Shadow and Typist are both AI meeting assistants for recording, transcription, and summaries, compared here on pricing, features, and workflow fit. Shadow: A bot-free, Mac-based AI meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls locally without joining as a participant. Typist: AI speech-to-text service that converts audio and video into text and exports captions, with tiered models for speed or accuracy. They overlap on ai-meeting-assistants, so the right pick depends on team size, budget, and which meeting workflows you automate.
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For ai-meeting-assistants workflows, shortlist Shadow when capturing notes and summaries across multiple conferencing platforms without a bot joining matters most, and Typist when transcribing recorded interviews and research or client calls matters most. Both record across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams; trial each on real meetings before committing.
A bot-free, Mac-based AI meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls locally without joining as a participant.
AI speech-to-text service that converts audio and video into text and exports captions, with tiered models for speed or accuracy.
Shadow is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); Typist is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Shadow | Typist |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Bot-free capture that records system audio without joining the meeting as a participant | Audio and video to text transcription across many file formats |
| Standout feature | On-device (local) transcription on macOS | Export to SRT subtitles, WebVTT captions, DOCX, PDF, and TXT |
| Team usage | Speaker identification during transcription | Multiple transcription models trading off speed and accuracy |
| Integrations | Captures on-screen content in addition to spoken audio | Speaker identification on the highest-accuracy tier |
| Languages & capture | Customizable prompts/Skills to generate notes, summaries, and emails | Word-level and segment-level timestamps for clean subtitle timing |
| Best-fit workflow | Webhook integration to connect outputs to other tools | Support for a wide range of languages and accents |
Shadow
Choose Shadow if you need capturing notes and summaries across multiple conferencing platforms without a bot joining — strengths include does not add a visible bot to meetings.
Typist
Choose Typist if you need transcribing recorded interviews and research or client calls — strengths include clean subtitle exports (srt and webvtt) that import into video editors.
Shadow
Typist
It depends on your workflow. Shadow is strong for capturing notes and summaries across multiple conferencing platforms without a bot joining, while Typist is strong for transcribing recorded interviews and research or client calls. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Shadow is a free tier with paid upgrades and Typist is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
Yes. Many teams run more than one meeting assistant when the workflows are complementary and the budget is justified.