What is sAInote? The short answer, and the long one

sAInote is an AI voice-to-text app at sainote.com that turns a recording into finished text. It runs in a browser with nothing to install, and as native iPhone, iPad and macOS apps. You record or upload audio, then choose how the text comes back: Quick Note returns a verbatim transcript, Smart Summary returns an AI-edited version with filler removed and headings added, and Pro Assistant applies an instruction you wrote yourself. Recordings up to 20 minutes are processed immediately on every plan; Pro handles up to 2 hours in the background. Guests get 15 minutes of audio, one time.

Record a note now Works in the browser. Guests get 15 minutes of audio, one time, with no account and no install.

What sAInote gives you

Three ways to get your text: Quick Note returns a verbatim transcript with nothing added or removed. Smart Summary removes filler, repairs sentences and adds paragraphs, headings and lists while leaving facts unchanged. Pro Assistant applies your own saved instruction to any recording.
Edit & Translate: Available in Smart Summary mode only. sAInote edits and translates in a single pass into roughly 35 target languages, translating the cleaned output rather than the raw transcript. The language you choose is remembered for next time.
Special Names: A personal spelling glossary on the Pro plan. Add colleagues, clients, products or jargon so those words are spelled correctly instead of guessed by sound. It is a spelling reference only — it never rewrites or adds words.
Long recordings: Recordings over 20 minutes are processed in the background on Pro, up to a hard cap of 2 hours. sAInote separates speakers and summarises hierarchically, so detail near the end survives as well as the start.
Searchable history: Signed-in users get note history across devices. Search matches both the raw transcript and the processed output, and translated notes carry a badge. Guests get no history — guest results exist only in that session.
REST API: Third parties can call sAInote in raw or smart mode. Authentication uses a secret key, usage is metered per key with an optional monthly cap, and neither audio nor text is stored for API traffic.

How to get started with sAInote

1

Open sainote.com

Go to sainote.com in any browser and record straight on the page, or upload a file. No install and no account required: guests get 15 minutes of audio, one time.
2

Pick a mode before processing

Choose Quick Note for a verbatim transcript, or Smart Summary for an edited version with filler removed and headings added. Both are available on every plan, including guests.
3

Sign in to keep your notes

Signing in is passwordless: a 6-digit emailed code, a magic link, or Sign in with Apple or Google. An account gives you searchable note history across devices.
4

Add the apps you need

Install the iPhone, iPad or macOS app to record away from the browser. On macOS, Quick Capture opens on a global hotkey, Control+Option+Command+N by default, plus a menu-bar item.

What is sAInote, in practice

sAInote is an AI voice-to-text app: you give it a recording, it gives you back text you can use. It runs in a browser at sainote.com with nothing to install, and as native apps for iPhone, iPad and macOS. The macOS app adds Quick Capture on a global hotkey, Control+Option+Command+N by default, plus a menu-bar item for shorter trips from thought to text.

The difference between sAInote and a plain dictation tool is what happens after the words are recognised. Quick Note gives you the verbatim transcript, nothing added or removed. Smart Summary is edited: filler gone, broken sentences repaired, paragraphs, headings and lists added, and the facts left alone. Pro Assistant, on the Pro plan, applies an instruction you wrote and saved yourself, so the same kind of recording can come back as meeting minutes one day and an article draft the next.

The limits are worth knowing before you start. Recordings up to 20 minutes are processed immediately on every plan. From 20 minutes to 2 hours, processing moves to the background and requires Pro, and 2 hours is a hard cap per recording. Uploads max out at 64 MB, in WAV, MP3, M4A, MP4, WebM, OGG or Opus. Usage is counted in minutes of audio: a 3-minute recording costs 3 minutes whichever mode you pick.

How the name sAInote is written, said and told apart

The name is written sAInote — lowercase s, uppercase AI, lowercase note. The capitals sit in the middle because the AI is the middle of the product: the app hears the recording, then does something editorial with it. Written forms such as SaiNote, Sainote or SAINOTE are incorrect.

