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Voice recorder for writers and authors

Plaud Note helps writers and authors dictate drafts, interviews, and ideas that become searchable transcripts automatically.

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Voice recorder for writers and authors

Dictate your draft. Capture every idea. Read the transcript when you stop.

Plaud Note is the AI voice recorder for writers and authors that captures spoken drafts, research interviews, and plot ideas, then delivers a clean, searchable transcript automatically. Attach it to your phone, tap once to start, and the text is ready when you are done. No playback, no manual typing, no transcription service required.

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What an AI voice recorder does differently for writers

Speak your draft. Get the transcript. No typing, no playback.

Plaud Note is the AI voice recorder for writers and authors that replaces the old speak-then-type workflow. Traditional recorders captured audio that required playback and manual transcription to become usable text. Plaud Note records spoken dictation, interview audio, or brainstorm sessions and returns a clean, searchable transcript through Plaud Intelligence. Novelists dictating chapters, journalists recording sources, and screenwriters capturing dialogue ideas all get structured text back without sitting down to type from scratch.


3 artifacts, ready when you stop speaking

01

Full verbatim transcript

Every word captured and organized. Searchable, timestamped, and ready to paste into your manuscript or notes.

02

AI writing summary

Key ideas, plot points, and action items extracted automatically from your dictation or interview session.

03

Editable text

Export the transcript directly to your notes app, document editor, or email. No reformatting, no copy-paste cleanup.

Works wherever writers work

Chapter dictation while walkingResearch interviews with sourcesPlot brainstorming and voice journallingDialogue capture and character notesPodcast pre-production and outlinesField notes for nonfiction and journalismAny format, phone attached or standalone

Plaud Note attaches to your phone. One tap starts recording. The transcript arrives automatically when you stop.

Workflow fit

Is Plaud Note the voice recorder for writers that fits your workflow?

Most voice recorders capture audio and leave the transcription work to you. Plaud Note closes that gap. Check whether the difference fits how you write.

What you need
Plaud handles it
Why it works
You dictate book chapters or scene notes while walking and need usable text without stopping to type
Plaud Note attaches to your phone and captures your dictation with one tap. Walk, pace, and think aloud. The transcript is ready when you finish, with no manual typing required.
You record interviews with sources for nonfiction or journalism and need a searchable transcript without a transcription service
Plaud Note processes interview audio through Plaud Intelligence and returns a speaker-labeled transcript automatically. No transcriptionist, no manual playback. Always inform your source and confirm consent before recording.
You capture plot ideas, dialogue notes, or character voices on the go and need them organized as text
Every recording is processed into searchable text in the Plaud App. Find a specific idea by keyword without scrubbing through audio files.
You work in multiple languages or record sources who speak a different language
Plaud Note transcribes in 112 languages. The transcript is returned in the language of the recording automatically.
You carry a device all day and need a battery that lasts a full writing session without charging
Plaud Note runs for 20 hours on a single charge. A full day of dictation and interviews fits without reaching for a cable.
You need to export transcripts into your existing writing or document workflow
The Plaud App exports transcripts to your notes app, document editor, or email in one tap. No reformatting, no cleanup required.

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