Having trouble keeping up with meetings or lectures? Record audio to capture what you miss and enhance your notes. You can also replay the recording to see your notes come to life as they were written!

Goodnotes’ Audio capabilities include:

• Audio Recording
• Audio Transcription
• Audio Summary

Audio Recording

Start / Stop a recording

1. Choose the Overflow menu > Record & Summarize.

   

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   For a Text Document, you can simply tap the Mic icon on the toolbar.

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2. A floating control appears showing the recording is in progress. Notes taken in the document will be recorded with the audio. If you switch apps, recording continues in the background, shown by a flashing orange Mic icon in the status bar. Tap this icon to return to Goodnotes.

   

   The flashing Mic icon means continuous background recording when the app is not visible.

3. When you’re done, tap the Stop Recording icon in the floating control to finish the recording. A new audio clip is created.

Play back a recording

1. Choose the Overflow menu > Show Recordings.

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   For a Text Document, you need to open the Sidebar (top-left corner), then the Audio tab.

   

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2. Choose an audio clip from the Sidebar and tap the Play icon in the playback control at the bottom:

   

   • 1.0x: Sets the playback speed
   • Rewind: Rewinds the playback 10 seconds
   • Play: Plays/Resumes the playback. Any notes previously taken during the recording will be played back as well. Once tapped, it’s changed to a Pause ⏸️ icon that can be used to pause the playback. Drag the Seek Bar to jump to a specific part of the clip.
   • Fast-forward: Fast forward the playback 10 seconds.
   • More (…): Shows Audio settings and other info.

     • Noise Reduction: Reduces the recorded background noise during playback.

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       This option is only available on devices using the A16 / M1 chip or later.

       Find out what chip your device is using:

       • iPad / iPhone:
       1. Find the Model Name line in device Settings > General > About.
       2. Check System-on-chip for the Model Name: iPad | iPhone.
       • Mac: Find the Chip line from Apple menu  in the left corner of your screen > About This Mac. </aside>

Play back some notes linked to the recording

1. Select those notes, or long-press any part of them.

2. Choose Play Recording. The playback jumps to the audio clip where those notes were taken.

   

   <aside> ℹ️ Notes are only captured on the recording's starting page. If you start recording in one document and switch to another, those notes won't sync with playback.

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Work with audio clips

1. Choose the Overflow menu > Show Recordings.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Rename a clip: Swipe across it and choose the Rename icon (first one), type a name and confirm.
   • Delete a clip: Swipe across it and choose the Trash icon, or swipe across the clip all the way to the left.
   • Export or delete a clip: one or more clips:
     1. Choose the More icon (…) in the top-left corner > Select Audios.
     2. Tap the radio button next to each clip you want to select, or tap Select All.
     3. Choose Export or Delete.

Configure Audio Recording and view related info

1. Choose the More icon (…) in the top-left corner, then an option:
   • Recording Settings
   • AI Credits: Show the remaining AI credits you can use to generate Audio Summary.
   • Privacy Settings: You can choose whether or not to share your recordings and transcripts with Goodnotes to improve this feature for everyone. You can read the Privacy Policy on this screen.
   • User Guide: Open the User Guide on Goodnotes AI for Meetings.

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