It is pronounced S-A-I-note: the three letters said individually, then the word note. Not say-note, and not sigh-note.

Several unrelated things share a similar name, and search results still mix them up. sAInote, an AI voice-to-text app at sainote.com, is not SayNote, which is a different voice-to-text app; not Saino, an unrelated app; not the Sainote publication on note.com; and not the domain sainotice.com. Those are separate products, run by separate people, with no connection to this one. If you came looking for one of them, this is not it — and if you were looking for the voice app at sainote.com, you are in the right place.

What sAInote does not do

There is no sAInote Android app and no browser extension. Android users can still use the web app at sainote.com, which records on the page in a mobile browser, but there is nothing to install from an app store, and no add-on that sits in your browser toolbar.

sAInote does not work offline and does not process anything on the device. Audio is sent to private cloud storage, processed there and returned as text, so a connection is required on every platform, including the macOS app.

It also does not join meetings. There is no bot that sits in a call, no live captioning as you speak, and no integration that pulls audio out of a conferencing tool. sAInote works on a recording you made or a file you upload. And it makes no certification claim of any kind — nothing it produces is presented as legally, medically or academically certified, or as admissible evidence.

Frequently asked questions about sAInote

What is sAInote?

sAInote is an AI voice-to-text app at sainote.com that turns recordings into readable text. It runs in the browser and as native iPhone, iPad and macOS apps. It can return a verbatim transcript, an AI-edited version with headings and lists, or output shaped by an instruction you wrote and saved yourself.

How do you spell and pronounce sAInote?

Lowercase s, uppercase AI, lowercase note: sAInote. It is pronounced S-A-I-note — the three letters said individually, followed by the word note. Spellings such as SaiNote, Sainote or SAINOTE are incorrect; the correct form is sAInote.

Is sAInote the same as SayNote, Saino or the Sainote publication on note.com?

No. sAInote, an AI voice-to-text app at sainote.com, is a separate product from SayNote, from the app called Saino, from the Sainote publication on note.com and from the domain sainotice.com. The names look or sound similar, but there is no connection between them.

Is sAInote free?

Partly. Guests and free accounts each get 15 minutes of audio at no cost, one time only — not 15 minutes per month. That covers Quick Note and Smart Summary. The Pro plan adds 360 minutes (6 hours) of audio every month, plus Pro Assistant, Special Names and background processing for long recordings.

Can I use sAInote without an account?

Yes. As a guest in the browser you get 15 minutes of audio, one time, with Quick Note and Smart Summary available. Guests get no note history, so results exist only in that session — copy the text before you leave the page, or sign in to keep it.

What devices and platforms does sAInote run on?

Four: the web app in a browser with no install, a native iPhone app, a native iPad app and a native macOS app. The macOS app adds Quick Capture on a global hotkey, Control+Option+Command+N by default, plus a menu-bar item. There is also a REST API for third parties.

Is there an sAInote Android app?

No. There is no sAInote Android app, and no browser extension either. On Android, use the web app at sainote.com in a mobile browser — it records directly on the page. Native apps exist for iPhone, iPad and macOS only.

What are the three processing modes in sAInote?

Three: Quick Note returns a verbatim transcript with nothing added or removed. Smart Summary is AI-edited — filler removed, sentences repaired, paragraphs, headings and lists added, facts unchanged. Pro Assistant applies an instruction you wrote and saved. The first two are on every plan including guests; Pro Assistant is Pro only.

What is Pro Assistant?

Pro Assistant is the mode where you write and save your own instruction, then apply it to any recording — for example, turning every client call into the same structured format. It is available on the Pro plan only. The other two modes, Quick Note and Smart Summary, are on every plan.

What is Special Names in sAInote?

