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Free call notes that never leave your Mac.

StageWhisper Lite is a free Mac app. It listens to your calls and writes the summary and action items right on your machine. Nothing gets uploaded, no copy lands on someone else's server, and no bot ever joins the meeting. Want more than notes? It can hand the whole call to the assistant you already run, OpenClaw, Hermes, or the local model built in.

Download Lite for macOS

No account needed.

Lite is handy. It's private, bot-free, and it connects to your AI. But it only listens. You still hang up and realize the perfect thing to say ten seconds too late.

Even the best notetaker can't help you mid-sentence.

It will not surface an objection you have already addressed but cannot remember.

It will not pull up data from your dashboard while the customer is waiting.

It will not suggest a follow-up question you should ask.

And it will not stop you from switching windows, losing focus, and getting lost.

Founders can.

It reads your screen and listens to your audio. And while you're still talking it slips you Insights: the right things to say, the second you need them.

Not a recap tomorrow, but a useful suggestion right now.

Lite, the notetaker, tells you what happened. Founders, the clairvoyant, tells you what's about to happen.

Founders Edition // the ultimate StageWhisper experience

Close every

call.

It rides along on your call and watches your screen for context, then slips you the next line the second you need it.

StageWhisper · live

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On-device · audio stays on your Mac

Built-in AI · or bring your own

$99 once · lifetime license

No bot. Works with every meeting app.

Zoom

Google Meet

Microsoft Teams

Slack

Bring your own AI. Local Gemma included.

OpenClaw

Hermes

Gemma

DeepSeek

Lite · off Founders · on

The cue lands while it still matters

Mid-call, a short cue shows up on your screen: a direction to take, or the point you're about to miss.

Lite · off Founders · on

It walks in already knowing the deal

Every call is transcribed and kept, encrypted, on your Mac. StageWhisper shares it to your AI over a local MCP server, even with the app closed.

Lite · off Founders · on

It sees what you see

Turn it on and your AI reads whatever's in front of you, a doc, a dashboard, the code on your screen, and folds it into what it tells you. It keeps the screenshot encrypted, and requires your explicit opt-in.

Lite · off Founders · on

Coaches you off your own playbook

Write down how you actually run a call, your real opener, the way you handle a no, and it coaches you off that, every call.

Lite · off Founders · on

Ask it mid-sentence

Need a number or a quick draft pulled together? Ask without leaving the call and get a short answer straight back.

LiteFree Founders$99 once

On-device transcription ✓ ✓

Audio stays on your Mac ✓ ✓

Bring your own AI (OpenClaw, Hermes) ✓ ✓

Live coaching cards while you're still talking

— ✓

Screen context — ✓

Persistent call memory your agent can read

— ✓

Playbooks you define — ✓

Ask-anything insights — ✓

Lifetime license + one year of upgrades — ✓

Price Free

$99 onceMost AI call tools: $20–30/mo, forever

Teams that trusted me to build their software

If $99 in one go is a lot this month, split it into 6 payments of $16.50. Same no interest total.

Yours for life A lifetime license, with a full year of feature upgrades on top.

It keeps up Security patches are forever free.

Your requests jump the line What you ask for goes to the top of my inbox.

You get me, not a help desk 100 seats is about all I can support properly, so support comes from me directly.

The Founder's guarantee. Run it on your real calls for 30 days. If it hasn't paid for itself, email me. We get on a short call, just you and me, and I either make it work for you or do a full refund. You keep Lite either way.

Take your Founder seat · $99 once →

Pay in 6 · $16.50/mo

Before you buy

What's the difference between Lite and Founders?

Lite is the relay. It transcribes your calls on your Mac and hands them to the AI you already run, with a private overlay. Free and source-available. Founders switches on the rest: live coaching cards while you're still talking, screen context, a memory of every call your agent can read, your own playbooks, and a direct line to me.

Does StageWhisper join my call as a bot?

No. It runs on your Mac, reads the audio, and shows cards on your screen only. It never joins the call and never speaks. The cards stay yours only, even when you're sharing your screen.

Where does my data go?

Your audio and your screen stay on your Mac. They aren't streamed to any StageWhisper server. Transcripts are stored encrypted on your machine, where your own agent can read them.

Do I need my own AI agent?

No. StageWhisper ships with an on-device model you turn on in one click, and it's good enough to coach you live. Already run your own? Point it at OpenClaw, Hermes, or whatever agent you use. Founders can ask me to add support for more.

What does $99 buy, and what happens after 100 seats?

$99 once: a lifetime license, one year of feature upgrades, and security updates for as long as the app runs. When the 100th seat is taken the price goes up and later founders wait longer to get set up. What you bought doesn't change.

How does the payment plan work?

Six monthly payments of $16.50, $99 in total, and I don't add interest. You get the app on the first payment.

Can I get a refund?

Run it on your real calls for 30 days. If it hasn't paid for itself, email me and we get on a short call. I either make it work for you or do a full refund. You keep Lite either way.

I'm not technical. Can I set it up?

No code, and no AI to wire up unless you want one. Turn on the built-in on-device model and you're running. If you'd rather use your own agent, plug in OpenClaw, Hermes, or grab plug&play OpenClaw from kilo.

Claim your seat

$99 once, or six payments of $16.50. 100 founder seats at this price.

Hearing the call is the free part. A Founder seat puts your AI to work inside it, while the call is still live.

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