Build and package a native meeting-caption app

Why use this

1. A meeting-caption app can compile while still failing at the moments that matter: interrupted audio, language changes, delayed captions or accidental capture of the wrong source. Packaging adds separate questions about permissions and what data leaves the device.

2. This job could define a small native-app candidate with visible capture controls and testable caption states. A reviewer could inspect privacy boundaries and error handling before trying it in any real meeting.

Why an agent / simpler alternative

Useful judgment

Translate an app specification into reviewable native components and identify permission and failure-state gaps.

Simpler alternative

Use an established captioning feature when it already meets the user’s language and privacy needs.

Unsuitable when

The app would record people without consent or claim translation accuracy that has not been evaluated.

Proposed inputs

1. Name

   App behaviour brief

   Owner

   Product owner

   Minimum scope

   Target languages, caption display, start/stop controls and retention policy

   Quality check

   Specify whether audio or transcripts may leave the device.

2. Name

   Development scope

   Owner

   Mac owner

   Minimum scope

   Authorized repository, target OS and approved toolchain

   Quality check

   Separate local build permissions from microphone, screen and network access.

Access and setup — proposed or unknown

Proposed minimum

1. Use a development copy and synthetic audio fixtures; request each needed capability separately before real capture.

Compatibility unknowns

1. Unknown: Swift/macOS versions, speech services, packaging requirements and device compatibility.

External actions requiring approval

1. Running terminal commands, installing tools, granting capture permissions or distributing the app.

Expected deliverable and review checks

Proposed artifact

App-candidate plan with interface states, privacy notes, build/package checklist and unexecuted caption tests.

Critical checks

1. Capture state and stop controls are visible and unambiguous.

2. Errors and uncertain translation are surfaced rather than presented as reliable speech.

Missing output evidence

No new run or output inspection in this editorial layer; see linked source-specific limits.

Failure signals and proposed responses

1. Signal

   Caption processing continues after the interface shows stopped.

   Why it matters

   The app may capture audio beyond the user’s expectation.

   Proposed response

   Treat capture shutdown as a blocking acceptance check across all processing paths.

2. Signal

   A language switch produces plausible but incorrect text.

   Why it matters

   Users may mistake fluency for an accurate translation.

   Proposed response

   Expose uncertainty and test language transitions using known synthetic transcripts.

Effort and cost — unknown

Setup work

1. Define capture boundaries and controlled audio fixtures.

Ongoing review

1. Review caption accuracy, latency and permission behaviour after changes.

Unknowns

1. Unknown: speech-service charges, signing costs and device-specific debugging effort.

First check — proposed, unexecuted

Status

proposed_unexecuted

Synthetic fixture

Synthetic audio changes language mid-sentence and ends when a mock stop event occurs.

Acceptance checks

1. The review expects a visible uncertain segment and no post-stop processing.

2. Packaging is not equated with a validated meeting experience.

Stop conditions

1. Real participant audio, new permissions or unapproved software execution is needed.

Limits

1. A packaged application is not proof of caption accuracy, translation suitability or lawful meeting capture.