Type Notes, Record the Audio, Get One Clean Note
The AI notepad is a browser notepad with a record button next to it. Type your own notes while a call, lecture, or meeting is running, and the notepad keeps a live transcript of the audio in the background. When you are done, click Enhance Notes and AI combines your notes with the transcript into one clean set of notes.
Your original notes stay first, in bold, with anything from the transcript that you missed added underneath as bullet points. Nothing is uploaded until you choose to enhance the notes, and the tool works directly in the browser with no account or installation.
What you get:
- A text box for typing notes, with a record button that captures audio while you type
- A live transcript running in the background as you record
- One click to merge your notes with the transcript using AI
- A copy-to-clipboard button for the finished note
This is a different job from ScreenApp’s main recorder: it is built for jotting notes during a call and having AI fill the gaps, not for producing a full transcript, chapters, or AI chat on a long recording. For that, see record a lecture or summarize a meeting.
How to Use the AI Notepad
- Start typing: Open the notepad in your browser and start writing. There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
- Record if you want a transcript too: Press the record button and the notepad captures the audio and builds a live transcript while you keep typing shorthand notes.
- Enhance the notes: Click Enhance Notes once you have both a transcript and some typed notes. AI combines them into one note, with your original text in bold and the transcript’s extra detail added underneath. Copy the result to your clipboard.
The transcript comes from your browser’s own speech recognition, so accuracy depends on your microphone, your browser, and background noise, the same as any live dictation. See how we measure accuracy for ScreenApp’s uploaded and recorded transcription.
AI Notepad vs Other Apps
| Feature | ScreenApp | Granola | Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typed notes merged with a transcript | Included, free | Included, free | Not stated as a merge feature |
| Meeting bot required | No | No | No |
| Free plan | Notepad free to use; one full recording up to 45 minutes | Free (Basic), meeting history limited, no number stated | 300 min/month, 30 min per conversation |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $14/month, unlimited meeting history | $8.33 to $16.99/month |
| Account required | No, for the notepad itself | Yes | Yes |
Sources, checked 2026-09-12: screenapp.io/pricing, screenapp.io/help/how-many-minutes-can-i-record, otter.ai/pricing, granola.ai/pricing
- vs Granola: Granola also turns rough typed notes into a clean summary using the call audio, but it needs an account and its free Basic plan caps meeting history with no published number. ScreenApp’s notepad runs in the browser with nothing to sign up for.
- vs Otter.ai: Otter’s page describes real-time highlights, text notes, comments, and images on paid plans, not a typed-notes-plus-transcript merge. Otter’s free plan is capped at 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation.
Who Uses an AI Notepad
Students in a lecture or seminar type the two or three points they catch live, record the rest, and let AI fill in what they missed without re-listening to the whole class.
People on a client or sales call jot the numbers and the next step while talking, then merge in anything the call covered that they did not have time to write down.
Journalists doing a phone interview keep their own shorthand of the strongest quotes and let the transcript catch the exact wording for the rest.
Anyone in a meeting who does not want a bot on the call gets the note-taking benefit of a recorder without inviting one into the meeting.
Freelancers on a briefing call type the brief as it is given and use the transcript to check a detail after the call ends.
FAQ
What is an AI notepad?
It is a browser notepad with a record button. You type your own notes while the audio is captured live, then AI combines your notes with the transcript into one note, with your original text kept and anything you missed added underneath.
Do I need an account to use the AI notepad?
No. The notepad works in the browser without sign-up. ScreenApp’s full recorder and transcription features, used for a whole lecture or meeting, do use an account, with a free plan of one recording up to 45 minutes.
Does the AI notepad save my notes automatically?
No. Type your notes, record if you want a transcript, and use Enhance Notes and the copy button to keep the result. There is no autosave or cloud sync on the notepad itself.
Can I export my notes to Word or PDF?
The notepad copies the finished note to your clipboard, which you can paste anywhere. For PDF, Word, SRT, or VTT exports of a full recording, use ScreenApp’s recorder, which supports PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT.
How is this different from Granola?
Both merge typed notes with a call’s audio using AI. Granola needs an account and its free plan limits meeting history with no published number. ScreenApp’s notepad runs without an account, though ScreenApp’s own full recorder does require one for the free plan of one recording up to 45 minutes.
Does the AI notepad work without recording audio?
Yes. You can type notes with no recording at all, but the Enhance Notes button needs both a transcript and typed notes to combine, so it only activates once you have recorded something.
Is the AI notepad free?
Yes, the notepad itself is free to use with no account. ScreenApp’s paid plan, for the full recorder and transcription features, starts at $19 a month billed annually.
What happens to my recording after I use the notepad?
The notepad does not save the audio as a recording in your account the way ScreenApp’s main recorder saves a session; only the text you copy out survives after you close the tab. To keep a stored, shareable recording with a full transcript, use record a lecture or upload the file to ScreenApp’s recorder instead.
