stenoai
StenographAI is the secure privacy-first AI notepad & notetaker for confidential conversations in government & defence sectors. On Windows, Linux & MacOS.
What is stenoai?
StenographAI is the secure privacy-first AI notepad & notetaker for confidential conversations in government & defence sectors. On Windows, Linux & MacOS.
Overview of stenoai
What it is
StenographAI is a privacy-first AI notepad and notetaker for confidential conversations in government and defence sectors. It runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. The software processes recordings, transcripts, and summaries using local AI models, with no cloud usage limits and private data never leaving the user's premises. It is an independent open-source project sponsored by Gitlab Founder's Open Core Ventures.
Key features
- Privacy-first: local AI processes recordings, transcripts, and summaries on the device; external AI providers are optional.
- Live speaker labels: real-time on-screen text as you speak via Parakeet TDT v3 on Apple Silicon (MLX), with Granola-style chat-bubble view showing [You] vs [Others] attribution live during recording.
- Individual speakers (macOS): after recording stops, StenographAI separates voices sharing each channel so the saved transcript reads Speaker 2 / Speaker 3 rather than one merged [Others]. Voice profiles never leave the Mac.
- Auto start/stop meetings: StenographAI notices when a meeting starts and offers to take notes, then offers to summarise when it ends.
- System audio capture: records both sides of virtual meetings via native Core Audio Tap on macOS 14.4+, Windows loopback capture, and PipeWire capture on Linux, with selectable microphone input.
- Multi-language: Parakeet covers 25 European languages with live transcription; Whisper handles 99 languages including Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and Hindi post-stop.
- Bring your own cloud model: optional OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock (Claude — including application inference profile ARNs for governed AWS environments), or custom API endpoint for users who prefer a hosted LLM.
Use cases
StenographAI is designed for government, defence, and C-suite professionals with confidential data needs. It can be used to record, summarize, and query meetings using local AI models, ensuring sensitive information never leaves the premises. It is also suitable for any organization that requires privacy-first meeting notes, such as teams at AWS, Deliveroo, Tesco, Hashicorp, Rutgers, and the European Union.
Getting started
See the repository README for installation and quick-start instructions.
License and pricing
The project is licensed under MIT and is open-source.
Based on the project's public README and repository metadata.
