Record meetings without adding a bot to the call
OneMira C1 is a desk-side AI voice recorder. It captures desk conversations and supported computer calls as a physical device in the room — no bot participant joins the meeting, no admission step interrupts the call, and nothing depends on the meeting platform allowing a third-party notetaker.
Why do people avoid meeting bots on client calls?
A bot notetaker joins the call as a visible extra participant. In real client meetings that creates three recurring problems: the bot changes how people speak once they see it join, the host has to admit it through a lobby or waiting room, and some organizations block third-party bots outright as a security policy. Microsoft Teams, for example, now gives administrators explicit lobby controls for third-party notetaking bots.
How does OneMira C1 record a meeting without a bot?
C1 sits on the desk and captures audio directly, so nothing joins the meeting roster:
- Desk conversations and whiteboard sessions are captured by the device itself — no phone, browser tab, or meeting platform involved.
- Supported computer calls are captured through the connected computer without adding a participant to the call.
- Transcription runs locally on your Mac or PC after the speech model is installed — there is no required OneMira subscription and no per-minute transcription quota.
- Notes are saved as local OKF Markdown files that open in Obsidian and reach ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other compatible AI agents through local files, the CLI, and MCP.
How do people in the room know recording is active?
C1’s turntable design rotates while recording. That visible motion gives everyone present a physical cue that capture is active — the opposite of a hidden recorder.
When is bot-free software enough instead?
If every meeting you care about happens on your computer and you are happy with software-only capture, bot-free desktop tools such as Granola cover that job without any hardware. C1 earns its desk space when you also need what software alone cannot do: capturing in-person conversations, keeping long sessions off your phone, and holding the durable notes as local Markdown your own AI tools can reuse. If you are comparing hardware, start with our sourced comparisons of Plaud Note, Plaud Note Pro, Omi, and Pocket.
What happens to the audio after transcription?
OneMira transcription runs on your computer, and encrypted audio slices are deleted immediately after local transcription completes. The durable output is the text note — a local file you own, not an audio library in someone else’s cloud.