StenoAI 0.5.5
StenoAI v0.5.5
Enterprise / org
- Works behind corporate proxies. Org backup, AI, and note sync now route through the OS system proxy (including PAC/WPAD) and trust the OS certificate store on Windows and macOS — so Steno works on managed networks that force egress through a proxy or do TLS inspection. Previously these calls went direct and failed silently behind such a proxy.
- Backup status you can see. When an org note fails to back up, it now shows a quiet "Not backed up" indicator you can click to retry, and the failure is written to the diagnostic log — instead of failing silently. Failures are kept separate from successful shares so a retry always works, and a successful backup clears the indicator.
Productivity
- Instant search (⌘K). A global command palette to jump to any note from anywhere.
- Import audio files. Drag & drop or pick an existing recording to transcribe and summarize it.
- Pre-meeting reminders. A heads-up notification a couple of minutes before a calendar meeting starts (honors the master notifications toggle).
Under the hood
- Long stereo (system-audio) meetings keep
[You]/[Others]speaker separation — the per-channel split timeout now scales with recording length instead of a fixed cap that silently dropped to mono. - Processing/transcription logs persist to disk for diagnostics; deleting a note skips a redundant backend re-scan.
- User-facing copy rebranded to Steno.
Upgrade notes
- No action required. Existing settings, recordings, and credentials carry forward.
- On an enterprise network: if org backup previously failed silently, it should now succeed through your corporate proxy automatically (the app follows the system proxy). No per-user configuration needed.
Downloads
- Apple Silicon (M1-M5):
stenoAI-macos-arm64.dmg
First Time Setup
- Download the DMG
- Install by dragging StenoAI to Applications
- Launch app - setup wizard runs automatically
- Grant microphone permissions when prompted
- Start recording meetings!
Requirements
- Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later) — Intel Macs are no longer supported as of v0.4.0
- macOS 12 (Monterey) or later
- Internet connection for initial setup
- Microphone access permissions
Intel Mac users
v0.4.0 is Apple Silicon only. Intel users should stay on v0.3.8, which is the last release supporting Intel Macs. Auto-update on existing Intel installs is gated and will not push v0.4.0 to those machines.