Alter

Alter is a revolutionary AI assistant built natively for macOS, designed to integrate seamlessly into your daily workflow and enhance your productivity across all applications. Unlike other AI tools, Alter is context-aware, meaning it understands the content of your active apps, browsers, and files, providing truly relevant and intelligent assistance. It lives discreetly in your Mac's notch, accessible with a simple hover or hotkey, ready to supercharge your tasks with the power of voice and context.

How to use Alter

Interacting with Alter is designed to be intuitive and fast, blending naturally into your macOS habits:

• Notch Interaction: Simply hover your mouse over your Mac's notch (or the top-center of an external screen) to instantly open the Alter menu.
• Voice Commands: Use the voice-first interface for maximum efficiency. Hold the mic icon or a custom hotkey to issue quick commands (speech-to-prompt), or click once to enter dictation mode for longer text entry.
• System-wide Access: Select any text on your screen to bring up the Alter Floating Menu with relevant actions. You can also right-click files or folders in Finder and select "Add to Alter" to use them as context.
• Drag & Drop: Drag files, folders, images, or even emails directly onto the Alter notch to start a conversation about them.
• Prompt Box Shortcuts: Use special characters in the prompt box to speed up your workflow: '@' to add context, '#' to view conversation history, '/' to switch AI models, and '?' for help.

Core Features of Alter

• Context-Aware AI (AppSense): Alter's AppSense technology reads data directly from macOS applications, going beyond simple screen capture to understand the true context of your work.
• Meeting Assistant: Automatically detect and record online (Zoom, Google Meet) or in-person meetings. Get instant, searchable transcripts with speaker identification and smart, actionable summaries.
• AI Model Hub: Access over 50 of the latest AI models from leading providers like OpenAI (GPT-4o), Anthropic (Claude 3.5 Sonnet), Google (Gemini), and Mistral. You can also connect to local models via Ollama or LM Studio.
• Privacy by Design: Your data is your own. Alter encrypts chats locally and does not use your data for training. Run it completely offline with local models for maximum confidentiality.
• Custom Actions & Workflows: Go beyond built-in functionalities by creating your own context-aware AI workflows. Assign specific models to specific actions for optimized performance and privacy.
• Workspaces: Group related files, folders, and applications into a single, indexed Workspace. This allows Alter to maintain context for complex, ongoing projects like coding or research.
• Local Tools & Automation: Control your Mac with natural language. Ask Alter to send messages, create calendar events, manage reminders, search for files, and interact with core Mac apps.
• API Gateway: Use your Alter Pro plan's unlimited access in other OpenAI-compatible applications, centralizing your AI usage and billing.

Use Cases for Alter

Alter is a versatile tool for a wide range of users:

• Professionals & Power Users: Automate repetitive tasks, draft emails and reports 3x faster, manage schedules with voice commands, and get instant summaries from long documents or meetings.
• Developers: Use Workspaces to chat with an entire codebase, get context-aware coding assistance, and run secure, local models for proprietary work.
• Students & Researchers: Transcribe lectures and interviews, summarize YouTube educational videos instantly, and organize research materials into intelligent Workspaces.
• Legal & Healthcare Professionals: Handle sensitive client or patient information with confidence using 100% offline, local AI models for transcription and document analysis.

Advantages of Alter

Alter stands out from other AI tools with its unique advantages:

• Deep Native Integration: It feels like a natural extension of macOS, not a separate, clunky application or web wrapper.
• Superior Contextual Understanding: Its ability to read application data directly provides far more accurate and relevant assistance than tools relying on screen capture.
• Unmatched Privacy & Control: The choice between powerful cloud models and fully offline local models gives users complete control over their data.
• Workflow Efficiency: The voice-first interface, system-wide shortcuts, and powerful automations dramatically reduce the time spent on daily tasks.
• Ultimate Flexibility: With support for over 50 models, custom API keys, and a robust action editor, Alter can be tailored to any workflow.

Pricing and Plans

Alter offers a flexible pricing structure to suit different needs:

• Free Plan: Completely free to use. Access all core features by connecting your own provider API keys or running local models on your machine.
• Pro Plan ($240/year): Get unlimited requests to 40+ integrated AI models, including premium ones from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google (subject to a fair use policy). Also includes priority support.
• Lifetime Plan ($720 one-time): A single payment for lifetime access to all Pro features, future platform updates (e.g., Windows/iOS), and two personalized 1-on-1 training sessions.
• 14-Day Free Trial: All users get a 14-day free trial of the Pro plan with unlimited AI access, no credit card required.