For UX researchers
UX research and interview notes, kept on your Mac
Record user interviews without a bot in the call, transcribe them on your Mac, and ask questions across every session with answers that cite the transcript.
Made for a stack of interviews
Participants only see you
Nootle records your microphone and your Mac’s system audio, so no bot joins the session. It works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Slack, FaceTime and Discord.
Ask across every session
Ask “what did people say about onboarding?” and get an answer drawn from all your interviews, with citations back to the transcript. Search combines keywords and meaning, so you find quotes even when people use different words.
Speaker labels you can trust
Your mic is labeled “You” and other speakers are told apart. After the session, a second pass relabels speakers using the whole recording. Remember voices (opt-in, stored on your Mac, deletable) names repeat stakeholders automatically.
Participant data stays on your Mac
Transcription runs on your Mac with NVIDIA Parakeet, and recordings and transcripts are stored only there. Local-only mode keeps summaries and chat on local models too.
Works with the rest of your tools
Import past interviews from Zoom, Teams, Meet, Otter, Fathom or Granola as SRT, VTT, TXT or Markdown. Export everything as Markdown for your synthesis tool, or pull quotes into an AI assistant through the MCP server, which has a read-only mode.
Questions
How do I let participants know they’re being recorded?
When a recording starts, Nootle offers a message to paste into the meeting chat telling participants they’re being recorded, and keeps a record that you told them.
Can I use Claude or ChatGPT for synthesis?
Yes. Use your Claude or ChatGPT subscription through Claude Code or Codex CLI, or an API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, OpenRouter or AWS Bedrock. If your study requires it, Local-only mode limits meeting content to local Ollama models.
Can I bring in interviews I’ve already done?
Yes. Import transcripts from Zoom, Teams, Meet, Otter, Fathom or Granola as SRT, VTT, TXT or Markdown, and they’re searchable with everything else.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Nootle is free and open source under the MIT license. It runs on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 14 or later.
Confirm your study’s consent and data-handling requirements, such as your consent form, IRB or company policy. Nootle helps keep data on your Mac, but it isn’t legal advice.
Try Nootle free
Free and open source under the MIT license. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon.
Download for MacOr install with Homebrew:
brew tap michellemayes/nootle https://github.com/michellemayes/nootle && brew install --cask nootle