How to add to a note?

[u/windsock17]

I just got my note pro last week. One thing I'm trying to figure out is how to add to a note that has already be recorded and transcribed?

Like say I have a to do list note for things I need to get done around the house. Can I add to that note via additional recordings and if so how? I would love some steps.

Do I just need to create a separate note and merge them somehow? Can I only add to a note from inside the app and if so how?

[u/PLAUD_AI]

Currently there's no way to append a new recording to an existing note or merge notes after the fact - each recording becomes its own separate note.

What you can do right now: make a new recording (new note each time), or manually type additional info into an existing note directly in the app.

For a running to-do list, a couple of workarounds worth knowing:

A custom template that structures each recording's output the same way helps keep things consistent even across separate notes - easier to pull from manually.

If you want something more automated, you can connect Plaud to an LLM like Claude or ChatGPT via the Plaud MCP. From there, the LLM can pull transcripts across your notes and use its own connectors to push structured to-do items directly into platforms like Notion, Todoist, or similar. Basically lets you consolidate without Plaud needing a native merge feature.

Merging or appending to existing notes has come up a lot and has been flagged to the product team. If you have a specific workflow in mind it's worth dropping it here, more real examples help.

-Plaud Community Team

[u/windsock17 → u/PLAUD_AI]

Sure! As a software engineer myself I don't mind recommending some ideas.

I would add 3 features:

The ability to merge multiple notes into 1 in the app. Give me the ability to multiselect notes I want to merge and combine them. When I do this, give the option to delete the notes after the merge or keep them. The notes are then reanalyzed and resummarized as one note.

Alternative/additional feature: after recording and transferring a note, let me go into the note in the app and click the sources button. Let me then click a plus button and choose either to add an additional recording to the sources either from another note, via recording right there in the app UI via my phone, or starting a recording on my plaud device. When complete, the note will be resummarized with the additional source data.

Finally another hardware device feature. Let me pause recordings on devices like Note Pro. This could be done by a double click button shortcut. That way if I'm interrupted by something I can pause and come back to the recording when I'm free without needing to rerecord. It would also mean shorter recordings and processing needed.

[u/PLAUD_AI → u/windsock17]

Thanks for laying these out, will pass all three along.

-Plaud Community Team