Samurai Scribe
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Samurai Scribe, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Samurai Scribe's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Unlimited transcription and AI summaries · Whisper Tiny, Base and Small · dictation, speaker detection, custom scripts, vaults and calendar · forever |
| Pro | — | Everything in Free · Whisper Medium, Large V3 Turbo and Large V3 · NVIDIA Parakeet · additional dictation polish prompts · automatic calendar meeting recording · license on up to 2 machines · one-time |
The facts
Each one read from Samurai Scribe's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Calendar integration
- The app syncs with Google Calendar via OAuth or calendars that provide an ICS feed, and stores synced calendar data locally.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Calendar integrations
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Dictation
- It provides system-wide dictation that transcribes and polishes speech locally for pasting into other applications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The site says Whisper supports 99 languages, with automatic spoken-language detection and an optional Translate to English feature.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License limit
- A Samurai Scribe license can be activated on up to 2 machines simultaneously.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Media downloader
- Its built-in downloader supports more than 1,000 sites, including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo and podcast feeds, and transcribes downloaded media locally.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Meeting capture
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Network requests
- The site lists update checks, optional update downloads, first-run model downloads and Pro license checks as app network requests, with calendar sync when connected.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notes and scripts
- Meetings are saved as Markdown files in a folder the user chooses, and custom Rhai scripts can process transcripts and create documents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Samurai Scribe is a Markdown-first AI meeting notetaker that creates speaker-labeled transcripts and AI summaries on the user's computer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Recording
- The app records system audio and microphone feeds directly at the operating-system layer, without meeting bots joining calls.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The maker says recordings, transcripts, summaries and other user data stay on the device; after models are downloaded, recording, transcription, speaker labels and summaries work with Wi-Fi off.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Speaker detection
- On-device speaker detection tracks individual speaker turns locally, and the app offers speaker identification and analytics.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Summaries and action items
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Support
- Pro includes lifetime updates and license support, and the purchase has a 7-day money-back guarantee.checked 11 Oct 2026
- System requirements
- The stated minimum is 8 GB RAM; the site lists macOS 13 or higher for system-audio capture and Windows 10 or 11 64-bit, while an Intel Mac build is not available yet.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Transcription
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux availability
- The maker says a Linux version is not available yet.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Meeting platforms
- Zoom,Google Meet,Microsoft Teams,Slackchecked 20 Sep 2026
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