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Pre Release 0.0.3: Added Windows Support

A new release is available!

What's New

  • Windows Support: Fixed audio capture issues on Windows
  • Improved Error Handling: Better error handling and logging for audio devices
  • Enhanced Device Detection: More robust audio device detection across platforms
  • Windows Installers: Added both .exe and .msi installers for Windows
  • Transcription quality is improved
  • Bug fixes and improvements for frontend
  • Better backend app build process
  • Improved documentation

What would be next?

  • Database connection to save meeting minutes
  • Improve summarization quality for smaller LLM models
  • Add download options for meeting transcriptions
  • Add download option for summary

Known issues

  • Smaller LLMs can hallucinate, making summarization quality poor; Please use model above 32B parameter size
  • Backend build process requires CMake, C++ compiler, etc. Making it harder to build
  • Backend build process requires Python 3.10 or newer
  • Frontend build process requires Node.js

How to Get Started

Frontend

Windows Installation

Once the installers are downloaded from the above links [## Files for test](## Files for test), double-click the executable file to run it.

Windows will ask if you want to run untrusted apps, click More info and choose run anyway 

Windows protected your PC
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.
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To bypass this warning in windows OS,

After downloading the installer

  • Right click on installer(.exe)
  • Select properties option.
  • Click on checkbox to check Unblock at the bottom of Properties.

windows_signing_issue

Windows frontend Installation

Option 1: Using the Setup Executable (.exe) (Recommended)

  1. Download the meeting-minutes-frontend_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe file
  2. Double-click the installer to run it
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation
  4. The application will be available on your desktop

Option 2: Using the MSI Installer (.msi)

  1. Download the meeting-minutes-frontend_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi file
  2. Double-click the MSI file to run it
  3. Follow the installation wizard to complete the setup
  4. The application will be installed and available on your desktop

macOS full Installation

Option 1: Using Homebrew (Recommended)

macOS users can now enjoy a streamlined installation process with Homebrew: 

# Install Meetily using Homebrew (macOS only)
brew tap zackriya-solutions/meetily
brew install --cask meetily

# Start the backend server with your preferred language
meetily-server --language en --model medium

🌐 Multi-Language Transcription Support

Our backend now supports transcription in over 90 languages! Specify your preferred language when starting the server: 

# English (default)
meetily-server --language en --model medium

# Spanish
meetily-server --language es --model medium

# French
meetily-server --language fr --model medium

# German
meetily-server --language de --model medium

# Japanese
meetily-server --language ja --model medium

# Chinese
meetily-server --language zh --model medium

# Auto-detect language (may be less accurate)
meetily-server --language all --model medium

🔄 Model Selection for macOS

Choose from various Whisper models based on your needs: 

# Download your preferred model
meetily-download-model medium

# Available options:
# - tiny (fastest, least accurate)
# - base (fast, moderate accuracy)
# - small (balanced performance)
# - medium (recommended for most users)
# - large-v3 (highest accuracy, requires more resources)

✨ Why Use Homebrew on macOS?

  • Native macOS Experience: Integrates perfectly with your macOS workflow
  • Simplified Installation: No more manual downloads or permissions issues
  • Automatic Updates: Stay current with brew upgrade
  • Clean Removal: Uninstall completely with brew uninstall

🚀 Getting Started on macOS

After installation:

  1. Start the backend server with your language preference: meetily-server --language [your_language_code]
  2. Launch Meetily from your Applications folder
  3. Begin capturing and transcribing your meetings in your preferred language!

🔧 Advanced Configuration for macOS Users

Fine-tune your experience with additional parameters: 

# Set logging level
meetily-server --language en --model medium --log-level debug

# Specify custom model path (if you've downloaded models elsewhere)
meetily-server --language en --model /path/to/your/model.bin

Note : This step installs the backend server and the frontend app.
Once the backend and the frontend are started, you can open the application from the Applications folder.

Option 2: Manual Installation

  1. Download the dmg_darwin_arch64.zip zip file and extract to get meeting-minutes-frontend_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg file
  2. Extract the file
  3. Double-click meeting-minutes-frontend_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg file inside the extracted folder
  4. Drag the meeting-minutes-frontend.app to Applications folder
  5. Execute the following command in terminal to remove the quarantine attribute: 
xattr -c /Applications/meeting-minutes-frontend.app

Backend

-- For Mac OS only

Brew Tap 

brew tap zackriya-solutions/meetily

Brew install 

brew install meetily-backend

Please add the anthropic or groq API key when asked.

To run the backend, first choose a model.
Available models: tiny, base, small, medium, large-v3 

meetily-download-model medium

To run the backend 

meetily-server

This should start the backend on Mac OS

You can set up API keys during installation or manually:

echo "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key_here" > $(brew --prefix)/opt/meetily-backend/backend/.env
echo "GROQ_API_KEY=your_key_here" >> $(brew --prefix)/opt/meetily-backend/backend/.env

Installing backend in Windows

  1. Clone the repository: 
git clone https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meeting-minutes

  1. Go to the backend directory:

  2. Make sure you have installed all the prerequisites before proceeding:

    • ffmpeg
    • cmake
    • C++ compiler
    • Python versions between 3.10 and 3.12

    Windows-specific prerequisites:

    • Install Visual Studio Build Tools with C++ development workload
    • Install ffmpeg using Chocolatey: choco install ffmpeg
    • Ensure Python 3.10+ is in your PATH

  3. Add environment file: 

# On Windows (PowerShell):
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_api_key`nGROQ_API_KEY=your_api_key" | Out-File -FilePath .env -Encoding utf8

  1. Add API Keys in .env files if you are planning to use Anthropic or Groq.

  2. Configure environment variables for Groq: 


# On Windows (PowerShell):
$env:GROQ_API_KEY="your_groq_api_key"

# On Windows (Command Prompt):
set GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key

  1. Build dependencies:

    • On Windows: .\build_whisper.bat (or run the commands from the script manually)

  2. Run the server:

    • On Windows: .\start_with_output.ps1

What's Changed

  • Windows audio capture support
  • Cross-platform audio device detection improvements
  • Enhanced error handling and logging
  • Windows installer packages (.exe and .msi)
  • Various bug fixes and stability improvements

Introducing subscription

We are planning to add a subscription option so that you don't have to run the backend on your own server. This will help you scale better and run the service 24/7. This is based on a few requests we received. If you are interested, please fill out the form here.

Full Changelog: v0.0.2...v0.0.3

What's Changed

Full Changelog: v0.0.2...v0.0.3

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