Kekoso
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Kekoso, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Kekoso's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Kekoso licence | $29 a month | 3 Macs · One-time purchase |
| Kekoso | $29, paid once | Up to 3 of your own Macs · 7-day trial · Free updates through the 1.x line · 30-day refund · $29 once |
The facts
Each one read from Kekoso's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent integration
- Its local MCP server has twelve tools and supports Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex; the page also lists Codex / ChatGPT desktop.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Burn-in captions
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Call recording
- It captures microphone audio and the other side’s speaker audio on separate tracks, then merges their transcripts with speaker labels.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Caption languages
- 99checked 22 Sep 2026
- Caption styling
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Dictation
- A hotkey inserts dictated text into the field where the cursor is, across apps such as Mail, Slack, Cursor, and browser forms.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File transcription
- It transcribes audio and video files locally and exports timestamped transcripts as TXT, SRT, or VTT.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Models and languages
- Five on-demand models are offered across Parakeet, Whisper, and SenseVoice, with recognition in up to 99 languages depending on the model.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Network exceptions
- The site says model downloads and update checks use the network; YouTube transcription fetches a video from YouTube, and translation sends recognized text to OpenRouter and the chosen model provider using the user’s key.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Speech recognition runs on-device; audio is discarded after recognition, transcripts stay in local storage, and the app collects no usage analytics or telemetry.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Kekoso provides Mac voice dictation, audio and video transcription, call recording, and a local MCP transcription server for AI agents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Speaker identification
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Subtitle export
- srt and vttchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker says support emails go directly to the person who builds Kekoso, and the app sends no crash reports or usage data.checked 11 Oct 2026
- System requirements
- Kekoso requires macOS 14.4 or later and Apple silicon; Intel Macs are not supported.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Translation
- Translation is off until configured, requires the user’s OpenRouter key, and sends recognized text rather than audio.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Vocabulary
- Users can add spelling corrections and word replacements that apply across dictation, files, calls, and agent transcription.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
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