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# Your first note

> Record a voice note in Mumble Note, pick what it should turn into, and find your way around the finished note.

A note takes about as long as it takes to say it. Here is the whole loop once.

## Record

1. Tap the microphone in the bar at the bottom of the home screen. Recording starts right away, and the timer shows how long you have left on your plan.
2. Talk the way you think. Pauses, backtracking, and mixed languages are all fine. Tap the pause button if you need a moment.
3. Tap the send button when you are done.

You can type instead: tap the pen icon in the same bar to switch to text.

## Choose what it turns into

Before you send, the picker above the bar has two rows:

* **Turn into** sets the kind of note: **Quick Note** for a plain write-up, **Idea** for brainstorming, **Task** when you are listing things to do, or **Meeting** for a meeting write-up with decisions and follow-ups. Task notes put the to-dos you mention straight into your to-do inbox.
* **Format** sets the shape of the text: **Bullet Points**, **Paragraphs**, or **Dictation**, which keeps your words as spoken with the filler cleaned up. [Note formats](/note/note-formats)

The **Collection** chip files the note into a collection now; otherwise Mumble suggests one after the note is written. You can also tap **+** to attach photos.

## Read the finished note

The note opens with a title and a few tabs:

* **note** is the write-up.
* **transcript** is what you actually said, with the audio player.
* **action items** lists the to-dos Mumble found, ready to add.
* Any **outputs** you generate later, such as an email or a summary, get their own tab.

Under the title, **Recommended collections** offers places to file the note, and a **Saved to** row shows where it lives. The buttons at the bottom add a follow-up recording, open AI chat about this note, share it, or change its format.

## Related

* [Notes, collections, and to-dos](/note/notes-collections-todos)
* [Note formats](/note/note-formats)
* [Widgets, Control Center, and Siri](/note/widgets)