Questions people actually ask
Grouped, and kept short — for anything longer, the linked page in Docs has the full answer.
The basics
What does Veyra actually do?
It listens to a live meeting, works out what is being asked, and puts an answer on screen while you are still talking — fast enough to read mid-conversation.
Is it free?
The app itself is free. Your cost is whatever your provider and model charge. Point Veyra at a model running on your own machine and there is no bill at all.
Does it work on Windows or Linux?
No — macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon. Intel Macs are not supported.
Do I need an internet connection?
Only for the moment it generates an answer, a briefing, or a profile — the three billable operations. Everything else, including listening and retrieval, runs on your Mac even offline.
Privacy and data
Does my meeting audio leave my Mac?
No. Capture, echo cancellation, speech-to-text, and the decision about whether a turn is worth answering all run locally. Only the text of the question and the context you chose to give it are sent to your provider when an answer is generated.
What exactly gets sent to the AI provider?
As much as possible stays on your Mac. What leaves is the question and the context you chose to give it — sent to the provider you picked.
Where does my API key live?
Your API key lives in the macOS Keychain and is read only by the part of Veyra that talks to your provider. No part of the interface can request it.
Are my documents used to train anything?
No training happens on your data inside Veyra. Documents are embedded locally for retrieval; what a provider sees is only the specific question and context sent for that one answer.
Does data from Google or Slack get added to my permanent knowledge?
Read-only. Calendar and Gmail share one Google sign-in. What a connector brings in is used for the meeting and disposed when it ends — it is never added to your permanent knowledge base.
The overlay, in a meeting
Can other people in the meeting see the overlay?
No — it's a window on your own screen, not part of the call. It never joins as a visible participant.
Can Veyra see my screen or the shared screen?
Not today. Reading a shared screen is on the roadmap, clearly marked as planned — it does not happen now.
What if I share my screen and don’t want the overlay visible?
Veyra stays on your screen and leaves the shared one. Incognito asks macOS to leave the overlay out of captured video. It is off by default — with it on, Veyra is also absent from your own screenshots and recordings.
Does it answer everything it hears?
Backchannels — "mm-hmm", "right", "go on" — are never answered.
Can I move the overlay around?
Put it wherever it suits you. Veyra remembers, per screen.
How fast is an answer?
Veyra is built to a two-second budget: end of speech to first readable word.
Providers and cost
Which AI providers can I use?
Three one-click presets — OpenAI, OpenRouter, Google Gemini — plus any endpoint that speaks the OpenAI-compatible protocol, including Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM running on your own Mac.
Can I run it entirely free, with no API key?
Yes — point Veyra at a local model (Ollama or LM Studio, for example) and there is no per-answer cost at all, since nothing leaves your machine.
What actually costs money?
Only three operations: generating the answer, synthesising a briefing, generating your profile. Everything else runs on your Mac.
After the meeting
What happens to the meeting after it ends?
Veyra assembles a report from what it heard and answered, grounded in the briefing and profile used during the call.
Can I share a report with my team?
Export it as Markdown and send it wherever your team already talks.