After a recording ends, talat can generate a summary and a list of action items. This step is optional and configurable under Settings → Summaries.
Turning summaries off
Untick Automatically summarize recordings when they end at the top of the page. Recordings will still be transcribed and saved; no summary or action items are generated and no provider is called. You can still summarise a single meeting manually from its detail view.
Local providers
- Built-in (Qwen3.5-4B). Runs on your machine. Nothing leaves the box. Good for short meetings and anything sensitive. Tends to get conservative on meetings over about thirty minutes.
- Ollama. If you already run Ollama, point talat at it and pick any model you’ve pulled. Still fully local.
If your machine doesn’t have enough memory for the built-in model, the option is disabled and the settings page explains why.
Cloud providers
Better quality on longer meetings, at the cost of sending the transcript to the provider you choose. Bring your own API key:
- OpenAI.
- Anthropic.
- OpenRouter. Gateway to many models under a single key.
- Custom. Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Set the base URL and model name yourself.
API keys are stored in the operating system credential store (Keychain on Mac, Credential Manager on Windows) and are only read when you explicitly reveal or save them. Never on tab load.
Default prompt
talat ships with a summarisation prompt that works for most meetings. You can override it from the settings page. Your custom prompt is used for every new summary until you reset it to the default.