The short answer: Arcs records voice, accepts text and files, creates structured summaries, surfaces key Threads, suggests questions to explore Next and builds presentations—all on the Apple hardware you own.
The five parts of Arcs
- Record brings in voice, text and files. Notes keeps every source whole, browsable and searchable.
- Read turns the complete material into a structured summary.
- Threads surfaces the key topics running through the discussion. Open one for a deeper Read.
- Next identifies questions worth considering and directions worth exploring.
- Build turns the understanding into decks and other finished work.
What Arcs is not
Arcs is not simply a transcription service, a meeting bot or a chatbot wrapped around uploaded material. The point is not to give you more text. The point is to help you understand your own material and make something useful from it.
Where the intelligence runs
The intelligence and processing happen on your device. Arcs works in Flight Mode and has no data servers. If you enable sync, your arcs move privately across your Apple devices through CloudKit, tied to your Apple ID.