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- How do I stop editing a note by accident while I listen back? Tap ⋯ at the top right of the note and turn on Reading Mode. You can still play the recording and tap timestamps, but you can't type. Tap it again to turn it off.
- How do I label speakers in a transcript? When you transcribe a recording, turn on Identify speakers before you tap Start, and each line is labelled with a speaker. To name a speaker, touch and hold a line and choose Assign Speaker. It works with both Apple's speech recognition and Whisper models.
- How do I use Ask AI in Noted? Open a note, tap ✨ and choose Ask AI, then type a question in plain language. Ask AI answers from that note's text and transcript; with a transcript, tap the timestamp to jump to that moment. It needs iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 with Apple Intelligence.
- How do I start recording in Noted from Control Center, the Action Button or Siri? Add Start Recording to Control Center or the Action Button, or say “Start recording in Noted” to Siri. Each starts a recording without opening the app.
- How do I use AI Transcribe in Noted? Open a note with a recording, tap ✨, choose Transcribe Audio, check the language and tap Start. It runs on your device, can also transcribe live while you record, and you can insert the transcript into your note or export it as a PDF.
- How do I adjust the editor margins in Noted? On iPad running iPadOS 18 or earlier, open the ⋯ menu, choose Note Settings, then Adjust Editor Margin and drag the slider; the margin applies to all your notes. On iPhone, iPadOS 26 and Mac the margins adjust automatically.
- How do I undo and redo changes in a note? Tap the curved Undo and Redo arrows on the editor toolbar (iOS), or use Edit → Undo and Redo or ⌘Z and ⇧⌘Z on the Mac. Undo covers text, formatting and sketches within the current session.
- How do I attach a photo or file to a note? Tap the 📎 Attachment button on the editor toolbar to add a photo, PDF or other file from your camera, photo library or the Files app. Attachments sit inline in the note and can be opened, shared or deleted from there.
- How do I use dictation to turn speech into notes? Tap ✨ on the toolbar, choose Dictation and speak; Noted types what you say and, if you are recording, timestamps it to the audio. Dictation uses the language set in Settings → Transcribe → Language.
- How do I search for text inside a note? Tap the 🔍 icon on the editor toolbar (iOS) or press ⌘F (macOS), type the word and use the arrows to step through matches. Each match jumps the recording to the moment it was written.
- How do Sketch and Time Stroke work? Sketch lets you draw or handwrite in a note with a finger or Apple Pencil. Time Stroke records each stroke against the audio, so tapping a drawing later replays what was being said as you drew it.
- How do I format text in my notes? Tap Aa on the editor toolbar for headers, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, highlight, bullet and numbered lists, checklists, indents, quotes, page breaks and separators. On the Mac the same tools use the standard ⌘ shortcuts.
- How do I highlight text in a note? Select the text, tap Aa on the editor toolbar, then tap the highlighter and pick a colour. To remove a highlight, select it and choose Clear, or tap Undo straight after.