Getting Started
Grant macOS permissions
Sussur needs Microphone and Screen Recording access. Here's what each one is for and how to fix it if you said no by accident.
Updated 2026-06-10 · Verified against v0.10.25
Sussur needs two macOS permissions to coach a call. The setup wizard asks for both, and macOS shows its own confirmation dialog for each.
The two permissions
Microphone — lets Sussur hear your voice for live transcription.
Screen Recording — lets Sussur hear the other person's voice (the audio coming out of your Mac, from Zoom, Meet, Teams, and so on).
Heads up
"Why does a meeting coach need Screen Recording?" This is the step people pause on. On macOS, capturing the audio your Mac plays — the other side of your call — requires the Screen Recording permission. Sussur uses it for audio. Without it, you'll see your own words transcribed but none of theirs, and coaching will be one-sided.
Grant them
- When the wizard asks, click Authorize for Microphone and approve the macOS dialog.
- Click Authorize for Screen Recording and approve that dialog.
- If macOS asks you to quit and reopen Sussur to apply Screen Recording, do it — the permission takes effect on restart.
You'll know it worked when, in a call, both your words and the other person's words appear in the live transcript.
If you denied a permission by accident
You can grant it later in System Settings:
- Open System Settings → Privacy & Security.
- Click Microphone (or Screen Recording) and turn on the toggle next to Sussur.
- Quit and reopen Sussur so the change takes effect.
Note
macOS sometimes resets these permissions after a system update, and may prompt twice right after an upgrade. If audio stops working after updating macOS, re-check both toggles here. See Troubleshooting → No one's audio is captured.