Auri Smart Notes: Voice, Transcripts, and AI Transforms

Two capture modes, one note

Smart Notes is built for people who sometimes type and sometimes talk, and who do not want those drafts living in three apps.

• Text. Markdown notes with photos, tables, and to-do lists in the same document. Color tags for organization. AI writing tools on the selection: grammar, Help Me Write, Continue Writing, Translate, Summarize, Paraphrase.
• Voice. Hit record, talk, get a transcript, then choose a transform. The transcript is the source of truth; the transform is a disposable view until you keep it.

Keep the raw take when the wording matters. Keep the transform when the job is a summary, a checklist, or a first essay draft.

The transform menu, by job

After a transcript lands, pick the output that matches why you recorded. Do not run every option.

One transform, then a human pass on names and numbers. That is faster than asking the model to “make it perfect.”

YouTube and other long audio

When the source is already recorded, Smart Notes still helps if you need text you can search and reshape.

1. Transcribe the YouTube video (or drop in your own recording).
2. Run Short Summary first to see whether the content is worth a deeper pass.
3. Use Meeting Notes or Podcast Notes when you need structure, not a blog rewrite.
4. Export only after you have fixed proper nouns the model will not know.

Transcription quality still depends on the audio. Quiet speech and clear speakers beat any transform menu.

Exports, sync, and engines

Notes are meant to leave the app when the work moves on.

• Export to MD, PDF, RTF, HTML, DOCX, or TXT.
• Auto-save and sync across Apple devices signed into the same account path the app uses.
• Pick the transcription engine in settings. Cloud options include Legacy, Supernova, and Wizper. On-Device is English-only and keeps that step on the phone.

If a note holds client names or medical detail, set the engine before you hit record. Changing it afterward does not rewind what already left the device.

A workflow that sticks

1. Record the messy version while the thought is fresh. Do not narrate punctuation.
2. Transcribe immediately so you are not sitting on a pile of unlabeled audio.
3. Choose one transform that matches the next share: summary for yourself, meeting notes for the team, to-do list for tomorrow.
4. Fix names, dates, and numbers by hand.
5. Export or paste into the place people will actually read it.

Keyboard voice typing is still better for short replies in other apps. Smart Notes is for artifacts you want to keep, reshape, and export.

Mistakes that make transforms worse

When a summary comes back vague or a meeting note misses the decision, the recording is usually the problem rather than the transform.

• Recording three topics in one take. Transforms follow the structure you gave them. One subject per recording produces sharper output than a ten-minute ramble across four projects.
• Never saying the names. A meeting note cannot assign an owner you did not mention. Say who is doing what out loud, even if it feels stilted.
• Running three transforms on the same transcript. Pick the one that matches the next share. Stacking them gives you summaries of summaries, and detail drops each round.
• Editing the transform instead of the transcript. When a fact is wrong at the source, fix the note first, then run the transform again.
• Recording at arm's length. Bring the phone closer or use a headset. Distance costs more accuracy than any setting you can change afterwards.

Say a one-line header at the start of each recording: what this is, and who it is for. It takes three seconds and it improves every transform you run on it.

Where Smart Notes fits with the keyboard and Mac

Three Auri surfaces overlap here, and the difference is what happens to the text afterwards.

The failure mode is using Notes as a clipboard on the way to another app. When the text is going somewhere else immediately, dictate it there with the keyboard and skip the round trip.

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