{
  "name": "Muesli",
  "url": "https://muesli.works",
  "description": "Muesli is an open-source Mac app for on-device dictation, local-first meeting transcription, and private speech-to-text on Apple Silicon.",
  "downloadUrl": "https://muesli.works/download/",
  "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/pHequals7/muesli",
  "releasesUrl": "https://github.com/pHequals7/muesli/releases",
  "socialLinks": {
    "x": "https://x.com/fastspeech2text",
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mueslios/",
    "github": "https://github.com/pHequals7/muesli"
  },
  "operatingSystem": "macOS",
  "softwareRequirements": "Apple Silicon Mac",
  "keyFacts": [
    "Runs speech-to-text locally on Apple Silicon.",
    "Supports hold-to-talk 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.",
    "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."
  ],
  "featurePages": [
    {
      "title": "On-device Dictation",
      "path": "/on-device-dictation",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/on-device-dictation",
      "description": "Mac dictation that runs speech-to-text locally on Apple Silicon and pastes clean text into the app you are already using."
    },
    {
      "title": "Meeting Notes",
      "path": "/meeting-notes",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/meeting-notes",
      "description": "AI meeting notes without a meeting bot, using local transcription from your Mac microphone and system audio."
    },
    {
      "title": "Local-first AI",
      "path": "/local-first-ai",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/local-first-ai",
      "description": "A local-first AI Mac app where speech-to-text starts on-device and optional cloud providers stay explicit."
    }
  ],
  "guidePages": [
    {
      "title": "Mac Dictation App",
      "path": "/mac-dictation-app",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/mac-dictation-app",
      "description": "A practical guide to Mac dictation apps, local speech-to-text, offline models such as Parakeet and Whisper, and private voice typing on Apple Silicon."
    },
    {
      "title": "Best Dictation Apps for Mac",
      "path": "/best-dictation-apps-mac",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/best-dictation-apps-mac",
      "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."
    },
    {
      "title": "Offline Dictation for Mac",
      "path": "/offline-dictation-mac",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/offline-dictation-mac",
      "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."
    },
    {
      "title": "Apple Neural Engine Speech-to-Text on Mac",
      "path": "/apple-neural-engine-speech-to-text-mac",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/apple-neural-engine-speech-to-text-mac",
      "description": "A technical guide to Apple Neural Engine speech-to-text on Mac, CoreML, local ASR models such as Parakeet and Whisper, and how Muesli uses Apple Silicon for local dictation."
    },
    {
      "title": "Local Speech-to-Text Glossary",
      "path": "/local-speech-to-text-glossary",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/local-speech-to-text-glossary",
      "description": "A technical glossary for local speech-to-text on Mac, covering ASR versus speech-to-text, CoreML, Apple Neural Engine, Parakeet, Whisper, Qwen3 ASR, VAD, diarization, neural AEC, LocalVQE, and local-first transcription."
    },
    {
      "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": "Granola Alternative",
      "path": "/granola-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/granola-alternative",
      "description": "A practical Granola alternative guide for people who want local-first meeting notes, open-source software, and more ownership of their workday memory."
    },
    {
      "title": "Wispr Flow Alternative",
      "path": "/wispr-flow-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/wispr-flow-alternative",
      "description": "A practical Wispr Flow alternative guide for Mac and macOS users who want local-first dictation, offline speech models, and more ownership of voice-to-text."
    },
    {
      "title": "Otter.ai Alternative",
      "path": "/otter-ai-alternative",
      "url": "https://muesli.works/otter-ai-alternative",
      "description": "A practical Otter.ai alternative guide for macOS users who want local-first meeting transcription, no meeting bot by default, 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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      "path": "/terms",
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      "title": "Terms of Service · Muesli",
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