The Meeting Knowledge Assistant (MKA) is an AI-assisted desktop application that records meetings, creates high-quality transcripts and transforms them into structured knowledge.

Unlike traditional meeting assistants, MKA does not aim to replace human interaction during meetings. Its goal is to create an accurate, searchable and long-term knowledge base from spoken communication.

The project follows an "AI-first" architecture:

Audio → Transcription → Speaker Identification → AI Analysis → Structured Knowledge → Search

Core Features

Import of existing meeting recordings
OBS Studio as the recommended reference recorder
High-quality local transcription
Speaker diarization
Editable working transcripts
AI-generated meeting minutes
Executive summaries
Action items
Decision tracking
Knowledge extraction
Local file-based storage
Export to Markdown, PDF and DOCX

Recording Workflow

The MVP does not include its own audio recorder.

OBS Studio is the recommended reference recorder for online meetings. It can

capture system audio and microphone audio without joining the meeting as a bot.

Initial workflow:


Online Meeting

    ↓

OBS Studio

    ↓

WAV Recording

    ↓

Meeting Assistant Import

    ↓

Transcription

    ↓

Speaker Diarization

    ↓

Analysis and Export

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## Design Goals

- High transcription quality
- Modular architecture
- Offline-first whenever practical
- Replaceable AI components
- Vendor independence
- Long-term maintainability

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## Philosophy

The transcript is the primary asset.

Everything else (summaries, reports, action items, knowledge extraction)
can always be regenerated using better AI models in the future.

Therefore:

Audio
→ Transcript
is considered immutable.

AI output is considered reproducible.

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## Planned Architecture

Recorder
↓
Transcription
↓
Speaker Identification
↓
LLM Processing
↓
Knowledge Database
↓
Export

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## Current Status

Project planning.

No implementation has started yet.