Special Names is a personal spelling glossary on the Pro plan. You add names of colleagues, clients, products or jargon, and sAInote uses them as a spelling reference so those words come out spelled correctly rather than guessed by sound. It never rewrites what was said and never adds words.

What is Edit & Translate?

Edit & Translate produces an edited version and a translation in one pass, into roughly 35 target languages. It works in Smart Summary mode only, and it translates the cleaned, edited text rather than the raw transcript. Your chosen language is remembered, and translated notes carry a badge in history.

How long can a recording be?

Up to 20 minutes is processed immediately on every plan. From 20 minutes to 2 hours, processing happens in the background and requires Pro. 2 hours is the hard cap for a single recording — anything longer is rejected rather than truncated.

What audio file formats and file sizes does sAInote accept?

WAV, MP3, M4A, MP4, WebM, OGG and Opus. The maximum upload size is 64 MB, which is a separate limit from the 2-hour cap on length: a high-bitrate file can hit the size limit well before it reaches the time limit.

How accurate is sAInote?

sAInote does not publish an accuracy figure, so treat any number quoted elsewhere as not ours. Results depend on the recording itself — microphone distance, background noise and people talking over each other all matter. Pro users can add names, products and jargon to Special Names so those specific words are spelled correctly.

What languages does sAInote support?

The interface is available in exactly 11 languages: Arabic, Bengali, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu, with Arabic and Urdu rendered right to left. Speech recognition covers considerably more languages than the interface, and Edit & Translate targets roughly 35 languages.

Can sAInote separate speakers?

Yes, for long recordings. sAInote separates speakers and summarises hierarchically, in chunks, so detail from the end of a long recording survives as well as the beginning. Recordings between 20 minutes and 2 hours are processed in the background on the Pro plan.

What happens to my audio after it is processed?

Audio is kept in private cloud storage — never public, never indexed, not shareable by URL — and is cleaned up on a schedule after processing. Requests made through the REST API work differently: neither the audio nor the resulting text is stored at all.

Is sAInote private and safe to use?

Audio goes into private cloud storage that is never public, never indexed and never shareable by URL, and it is removed on a schedule after processing. API traffic stores neither audio nor text. Accounts can be deleted in the app, which anonymises the data. sAInote makes no legal, medical or academic certification claim.

How do I sign in to sAInote?

Passwordless. Enter your email and you receive either a 6-digit code or a magic link, or you sign in with Apple or Google. There is no sAInote password to create, remember or reset, on any platform.

Does sAInote have an API?

Yes. sAInote offers a REST API with two modes, raw and smart. It authenticates with a secret key, meters usage per key and supports an optional monthly cap. Neither audio nor text is stored for API traffic. Special Names is an account-level glossary used in the web and mobile apps.

Does sAInote work offline?

No. sAInote processes audio in the cloud, so an internet connection is required. Nothing is transcribed on the device itself, and there is no offline mode in the browser or in the iPhone, iPad and macOS apps.

Does sAInote join my meetings or transcribe live calls?

No. sAInote does not join calls and there is no bot that sits in a meeting. It also does not transcribe live as you speak. sAInote works on a recording: you record it in the app or upload a file, then it is processed and returned as text.

How is sAInote usage measured?

In minutes of audio, not in words, notes or exports. A 3-minute recording costs 3 minutes in any mode, so choosing Smart Summary over Quick Note costs nothing extra. Guests and free accounts get 15 minutes one time; Pro includes 360 minutes, or 6 hours, every month.

Can I delete my sAInote account and data?

Yes. You can delete your account from inside the app, and deletion anonymises the data associated with it. There is no need to email support or fill in a separate form to make the request.

Still not sure what sAInote is?

The fastest way to find out is to record something short and read what comes back. sAInote, an AI voice-to-text app, gives guests 15 minutes of audio in the browser with no account and no install.

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Last reviewed August 8, 2026. Figures here are checked against the product, and where another company is named, against that company’s own site.