EchoPanel
A macOS recording and transcript workflow designed around local capture, private processing, and finding the exact moment later.
Primary user
People recording meetings, interviews, or research sessions who want searchable memory without defaulting to cloud storage.
My role
Product design and prototype implementation across capture flow, local transcription, transcript navigation, and retrieval.
Current outcome
Built a working native-product direction that connects capture, transcription, and retrieval; system-audio setup and production packaging remain active work.
Visual evidence
Workflow mapInspectable implementation evidence
Follow the claim into source, tests, or architecture.
Links are pinned to the source revision reviewed for this case study: 3845da5662d2.
Development and distribution runbook
Build, permissions, backend health and local quality-gate instructions.
Native application state
Swift application state for the recording and listener product surface.
Product decisions
Recorded architectural and product decisions behind the prototype boundary.
Status and roadmap
Repository record separating working behaviour from remaining production work.
What exists now
Current implementation boundary
This list is intentionally narrower than a product roadmap. It describes the current working surface used for this case study.
Native macOS product surface
Recording workflow
Local transcription experiments
Transcript navigation and search direction
Export-oriented local storage design
Key product decisions
Judgment is more useful than a technology list.
Make capture a lightweight native action.
The product only becomes useful when recording starts with very little friction.
Trade-off
Native audio permissions and system-audio capture require platform-specific handling.
Prefer local storage and inference where practical.
Meeting audio can be sensitive, and local-first behaviour creates a clearer trust boundary.
Trade-off
Model size, performance, and hardware variance become product constraints.
Constraints
- macOS microphone and system-audio permissions
- Transcription latency on local hardware
- Clear failure states when capture sources are unavailable