Quickstart

1. 1

   Download

   Go to echo.neatoventures.com and click Download. You get an installer named Neato-Echo-Setup-<version>.exe. The same file is on the GitHub releases page.

   Neato Echo runs on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

2. 2

   Run the installer

   Open the .exe. The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen shows Windows protected your PC. Click More info, then Run anyway, and follow the prompts.

   On first launch, Neato Echo walks you through onboarding.

3. 3

   Choose Local

   When asked how to process your speech, choose Local. Everything then runs on your PC, and no audio leaves your machine.

4. 4

   Download the models

   Onboarding downloads two models:

   • The Parakeet speech model (Parakeet TDT 0.6B v3, about 600 MB), which turns your voice into text.
   • The Qwen language model (Qwen 3.5 4B, about 2.5 GB), which writes meeting summaries and powers the agent.

   Both are stored in %USERPROFILE%\.cache\neato-echo. You can change models later in Settings → Speech-to-Text and Settings → Language Models.

5. 5

   Pick Tap or Hold

   The dictation hotkey is Ctrl+Win. Choose whether to tap it once to start and again to stop, or hold it while you speak. You can change this later under Settings → Hotkeys. See hold or tap.

6. 6

   Start dictating

   Put your cursor in any app, press Ctrl+Win, speak, and stop. Your text appears at the cursor.

Optional: connect your calendar

If you use Google Calendar or a Microsoft (Outlook / Microsoft 365) calendar, connect it under Settings → Integrations. Meeting notes then get the meeting's title and attendees, and Neato Echo can remind you to take notes before a scheduled call. See connect your calendar.

Next steps

• How dictation works
• Set up the AI agent
• Record your first meeting