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When Steno captures both microphone and system audio, transcripts include speaker labels: [You] for lines from your microphone and [Others] for audio from your speakers (the other participants).

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How it works

Steno records the microphone and system audio as two separate channels, then transcribes each channel and labels its lines — the microphone channel [You], the system audio channel [Others]. This stereo-channel diarization works the same way regardless of which transcription engine (Parakeet or Whisper) is active.

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Requirements

Speaker labels require system audio capture to be enabled — microphone-only recordings produce a single-channel transcript without speaker differentiation. See Recording → System audio for setup instructions.

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Limitations

  • Labels are binary: [You] and [Others]. Individual speakers among “Others” are not distinguished.
  • Label accuracy depends on audio separation. If microphone audio bleeds into system audio or vice versa, some lines may be mislabeled.
  • In-person meetings (microphone only) do not support speaker labels.
Multi-speaker diarisation (identifying individual speakers by voice) is on the roadmap.
Not currently. Speaker labels distinguish only between your audio ([You]) and all other audio ([Others]). Individual speaker identification is planned for a future release.