Meeting notes for lawyers that never leave your Mac

Last updated: August 31, 2026

Client conversations are privileged, and a notetaker that uploads the call to a vendor's cloud puts a third party in the middle of them. Brieva takes the notes on your Mac and keeps them there.

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.

Client calls and intake

Transcribe the call from Teams, Zoom or the phone routed through your Mac, then get a summary with the facts, the questions you still need answered and the follow-ups you promised. Nothing is sent to anyone.

Matter meetings with the other side

No bot appears in the participant list and there is no recording file, so there is nothing to disclose about a recorder joining. What you keep is a transcript and a summary on your own machine.

Preparation from the file

Drop the emails and documents for the matter onto the meeting and Brieva writes a one-page brief before you walk in: what was agreed last time, what is open, who is on the call.

Your obligations stay yours

Brieva is a tool, not advice. Whether and how you may record or transcribe a conversation, what you must tell the other participants, and how long you may keep notes are matters of your jurisdiction's law and your professional rules. Brieva keeps everything on your Mac; the decisions about consent and retention remain yours.

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.