> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.syntheo.studio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Your first meeting

> Install Syntheo, connect your transcription and summary servers, then record a first meeting.

Syntheo provides no model: transcription and summaries go through your own servers. Configure them before your first recording, otherwise Syntheo refuses to start listening.

**1. Install Syntheo**

Download the Linux package or the Windows installer from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/WillIsback/Syntheo/releases/latest). See [Install the app](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/desktop-installation.md) to choose the right file.

**2. Finish onboarding**

On first launch, the "Welcome to Syntheo" screen presents the three steps of a note: Prepare, Listen, and Synthesis. Click "Open Syntheo". No account is required.

**3. Set up transcription**

Open **Settings** (), "My servers" group, then **Transcription**:

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In "Server address", enter your server's address, for example `http://localhost:8000/v1`, then click "Test connection". Then choose the model from the list.

Choose a **real-time** transcription model: Syntheo does not keep the audio and therefore cannot transcribe a live capture afterward.

**4. Set up synthesis**

In the same group, open **Synthesis** and enter the address of your OpenAI-compatible language model server (vLLM, SGLang, llama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, TGI, or NIM). Click "Test connection": Syntheo reads the list of served models. This model writes the summaries and answers when you ask a note a question.

**5. Check the audio**

Syntheo captures your microphone and the system audio (the other participants). If your system asks for permission to access the microphone, accept it. You can check the access status in **Settings → Advanced → Permissions**.

**6. Start a first recording**

On the home screen, click "Start a meeting" (). The note opens at the **Prepare** step. Click "Begin listening" in the capsule at the bottom of the window. Speak for a few seconds: the transcript appears in the right margin. Click "Finish". The summary appears at the **Synthesis** step.

Details on protocols, accepted addresses, and API keys are in [Set up transcription and AI](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/ai-setup.md).

> [!NOTE]
>
> `http://` addresses are only accepted for this machine, a private network, or Tailscale. For a server reachable over the internet, use `https://`.

## Find your way around the app

* **The home screen** greets you and shows the "Start a meeting" button, your active folders under "Your folders", and the "Resume" list with your latest notes.
* **The palette** "Search a note" () finds a note by its title or content, a folder, or a contact, and opens the other views: Settings, Templates, Folders, Contacts, Automations.
* **Folders** group the meetings of a project, with a running thread and the agenda for the next meeting. See [Folders and projects](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/folders.md).
* **A note** goes through three steps, shown in the capsule at the bottom of the window: 備 Prepare · 聴 Listen · 結 Synthesis.
* **"Ask the note"** () opens the chat, which answers with the language model you configured.
* **Settings** gathers your settings into five groups: "Me", "My servers", "Writing", "My meetings", and "Advanced".

History goes through the home screen, the palette, and the **Folders** view: there is no permanent sidebar. You edit a note's title directly at the top of the note.

In the home screen replica below, click "Start a meeting", a card under "Your folders", or a note under "Resume". A note that is not filed offers "File". Hover over a row to show the "More actions" button (Open, Export…, Delete). The up and down arrows move from one note to the next.

The palette opens with "Search a note" or . When empty, it offers your recent notes, the views under "Go to", and all your notes. Type a word to search the titles, then the content. Browse the results with the arrows and close the palette with .

## Next steps

See [Record a meeting](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/meetings.md) for the full flow. If Syntheo does not hear the call or the transcript stays empty, start with [Troubleshooting](https://docs.syntheo.studio/en/troubleshooting.md).


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