How Nod captures Teams meetings
Nod reads your Mac's system audio through native macOS APIs and transcribes it, so it never joins the meeting as a guest and never triggers a compliance recording notice from a third-party bot. It works whether you host or simply attend.
- No bot and no compliance banner from an outside guest
- Works whether you host or attend
- Topics, decisions, and action items captured automatically
- Searchable transcript across every meeting
No stored audio, EU-hosted
Capture is local on your Mac; transcription isn't. Each audio segment is sent through a European proxy to hosted transcription, and Nod discards it when the text returns. No model trains on the data. Groq may retain transient error or abuse logs for up to 30 days unless Zero Data Retention is enabled. Only the transcript and summary are saved by Nod, encrypted at rest in the EU (AWS eu-west-1). See the security page.
Teams guides
Setting up a call? See how to set up a Teams meeting. For the bot-free approach in detail, see Teams notes without a bot.
Frequently asked questions
Can I take notes in Microsoft Teams without a bot?
Yes. Nod captures your Mac's system audio and transcribes it without joining the meeting, so no extra participant appears and no third-party recording banner is shown.
Does Nod work if I'm not the meeting organizer?
Yes. Because Nod captures your Mac's audio rather than the Teams meeting itself, it works the same whether you host or attend.
Does Nod store Teams recordings?
No. Audio is held in memory about five seconds to transcribe, then discarded. Only the transcript and summary are kept, encrypted in the EU with no model training.