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# Speaker labels

> Steno labels transcript lines as [You] or [Others] when system audio is enabled, making it easy to follow who said what in virtual meetings.

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).

## How it works

Steno records the two audio channels separately -- your microphone and your system audio -- and processes them in parallel through Whisper. The resulting transcript interleaves both channels with their respective labels based on timing.

## 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](/features/recording) for setup instructions.

## 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.

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<Accordion title="Can Steno identify individual speakers by name?">
  Not currently. Speaker labels distinguish only between your audio (`[You]`) and all other audio (`[Others]`). Individual speaker identification is planned for a future release.
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