Aside – Mac app that suggests what to say next during calls
Takes call notes on your Mac and prompts your prepared answer when the question comes up.
Aside sits under your camera during Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack or FaceTime calls — no bot joins the meeting, it just listens to your mic and your Mac's speaker output. It transcribes everything on-device, and when you've set a goal like a SOC 2 question, it surfaces your prepared answer the moment it's asked, then suggests the next move. After the call you get a summary, goals reached, next steps and a draft follow-up email. Audio and voiceprints never leave your Mac and are never used to train any AI model; only the text syncs to your account.
What holds up
- +No bot joins the call — it listens to your mic and Mac audio, so nobody sees a join request.
- +Speech-to-text runs on-device — audio is never uploaded anywhere.
- +Audio and voiceprints are never used to train AI models, Aside's or anyone else's.
- +Ctrl+Opt+N drops a note from any app straight into the right spot in the transcript.
Mind the limits
- −Mac only — no guidance pill for calls on Windows or Linux.
- −Speaker identification is a guess from context clues, not certainty — expect to correct it sometimes.
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