# Monologue voice notes and meeting notes Canonical HTML: https://www.monologue.to/notes > Record a personal voice note or capture a meeting without a bot. Monologue transcribes, summarizes, and keeps everything ready to find, share, or use. ## What it does - Records voice notes and meetings on Mac and iPhone. - Produces transcripts and summaries without a participant bot joining the call. - Keeps notes searchable and shareable, and available to AI agents through MCP, the CLI, or the Notes API. ## Frequently asked questions ### How is a Voice Note different from dictation? Dictation inserts text into the app in front of you. A Voice Note is a recording you want to keep: Monologue saves the audio, then turns it into a transcript, a summary, and a speaker-separated conversation you can return to later. ### Does a bot join my meetings? No. On Mac, Monologue records from your computer, so no notetaking bot joins the call or appears in the participant list. It can record your microphone and system audio together to capture the other side of the conversation. System audio needs the optional Screen Recording permission; without it, Monologue records your microphone only. ### Can Monologue tell when a meeting starts? Yes. On Mac, meeting detection notices when a supported calling app starts using the microphone and prompts you to start a Voice Note. You can turn it off, or silence it for selected apps, in Settings → Notes. ### Which devices can I record Notes on? You can record Notes in the Monologue apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Saved Notes sync across your devices, and you can review, search, and manage them in the Monologue web app. The web app does not record new Notes. ### What happens after I stop recording? Monologue uploads the recording and prepares a transcript, a summary, and speaker-separated audio when the recording supports them. You can name detected speakers, mark one as yourself, and regenerate the summary with the right names. Add your role, projects, and terminology to About Me to shape future summaries. ### How do I find and organize my Notes? Search by title or content, and use tags to group Notes by project, person, or topic. After a Note is processed, Monologue can apply one of your existing tags when it is a strong match. It never creates new tags, and your manual changes are kept. ### Can I share a Note? Yes. Depending on the device, you can copy or share the summary, the transcript, the recording, or a public link to the Note. Anyone who receives the link can open it. Choose Stop Sharing on the Note to turn the link off. ### Where are my Notes stored? When you record a Note, Monologue stores its audio, transcript, and summary in your account so they can sync across your devices. Deleting a Note is permanent. Make sure everyone in a conversation knows it is being recorded, and follow the laws and policies that apply to you. ### Can I use my Notes with AI agents and my own tools? Yes. Connect AI apps through MCP, use the Monologue CLI in the terminal or with local agents, or build your own integration with the Notes API. Access is read-only: it can list, search, and retrieve Notes, but cannot edit or delete them. Where webhooks are enabled for your account, your server can be notified when a Note finishes processing. ## Links - [Notes page](https://www.monologue.to/notes) - [Record a Voice Note](https://www.monologue.to/docs/voice-notes/record-a-note.md) - [Pricing](https://www.monologue.to/pricing.md) - [Download Monologue](https://www.monologue.to/download)