Bandje Help
Bandje records conversations on your Mac and turns them into text. It lives in the menu bar: the little cassette tape at the top right. Everything happens on your Mac.
- Recording a conversationPress ⌃⌥⌘R to start, and ⌃⌥⌘R again to stop.
- TranscriptsAfter you stop recording, Bandje writes down what was said, with who said it.
- Naming speakersGive the speakers in a transcript their real names.
- The Bandje windowAll your recordings in one window: listen, read along, search, name speakers, summarize and share.
- DictationPress ⌃⌥⌘D, speak, and the text appears where your cursor is: in a chat, an email, an editor or Terminal.
- SummariesBandje can summarize a conversation in a form you choose, with Apple Intelligence on your Mac.
- Making a templateMake your own template for summaries: a text file with the headings you want.
- Microphone and soundChoose which microphone you use and where your Mac's sound goes, straight from the menu.
- More settingsShortcuts, the recordings folder, permissions, opening at login and the language of Bandje.
- Privacy and networkYour audio, transcripts and summaries never leave your Mac.
- Memory and storageBandje is light: about 60 to 70 MB of memory while it runs.
- TroubleshootingSolutions for things that can go wrong.
- About BandjeBandje is made by Neurendal B.V. in the Netherlands.