commit d2bdbe33150c5584ebe0eed86bf934cf19415dfb
Author: Josh Knapp <jknapp85@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 26 08:11:57 2026 -0800

    Initial project setup with README and gitignore
    
    Establish the voice-to-notes project with documentation covering
    goals, platform targets, and planned feature set.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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+# Dependencies
+node_modules/
+venv/
+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
+# Build output
+dist/
+build/
+out/
+*.egg-info/
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Environment
+.env
+.env.local
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+
+# Audio/video test files
+*.wav
+*.mp3
+*.mp4
+*.mkv
+*.avi
+*.ogg
+*.flac
+!test/fixtures/*
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+# Voice to Notes
+
+A desktop application that transcribes audio/video recordings with speaker identification, producing editable transcriptions with synchronized audio playback.
+
+## Goals
+
+- **Speech-to-Text Transcription** — Accurately convert spoken audio from recordings into text
+- **Speaker Identification (Diarization)** — Detect and distinguish between different speakers in a conversation
+- **Speaker Naming** — Assign and persist speaker names/IDs across the transcription
+- **Synchronized Playback** — Click any transcribed text segment to play back the corresponding audio for review and correction
+- **Export Formats**
+  - Closed captioning files (SRT, VTT) for video
+  - Plain text documents with speaker labels
+- **AI Integration** — Connect to AI providers to ask questions about the conversation and generate condensed notes/summaries
+
+## Platform Support
+
+| Platform | Status |
+|----------|--------|
+| Linux    | Planned (initial target) |
+| Windows  | Planned (initial target) |
+| macOS    | Future (pending hardware) |
+
+## Project Status
+
+**Early planning phase** — Architecture and technology decisions in progress.
+
+## License
+
+TBD