Installing Meeting Notes & Transcripts

System requirements

Setup checks your computer first and only offers what fits it, including a summary model sized for your graphics memory.

Downloading

1. Open your receipt email from the purchase and copy your license key; setup asks for it too.
2. Go to studerworks.com/download (the receipt's button opens it), paste the key and click Show my downloads.
3. Download the installer for your system:
   • Windows: MeetingNotes-Setup-<version>.exe
   • Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS: meeting-notes_<version>_amd64.deb
   • Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL-likes: meeting-notes-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm
   • Arch, CachyOS, Manjaro: meeting-notes-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
   • Any Linux, no install: MeetingNotes-<version>-x86_64.AppImage

The download links work for 15 minutes. If one has expired, enter your key on the download page again. Lost the key? It's on your Lemon Squeezy My Orders page.

Install on Windows

1. Run the installer you downloaded. It installs for your Windows account only, so you don't need to be an administrator.

   If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", click More info, then Run anyway.

2. Welcome. Read the note about recording consent, tick I agree to the License Agreement (the link opens the Software License Agreement), then click Next.

   

3. License. Paste your license key and click Activate (this needs the internet). A green tick shows which license is active; then click Next. Details in the Setup guide.

   

4. How this computer handles meetings. Choose On this computer unless your company gave you a server URL; then choose Use a Meeting Notes & Transcripts server. See choosing a role.

   

5. This computer. Setup shows what it found and where transcripts and summaries will run. Nothing to choose here; click Next.

   

6. What will be installed. Each part shows its download size. You can untick optional parts (for example a smaller summary model from the list, or Start with your computer). The total download and disk space are at the bottom. Click Install.

   

7. Installing. You can keep using the computer. Large downloads take a while; Show details shows what's happening.

   

8. All set. Click Finish. Meeting Notes & Transcripts now watches for meetings in the background; its icon is in the system tray (next to the clock, sometimes under the ^ arrow).

   

The app is installed in %LOCALAPPDATA%\MeetingNotes and appears in the Start menu as Meeting Notes & Transcripts. Recordings go to Videos\Meetings in your user folder (you can change it in Settings).

Install on Linux

1. Install the package for your distribution from a terminal in the folder you downloaded it to:

   # Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS
   sudo apt install ./meeting-notes_<version>_amd64.deb
   
   # Fedora / RHEL-likes
   sudo dnf install ./meeting-notes-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm
   
   # openSUSE
   sudo zypper install ./meeting-notes-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm
   
   # Arch, CachyOS, Manjaro
   sudo pacman -U ./meeting-notes-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
   
   # Any distribution, no install: make the AppImage executable and run it
   chmod +x MeetingNotes-<version>-x86_64.AppImage
   ./MeetingNotes-<version>-x86_64.AppImage

2. Open Meeting Notes & Transcripts from your app menu (or run meeting-notes). The first time, the setup window opens.
3. Follow the setup window: the pages are the same as on Windows (Welcome, License, role, This computer, What will be installed, Installing, All set). On Linux the role page also offers Make this computer the server (Business license).

On Linux the app runs as user services and starts when you sign in; recordings go to ~/Videos/Meetings.

No screen or no desktop (a server)? Install without a window from the command line: see Setting up an office server and silent install.

Updating

The app looks for new versions by itself and downloads them in the background. When one is ready, the library shows a banner with Install now; installing takes seconds and the app starts again on the new version. Updates keep your recordings, settings and license.

• Automatic updates: in Settings → Updates, switch on Automatic and new versions install by themselves at a quiet moment: never during a meeting, but when the screen is locked, overnight or when you sign in. A note tells you when it's done.
• Go back: if a new version has a problem, Settings → Updates → Go back returns to the version before. It isn't offered again until a newer version comes out.
• Linux packages install updates without asking for your password (only newer versions signed by Studer Works; going back asks for it). The AppImage replaces itself.
• You can always get the latest installer from studerworks.com/download with your key, too.

An office server (no desktop) updates itself as well: see Keeping the server up to date.

Your purchase includes every update to the version you bought. When a new major version comes out, owners can upgrade at a discount, or keep using the version they have.

Uninstalling

Uninstalling removes the program but keeps your recordings and settings. To free your license slot for another computer, first open the library and click Settings → License → Deactivate this computer.

• Windows: Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Meeting Notes & Transcripts → Uninstall.
• Linux: run meeting-notes uninstall, then remove the package (sudo apt remove studerworks-meeting-notes, sudo dnf remove studerworks-meeting-notes, sudo pacman -R studerworks-meeting-notes), or delete the AppImage.