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Recordstead

Read a call without recording it

To follow a call as text and keep nothing, use Live Transcript Only. It does not need the Live Transcript switch.

  1. Open Recordstead in the menu bar and click Record App….
  2. Choose Live Transcript Only, select the app the call is in, and click Start Live Transcript.
  3. If Recordstead asks to download the speech model of about 664 MB, click Download. It is a one-time download and stays on this Mac.

Your result: the Live Transcript window opens with a gray dot and Not saved. Nothing is recorded and nothing is kept: the text is gone when you click Stop or close the window, so use Copy All first if you need it.

It asks for the same agreement and permissions as a recording. While it runs, Call Detection records no call, and the app you followed stays unrecorded until its call ends. Starting a recording ends Live Transcript Only first.

If the speech model cannot load, the window shows the error and Call Detection can record calls again. Stop controls in the menu bar then stop the recording.