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Steno
Privacy-First AI Notepad & Meeting Notetaker·stenoai.co
Steno is a privacy-first AI notepad and meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings entirely on the user's device. It requires no cloud connection, no meeting bots, and no account, running local AI models for transcription and summarization with no usage limits. Users can also connect their own API key to cloud models like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini if desired.
What it's for
Record and transcribe meetings entirely on-device without cloud uploadsCapture both sides of video calls (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddles) without a bot joiningGenerate meeting summaries, key topics, and action items automaticallyTake manual notes during a recording that merge with the transcriptChat with notes to surface decisions and action items across recordingsKeep board prep, M&A discussions, and executive offsites confidentialSupport sensitive government briefings and defense planning offlinePreserve privileged legal client calls and case discussionsWork offline on planes, in hospitals, or in air-gapped/restricted areas
Features 15
- AI notepad for manual notes merged into transcript
- AI-generated meeting summaries, key topics, and action items
- Automatic language detection across 99 languages
- Bring-your-own-API-key support for cloud models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Meta AI, Qwen)
- Chat with notes to ask questions across recordings
- Folder organization for notes
- Fully offline operation after initial model download
- Markdown export of notes and summaries for use in other tools
- No per-query or API costs after setup
- On-device recording of microphone and system audio simultaneously
- Open-source codebase for independent verification
- Real-time, fully local transcription
- Six bundled local AI models (Llama 3.2 3B, Gemma 4 E2B, Gemma 4 E4B, Qwen 3.5 9B, Gemma 4 12B, GPT-OSS 20B)
- Speaker attribution with [You]/[Others] labels
- Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Slack huddles without any bot joining
At a glance
free tieropen source
TypeDesktop app
DeploymentInstalled (local)
PlatformsmacOS, Windows
Forexecutives, government, defense, legal professionals, healthcare, finance
Integrations
ZoomGoogle MeetMicrosoft TeamsSlackOpenAIAnthropicGeminiMeta AIQwen
Complianceself-reported
GDPRHIPAA
Resources
Pricing
Steno is fully free with no paid tiers; it can also be self-built from source.
FreeFree
Only plan offered; product is entirely free and open source.
No usage limits