Privacy & processing
A plain-English map of the local audio path
Transcription runs locally on your Windows PC with whisper.cpp. No account, no cloud transcription, and no personal API key are required.
Current release: local transcription
Inumaki is a local-first desktop app. The privacy promise is simple: microphone audio is transcribed on your Windows PC with whisper.cpp, with no account or remote transcription service in the loop.
1. Capture in the Windows app
The renderer records microphone audio with MediaRecorder after you press the global hotkey.
2. Transcribe locally
The audio is processed on your machine with whisper.cpp instead of being uploaded to a transcription service.
3. Prepare clean text
The local transcript is formatted into paste-ready text without requiring a cloud model or personal API key.
4. Paste anywhere
The result is placed on your clipboard so it can land in the Windows app where you were working.
What the app stores
- Preferences such as default output mode, hotkey behavior, and auto-paste settings.
- Local app settings needed for the desktop workflow.
- No cloud account is required for transcription.
- Raw microphone audio is not uploaded for transcription.
This page describes the public local-first product surface. If you run a modified backend or fork, audit that deployment separately.
Audit the path yourself
The recorder and transcription path are in the public repository so you can inspect how audio is captured, processed, and returned to the clipboard.
View source on GitHub