Callmora

Callmora documentation

Everything you need to record your first call and get clean notes. Callmora runs on macOS 26 (Apple Silicon).

Quick start

  1. Download the DMG, drag Callmora to Applications, and open it.
  2. The first-run setup asks for Microphone and System audio access (plus optional notifications and calendar), and lets you pick Local or Cloud transcription. Local needs no account and no keys.
  3. Callmora lives in the menu bar. Start a recording from the panel or with the global shortcut; stop it the same way, and the transcript and notes appear when processing finishes.

The full getting-started guide →

Guides

Getting started

Install, permissions, choosing Local or Cloud, your first recording, and updates.

Recording calls

The menu-bar panel and shortcut, automatic call detection, Calendar Join & Record, the "Still recording?" safety net, and the mic and call-audio pickers.

Transcription

Local engines (Whisper, Parakeet) and models, cloud transcription with AssemblyAI, custom vocabulary, and language detection.

AI notes & chat

What the notes contain, summary recipes, providers and keys, per-call chat with citations, and asking across your whole history.

Speakers & voices

Automatic speaker separation, renaming, fixing the speaker count, and voice memory.

Organize & search

Tags, pins, collections with auto-include rules, search, the dashboard, and the To-Do view.

Import & export

Importing audio and video files, Markdown export, Obsidian export, and tab-aware copy.

Security & sync

Encryption and the app lock, iCloud sync, and where your data lives.

Callmora on iPhone

The companion app: your library on the phone, recording from the Action button or the Lock Screen, and how a phone recording reaches your Mac.

Dictation

A global hotkey that turns speech into text in whatever app has focus.

Licensing & trial

The 14-day trial, activating your key, moving to a new Mac, and offline behavior.

Troubleshooting

Permissions, model downloads, stuck processing, activation issues, and how to report a bug.

Deep dives: building a custom summary recipe and how voice memory works.

API keys at a glance

Local transcription needs no keys. Cloud transcription needs an AssemblyAI key; AI notes and chat need an LLM provider — OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, AssemblyAI's LLM Gateway (paid AssemblyAI tier), or a self-hosted OpenAI-compatible endpoint such as Ollama. Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and used directly with the provider — nothing runs through a Callmora server. Where to get each key and what it powers: Transcription and AI notes & chat.

Where your data lives

Your recordings, transcripts and notes live on your Mac. From there, three things are yours to decide:

  • iCloud sync (optional, off by default). Turn it on and your call history, transcripts and notes stay in step across your Macs through your own private iCloud — never a Callmora server. The audio files and remembered voices each have a separate switch of their own, so the heavier and the more personal data only sync when you say so.
  • Encryption (optional). One master password encrypts everything Callmora stores on this Mac — transcripts, notes and recordings. Day to day you unlock with Touch ID, and a one-time recovery key covers a forgotten password. While locked, Callmora keeps recording; the results unlock with you.
  • Cloud transcription (only if you choose it). In cloud mode the audio goes to AssemblyAI and the transcript to your chosen AI provider, under your own keys. In local mode nothing leaves the device.

Callmora has no accounts, no servers and no analytics. The details, including what the lock does and doesn't pause: Security & sync — or the full privacy policy.

Updates

Callmora updates itself: when a new version is out it offers to install it. You can check manually in Settings → Updates. What changed in each release is in the changelog.