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Voice notes: speak instead of typing

Snugnote guide · November 9, 2026

Some thoughts come faster than you can type them. Now you can click the microphone on any empty line, say what's on your mind, and Snugnote writes it down for you, right where your cursor was.

Click the 🎤, talk, press Done.

1. Find the 🎤 on an empty line

Click on any empty line in a page. A small 🎤 appears where the text starts. Click it to start a voice note.

An empty line in a Snugnote page with a small microphone button next to the 'Enter text or type /' placeholder — The microphone only shows up on empty lines, so it never gets in the way of your writing.

You can also press ⌘ K (Ctrl K on Windows) and choose Voice note.

2. Say what you want to write

The first time, your browser asks whether Snugnote can use your microphone. Choose Allow. A Listening… bar appears at the bottom of the screen with a timer and a little level meter, so you can see the microphone hears you.

The page with a 'Listening… 0:10' bar at the bottom, a level meter, a Done button and a close button — Talk as long as you like. Press **Done** when you're finished, or × to throw it away.

3. Press Done

Snugnote shows Writing it down… for a moment while it turns your speech into text.

The page with a 'Writing it down…' status at the bottom

4. Your words appear in the page

What you said is written into the line you started on, and you'll see Voice note added. From there it's ordinary text: fix a word, turn it into a to-do, or keep talking on the next empty line.

The page now reads: Saturday farmers market, then a picnic at the park. Call Mia about Sunday brunch.

Private by design

Speech is turned into text on your own device, using an open speech model (Whisper) that runs in your browser. Your recording is never uploaded to Snugnote or anyone else. The only thing saved is the text, in your own Google Drive or Dropbox, like the rest of your page.

Tip: the first voice note of a visit takes a few extra seconds while the speech model loads. After that your browser keeps it, so later notes are quick. If you switch pages while it's writing, Snugnote keeps your words safe.

Try a voice note

More new things: start any page from a template, and use your notes with Claude or ChatGPT.