יד — macOS meeting transcription & summarization

Yad captures both sides of a remote meeting, transcribes locally using Whisper, and produces structured Markdown summaries via a cloud LLM. Forked from Handy.

The name references the yad, the pointer used to follow text when reading Torah — a metaphor for following along a conversation and producing a written record.

⚠️ Early development — Yad is under active development and not yet ready for general use.

1. Start recording via global hotkey or tray menu
2. Capture audio — system audio (ScreenCaptureKit) + microphone recorded simultaneously
3. Transcribe locally — on stop, full audio is transcribed via Whisper with Metal acceleration
4. Summarize — a cloud LLM processes the transcript using customizable Markdown templates
5. Save output — structured .md file saved to your chosen location (e.g., an Obsidian vault)

Audio is never stored after transcription — privacy first.

• Local transcription — Whisper models with Metal acceleration, runs entirely on-device
• Cloud LLM summarization — OpenAI, Anthropic, or custom provider
• Customizable templates — Markdown templates with %%placeholders%% for structured output
• Tray-only UX — stays out of your way during meetings
• macOS only — requires macOS 13+ (ScreenCaptureKit)
• No audio stored — audio is discarded after transcription

Yad is built with a Rust backend (Tauri 2.x) and a React/TypeScript frontend.

See BUILD.md for build instructions and prerequisites.

See docs/DESIGN.md for the full design specification.

• Forked from Handy by CJ Pais — an open-source speech-to-text app
• Whisper by OpenAI
• whisper.cpp / ggml
• Silero VAD
• Tauri

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