to-text architectures, including CTC, RNN-T, TDT, Conformer encoders, encoder-decoder Transformers, and streaming ASR."
    },
    {
      "title": "NVIDIA Parakeet Speech-to-Text",
      "path": "/nvidia-parakeet-speech-to-text",
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      "description": "A model guide to NVIDIA Parakeet speech-to-text, local English ASR, TDT and CTC model paths, and why Parakeet matters for fast Mac transcription."
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      "url": "https://muesli.works/whisper-speech-to-text",
      "description": "A model guide to OpenAI Whisper speech-to-text, encoder-decoder ASR, multilingual transcription, local inference, and Whisper tradeoffs on Mac."
    },
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      "title": "Medical Dictation for Mac",
      "path": "/medical-dictation-mac",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/medical-dictation-mac",
      "description": "A healthcare dictation guide for doctors and medical professionals on Mac who want privacy-focused local speech-to-text before clinical notes move into EHR workflows."
    },
    {
      "title": "Local Meeting Transcription for Mac",
      "path": "/local-meeting-transcription-mac",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/local-meeting-transcription-mac",
      "description": "A practical guide to local meeting transcription on Mac and macOS, meeting notes without a bot, and what can stay on your own computer."
    },
    {
      "title": "Bot-Free Meeting Notes",
      "path": "/bot-free-meeting-notes",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/bot-free-meeting-notes",
      "description": "A practical guide to AI meeting notes without a bot, using local-first meeting transcription from the Mac already in the call."
    },
    {
      "title": "Apple Dictation Alternative",
      "path": "/apple-dictation-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/apple-dictation-alternative",
      "description": "An Apple Dictation alternative guide for Mac users who want local-first dictation, offline speech-to-text models, open-source software, and meeting transcription on Apple Silicon."
    },
    {
      "title": "Granola Alternative",
      "path": "/granola-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/granola-alternative",
      "description": "A local Granola alternative guide for people who want local-first meeting notes, open-source software, and more ownership of their workday memory."
    },
    {
      "title": "Granola vs Muesli",
      "path": "/granola-vs-muesli",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/granola-vs-muesli",
      "description": "A Granola vs Muesli comparison for Mac users deciding between hosted AI meeting notes and open-source local-first meeting transcription."
    },
    {
      "title": "Superwhisper Alternative",
      "path": "/superwhisper-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/superwhisper-alternative",
      "description": "A practical Superwhisper alternative guide for Mac users who want local-first dictation, meeting transcription, open-source code, and offline speech-to-text on Apple Silicon."
    },
    {
      "title": "Best Wispr Flow Alternatives for Mac",
      "path": "/wispr-flow-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/wispr-flow-alternative",
      "description": "A practical 2026 comparison of the best Wispr Flow alternatives for Mac, including Muesli, Superwhisper, VoiceInk, Apple Dictation, and offline open-source speech-to-text options."
    },
    {
      "title": "Otter.ai Alternative",
      "path": "/otter-ai-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/otter-ai-alternative",
      "description": "An Otter.ai alternative guide for Mac users who want local-first meeting transcription, meeting notes without a bot, and notes they can own."
    },
    {
      "title": "Fireflies.ai Alternative",
      "path": "/fireflies-ai-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/fireflies-ai-alternative",
      "description": "A practical Fireflies.ai alternative guide for macOS users who want meeting transcription to start on their Mac without sending a bot into every room."
    }
  ],
  "supportFaqs": [
    {
      "question": "App won't open?",
      "answer": "If macOS says Muesli is damaged, open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway. If that still does not clear it, run the command below.",
      "command": "sudo xattr -cr /Applications/Muesli.app"
    },
    {
      "question": "Why isn't my transcription pasting into the input box?",
      "answer": "Usually this means Accessibility access is missing, stale, or attached to the wrong copy of Muesli. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility, make sure Muesli is enabled, then quit and reopen it from /Applications. If it still fails, remove Muesli from Accessibility, add it back, and relaunch."
    },
    {
      "question": "Why doesn't the hotkey start dictation?",
      "answer": "The global hotkey depends on Input Monitoring. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security > Input Monitoring, confirm Muesli is allowed, then relaunch the app from /Applications. If you changed the shortcut in Settings, make sure you are using the configured key instead of assuming the default."
    },
    {
      "question": "Why did Muesli stop working after an update or reinstall?",
      "answer": "macOS permissions are tied to a specific installed app path and signature. If you launch Muesli from Downloads, Desktop, or an older duplicate copy, paste and hotkey permissions can silently stop working. Keep one copy in /Applications, delete duplicates, then re-grant Accessibility and Input Monitoring if needed."
    },
    {
      "question": "Why is meeting recording failing or missing system audio?",
      "answer": "Muesli needs Screen Recording or Screen & System Audio Recording permission for meeting capture. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security, enable Muesli under the relevant recording pane, then relaunch. If microphone transcription works but meeting capture does not, this is usually the missing permission."
    },
    {
      "question": "Why isn't Muesli showing upcoming meetings?",
      "answer": "Upcoming meetings come from local macOS Calendar access, Google Calendar, or both. If the list is empty, first check Calendar permission. If you rely on Google Calendar, reconnect it in Settings and wait for the next refresh. If you use both, Muesli deduplicates matching events, so you should still only see one entry per meeting."
    }
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