Hyprnote: a native AI note-taking tool designed to protect meeting privacy

Hyprnote is an AI note-taking tool designed for professionals who frequently attend conferences. It adopts a "local first" principle, ensuring that all data processing, including voice transcription and intelligent summarization, is done on the user's own device, and the data is not uploaded to any cloud server. Hyprnote transcribes audio in real time while the meeting is in progress, while the user can take notes as usual. Once the meeting is over, it combines the user's notes with the full meeting recording to produce a focused, contextualized summary of the meeting. The tool supports offline use and access to native large language models such as Ollama, as well as connecting to corporate-compliant third-party APIs. This makes it particularly suitable for situations where sensitive or confidential information is handled, such as client meetings, intra-team discussions, and any corporate environment with strict data confidentiality requirements.

Function List

• Real-time conference transcription: Convert voice conversations to text in real time and display them next to your notes while the meeting is in progress.
• Intelligent Summary Generation: It can automatically generate a clearly structured and accurate meeting summary by combining the brief notes recorded by the user as they go along with the complete recording of the meeting.
• Purely localized operation: All data processing and storage takes place on the user's local device and does not rely on the Internet, effectively guaranteeing the privacy and security of conference content.
• custom language model: Supports access to open source language models that run natively on frameworks such as Ollama, as well as connecting to enterprise-licensed third-party model APIs such as Gemini, Claude, or Azure GPT to meet the security compliance needs of different organizations.
• Note template selection: A variety of preset summary formats are available, such as bullet point lists, agenda formats or paragraph summaries, and users can also create their own customized templates.
• AI autonomy regulation: Users can set the degree of freedom the AI has when generating summaries, either choosing to organize them strictly based on the user's notes or allowing the AI to add and play with them based on the full conversation.
• Built-in AI chat: You can talk to the AI directly within the Notes app to ask follow-up questions such as "What are the action items for the meeting?" or "Translate this paragraph into Spanish. or "Translate this into Spanish".
• calendar integration: Can be connected to Apple Calendar, etc. for easy management of meeting schedules.

Using Help

Hyprnote, a localized AI note-taking tool that focuses on privacy protection, has a straightforward installation and usage process.

Installation process (macOS for example)

Hyprnote is currently available in public beta for macOS and can be installed via Homebrew, a popular tool for managing packages on macOS.

1. Open a terminal::
   You can find the "Terminal" program in the "Utilities" section of the "Applications" folder.
2. Install Hyprnote::
   Type and execute the following command in the terminal. This command will add the Hyprnote repository before installing it.

   brew tap fastrepl/hyprnote && brew install hyprnote --cask
   

   Once executed, Homebrew will automatically download and install the Hyprnote app. Once installed, you can find it in the Applications folder.

How to use the core functions

1. Preparation for the Conference

• launch an application: Open the Hyprnote app before the session begins.
• Authorized Microphone: The first time you use it, you will be prompted to grant Hyprnote microphone permissions. Be sure to allow this.Hyprnote is able to capture sound from both the device microphone (for offline meetings) and system audio (for online meetings such as Zoom, Teams, etc.).

2. Operations in meetings

• real-time transcription: Once the meeting starts, Hyprnote automatically does real-time voice transcription in the background. You will see the transcript appear in real time on the side of the note interface.
• Record points: You don't need to take notes verbatim because Hyprnote is already doing it for you. All you have to do is jot down, as you normally would, the keywords, decisions, questions, or tasks that you think are most important as you go along. These handwritten bullet points are the key to subsequently generating a high-quality summary.

3. Post-conference processing

• Generate Intelligent Summaries: At the end of the meeting, click on the Generate Summary button. Hyprnote will combine the scattered points you have recorded with the full transcript of the recorded meeting. the AI will understand that your notes are the key points and refer to the full text to generate a well-contextualized and logical summary of the meeting.
• Using templates: You can choose different summary templates as needed. Example:
  • list of key points: Organize the meeting into a concise bulleted list.
  • Agenda format: Organize the summaries in the order of the meeting agenda.
  • Paragraph summaries: Generate a coherent, narrative summary.
    You can also create new templates according to your own habits.

4. Interacting with AI

• AI chat: After generating a summary, you may want to dig further into the information. You can use the built-in AI chat feature to ask it questions directly. Example:
  • Ask for specific information: "What tasks were mentioned in the meeting that need to be followed up?"
  • Rewrite: "Rewrite this summary in simpler language."
  • Translation of text: "Translation of abstracts into English."
    This feature allows you to quickly second-guess and validate meeting content.

5. Advanced settings: customizing the Large Language Model (LLM)

For users with specific needs, Hyprnote allows you to change its default language model.

• Connecting Local Models: If you have your own language model running locally through a tool like Ollama, you can plug it in in the Hyprnote settings. This allows for completely offline AI processing.
• Using third-party APIs: If your company allows the use of specific cloud services, you can also configure Hyprnote to connect to third-party APIs such as Azure GPT, Claude, or Gemini.This is useful in scenarios where you need to leverage more powerful modeling capabilities while adhering to company regulations.

With these steps, you can manage your meeting minutes efficiently and securely with Hyprnote.

application scenario

1. Intra-corporate sensitization meetings
   In meetings where company strategy, financial data or undisclosed projects are discussed, confidentiality of information is crucial. Hyprnote processes all data locally, eliminating the risk of data leakage in the cloud and ensuring absolute security of trade secrets.
2. Consulting and Customer Communication
   A consultant, lawyer or salesperson's communication with a client often involves a large number of details and commitments that need to be documented. With Hyprnote you can automatically record the meeting while focusing on communication, and quickly generate minutes with action items after the meeting, improving professionalism and productivity.
3. Technical discussions in the R&D team
   When engineers and product managers are conducting technical reviews or discussing requirements, many ad-hoc ideas and complex logics are generated. Hyprnote can fully document the discussion process, helping the team to sort out their thoughts after the meeting and ensure that no details are left out.
4. Telecommuting and online collaboration
   For remote teams, online meetings are the primary method of communication. Hyprnote captures system audio and perfectly supports online meeting tools such as Zoom, Teams, etc., helping team members, especially those across time zones, to quickly understand key information that the meeting missed.

QA

1. Is Hyprnote free?
   Yes, Hyprnote is open source software and its core functionality is free.
2. Is my session data secure?
   Hyprnote follows the "local first" principle, where all your notes, recordings and AI-generated summaries are stored and processed on your PC and not sent to any external server.
3. Which operating systems does Hyprnote support?
   Hyprnote is currently available in public beta for macOS and plans to support Windows and Linux systems soon.
4. Will Hyprnote still work if I don't have an internet connection?
   Hyprnote's core functions, including recording, transcription, and summary generation, can be run in a completely offline environment.
5. Can I change the AI model used by Hyprnote?
   Yes. Hyprnote offers a high degree of flexibility by allowing users to access their own locally deployed models through tools such as Ollama, or to connect to company-specified third-party model APIs.