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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

Meta AIGoogle MeetOpenAIMicrosoft TeamsAnthropicGeminiZoomQwenSlack

Complianceself-reported

HIPAAGDPR

Resources

Docs

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