Guide / Capture
Capturing voice notes
Dictate a thought, review the on-device transcript, and commit it to memory — even in airplane mode.
Voice is the fastest way into SempreNotes: a thought on a walk, a decision after a call, the thing you’ll otherwise forget by dinner. Transcription runs entirely on-device through Apple’s Speech framework — your audio never touches a network.
Capturing
- Tap the voice button on the home screen.
- Speak naturally. Long dictations are fine.
- Stop the recording when done.
Review before commit
SempreNotes always shows you the transcript before saving. This is a covenant, not a convenience: no voice capture commits without your review. From the review screen you can:
- Edit — fix names and proper nouns the recognizer guessed at.
- Commit — store it as a memory with source
voiceand a timestamp. - Discard — nothing is kept, anywhere.
Offline behavior
Airplane mode changes nothing. Capture, transcription, and commit all run locally, so SempreNotes works identically on a flight, in a dead zone, or with Wi-Fi off permanently.
If the microphone is denied
Voice capture disables with a clear explanation and a shortcut to iOS Settings. Photo capture, Share Sheet import, and the brain keep working — SempreNotes never holds the rest of the app hostage to a single permission.