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Ghost mode: record without showing up on screen shares

How we hide the window while keeping capture active on macOS

How we hide the window while keeping capture active on macOS

Overview

Ghost mode: record without showing up on screen shares is part of our engineering writing on Scriba — the macOS menu bar app for recording meetings, transcribing in real time, and chatting with your notes.

We're publishing deeper dives on the blog as we ship. This post is a placeholder template until the full story is ready — the layout, navigation, and sharing tools you see here are what every article will use.

Key takeaways

  • Local-first: your SQLite database is always the source of truth.
  • Managed transcription on Pro and Max; BYOK Whisper when you bring your own key.
  • Cloud sync mirrors metadata and audio for every authenticated plan.

If this topic matters to your team, try Scriba on a real call — the difference is in the follow-up, not the recording.

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