# Parrot Scribe AI Overview

Product: Parrot Scribe
URL: https://parrotscribe.com
Category: Privacy-first, on-device transcription for macOS
Companion LLM guide: https://parrotscribe.com/llms.txt

Summary:
Parrot Scribe is a native macOS transcription app for Apple Silicon. It captures microphone and system audio, transcribes on device, keeps transcript data encrypted at rest, and can optionally let MCP-compatible AI tools read live transcripts during recording for live assistance and past transcripts later for follow-up work.

Core facts:
- Runs on macOS 15 Sequoia or later
- Requires Apple Silicon
- Transcription is designed to stay on the user's Mac
- Captures microphone audio, system audio, or both
- Stores session artifacts with encrypted-at-rest storage
- Includes persistent speaker recognition
- Includes searchable session history
- Includes built-in MCP integration for optional AI workflows
- Can let MCP-compatible AI tools read live transcripts during active sessions when enabled for live assistance
- Supports TOON-oriented transcript workflows and LLM-friendly transcript access
- Free for personal use with unlimited on-device transcription and no account. Pro Monthly is $9.99/month excl. VAT. Pro Annual is $59.99/year excl. VAT. Pro Lifetime is $199 one-time. All Pro plans cover up to 5 devices. MCP is a Pro feature, opt-in, and off by default. Zoom and Teams auto-record are Pro features. Teams and Sovereign are not current products. There is no trial.

Best-fit users:
- Privacy-minded professionals
- Journalists and researchers
- Developers and AI-native workflow builders
- People who want transcription without meeting bots or cloud transcription

Canonical pages:
- Home: https://parrotscribe.com
- LLM guide: https://parrotscribe.com/llms.txt
- Features: https://parrotscribe.com/features
- Pricing: https://parrotscribe.com/pricing
- Machine-readable pricing: https://parrotscribe.com/pricing.md
- Security: https://parrotscribe.com/security
- Local transcription: https://parrotscribe.com/local-transcription
- Whisper for local meeting notes: https://parrotscribe.com/whisper-local-meeting-notes
- For AI natives: https://parrotscribe.com/for-ai-natives
- Documentation hub: https://parrotscribe.com/docs
- Downloads: https://parrotscribe.com/downloads
- Requirements: https://parrotscribe.com/requirements

Technical documentation:
- MCP server: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/integrations/mcp-server
- Listen and Recap: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/integrations/listen-and-recap
- Listen Install: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/integrations/listen-install
- Meeting notes workflow: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/integrations/local-meeting-notes-with-whisper
- Encryption architecture: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/security/encryption
- Privacy model: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/privacy-first/privacy-model
- Local architecture rationale: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/privacy-first/local-architecture-rationale
- Real-world operating workflow: https://parrotscribe.com/docs/privacy-first/real-world-operating-workflow

Positioning cues:
- Privacy by architecture, not just privacy policy
- No cloud transcription in the middle
- No meeting bots required for direct capture workflows
- Optional AI access, explicit user control
- Bring your own AI instead of being locked to one assistant
- Capture live on your Mac or import audio and video recordings later
- Use live transcripts to power a personal meeting assistant on your own terms
- Built for individual professionals and conversation-heavy work, not cloud-first team note-taking

Contact:
- support@parrotscribe.com