A voice memo is only useful if you can find it again. The safest way is for it to become text straight away, filed in the right place, that you can search. With XNeuronal you hold the button, speak and let go: the note is transcribed, filed as a memo, a task or a reminder depending on what you said, and you find it later by simply asking for what you're looking for.

Why voice memos end up forgotten

A voice memo is perfect for catching an idea: walking, driving, hands full, you press and talk. The problem comes afterwards. The recording is called "New recording 47", it lasts a minute and a half, and to know what's in it you have to listen to the whole thing again.

So you don't. The memos pile up, a hundred, two hundred, and Tuesday morning's idea sleeps somewhere in the middle, impossible to find. You did capture it, but you kept nothing.

Making voice notes useful

A few habits change everything, with any recorder.

  • The key point in the first sentence. "Idea for Dad's birthday: …" If you only listen to ten seconds, it will be those.
  • One idea per memo. A five-minute memo mixing three subjects will never be heard to the end.
  • Turn it into text. Most phones can transcribe. Text is skimmed in two seconds, a recording in two minutes.
  • File it straight away. A task goes on the to-do list, a date in the calendar. The memo is only a stopover.
  • Sort once a week. Five minutes on Sunday to clear the week's memos, and the pile never starts.

What XNeuronal does

XNeuronal is an app that remembers what you tell it. A voice note never stays an audio file there: it immediately becomes filed information.

  • Hold, speak, let go. No magic word, no constant listening: the mic button is the main gesture. The whole sentence is handled at once, even a request in several parts.
  • A transcription that pays attention to names. XNeuronal already knows your contacts, the places and the topics you often talk about, and uses them to understand you better. An unusual first name or a street name is far more likely to be written correctly.
  • Filed in the right place, on its own. "Remember to call the mechanic back on Monday" becomes a reminder. "Present idea for Lily: a pottery class" becomes a memo linked to Lily. You don't have to pick a folder; there aren't any.
  • Found by what it says. "What did I tell you about the mechanic?": the search works by meaning, not by the exact word. You find the note even if you phrase it differently.
  • Voice messages you receive, too. A voice message someone sent you can be attached to a card: XNeuronal transcribes it, and its content joins your memory, as easy to find as the rest.
  • And if you'd rather type. A text field is always one gesture away, without losing any feature.

The note you no longer need to listen to again

The real change is that there's nothing left to listen back to. You speak once, when the idea crosses your mind, and it already exists as text, filed next to what it relates to. The day you need it, you just ask.

To go further: voice and conversation, a memory that remembers for you and attachments.