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This tutorial covers Meetily, an open source meeting assistant that the speaker describes as processing recordings and transcripts on your own computer. It explains microphone and system audio capture, local transcription with Whisper or Parakeet, and summary generation through Ollama. The speaker lists macOS, Windows and Linux support.
The setup instructions cover downloading a release from GitHub, installing a .dmg on Mac or a setup.exe on Windows, then installing Ollama and downloading a model for offline summaries. The recording workflow starts with naming a meeting and pressing record alongside a Zoom, Meet or Teams call. Meetily captures the computer's audio rather than connecting through those platforms, according to the tutorial.
Summaries organize the transcript into key points, decisions and action items. The local LLM option keeps summary processing on the laptop; choosing a cloud provider sends the transcript off the machine. The speaker favors local processing for sensitive meetings and describes cloud summaries as faster and better written.
The tutorial also discusses setup friction, model downloads and slower performance on older or lighter computers. It distinguishes the free core from a paid Pro tier with exports, templates and speaker labels. Offline summaries require selecting a local provider.
