Release notes

This is a big one! Version 2.0 brings powerful new ways to find, export, and understand your meeting data — plus major improvements to audio capture and GPU performance on Windows.

Highlights

• NEW: Audio File Import — Drop in an audio file (MP3, WAV, M4A, and more) and MeetingDebrief will convert, transcribe, and summarize it automatically. Great for processing recordings from other apps or devices.

• NEW: Session Mirror — Automatically sync your transcripts and summaries to disk as Markdown files. Perfect for backing up your data or integrating with tools like Obsidian or Notion. Click the Open Sessions button in Settings -> About to see the folder where these files are stored.

• NEW: Global Search — Instantly search across all your transcripts and summaries with Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on Mac). Full-text search so you can find that one thing someone said three weeks ago.

• NEW: Insights Dashboard — See how much time and money MeetingDebrief is saving you, based on your meeting history. A fun way to see the value of your summaries at a glance.

• IMPROVED: Processing speed on Windows — Both transcription and summarization are now GPU-accelerated on Windows if you have an NVIDIA CUDA-compatible GPU. This can make processing up to 10x faster! The processing has also been optimized for less powerful machines, so you should see improvements even without a GPU.

More new features

• Summary language override — force summaries into a specific language instead of relying on auto-detection
• Audio file retention setting — control how long recorded audio files are kept to manage disk space
• Performance priority setting — choose between faster processing or lower system impact during transcription and summarization
• GPU-accelerated summarization on Windows — NVIDIA CUDA support now extends to the summarization model, not just transcription
• Improved audio capture on macOS - use CoreAudio for better performance and reliability when recording system audio.

Improvements & fixes

• Dates and times now follow your OS locale settings
• Model files are validated at startup with a notification if anything is missing
• Concurrent transcriptions and summarizations are now prevented to avoid conflicts
• Fixed transcript loss caused by non-UTF-8 characters in audio
• Clearer setting names and descriptions throughout

• NEW: Real-time transcription — see your transcript appear live as you record
• NEW: Folder system for organizing recording sessions in the sidebar
• NEW: GPU-accelerated transcription on Windows to make it 10x faster
• NEW: New setting to control recording quality for better playback
• IMPROVED: Collapsible transcript area to save screen space
• IMPROVED: Automatically follows system default input device changes during recording
• FIX: Startup recovery for sessions stuck in a recording or summarizing state
• FIX: Transcription duration no longer inflated by system sleep time

• NEW: Add audio player with transcript sync for session playback, if recording is available
• NEW: Multi-language support with automatic language detection for transcripts and summaries (no need to do anything, just speak your language and it should work)
• NEW: Add a microphone test to check if the mic is working and see volume levels
• IMPROVED for macOS only: Transcribing and summarizing now try to use the GPU if available, for faster processing
• IMPROVED: Add logging for troubleshooting issues with transcription, summarization, and audio playback (settings now has an "Open logs" button that opens the log file in the system file explorer)