Meeting notes for HR conversations that stay on your Mac

Last updated: August 31, 2026

HR conversations are the ones that must not end up in someone else's cloud: performance reviews, investigations, grievances, exits. Brieva takes the notes on your Mac and keeps the record with you.

How Brieva keeps it in the room

Nothing leaves your Mac. Transcription and the summary run on your own chip. There is no account, no server and no copy anywhere else; the notes live in a database under your macOS user, and the app works offline.
No bot joins the call. Brieva listens to the audio your Mac plays, so nothing appears in the participant list on Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, and it works the same in person with the Mac on the table.
No audio is kept. The live transcript is the only record; no recording file is written. Delete a meeting and it is gone.
Prepared before, summarized after. Drop the emails and documents that matter onto the meeting for a one-page brief; afterwards you get a summary with decisions, action items and follow-ups, and formal minutes if you want them.

Investigations and grievances

An accurate contemporaneous note matters and so does who can read it. Brieva's transcript and summary exist only on your Mac; there is no vendor account for anyone to request access to.

Performance reviews and one-to-ones

A summary of what was agreed, with action items for both sides, without a recorder joining the call or a recording file to manage afterwards.

Preparation

Drop the previous notes, the email thread and any policy document onto the meeting and Brieva writes the brief before the conversation.

Your obligations stay yours

Employment law, your organisation's policies and your own practice determine whether a conversation may be transcribed and what participants must be told. Brieva keeps everything on your Mac and does not make those decisions for you.

The details

Apple silicon Mac, macOS 14.4 or newer. US$25 once, 14-day free trial, no card needed. Verified for English, French and German meetings. How the local approach works is on the How Local AI works page; how it compares with Otter, Fireflies and others is on the comparison; the rest is in the FAQ. Download Brieva to try it on your next meeting.