AudioPen

The easiest way to convert messy thoughts into clear text

4.9•68 reviews•

2K followers

The easiest way to convert messy thoughts into clear text

4.9•68 reviews•

2K followers

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AI Dictation Apps

Just hit record. Then start rambling. AudioPen will clean things up when you're done.

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Launch tags:Writing•Notes•Artificial Intelligence

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Hey Product Hunt! I’m Louis, an indie builder who created AudioPen (almost) by accident. I was just playing around, learning how to use OpenAI’s APIs. In the process, I built a barebones version of AudioPen as a tiny tool on my personal website. It was one among 3 other tiny tools I’d built that week. To my surprise (and luck), people seemed to really like AudioPen. So I decided to build it as a standalone tool. And damn – that was a good decision. In about 6 weeks since its launch, AudioPen has grown to become my most successful product yet. To say I’m grateful would be an understatement. --------- AudioPen is super simple to use. You don’t even have to log in to try it. 🎙️Just hit record. 🗣️Then start talking. ✍🏽AudioPen will listen to you ramble, and rewrite your words in clearly summarized text. It’ll cut out the ‘ummms’, the ‘you knows’, and the ‘likes’ (I’m guilty of this one). It’ll remove unnecessarily repeated chunks of text. And it’ll give you a neatly written note that you can use however you like. A journal entry, a message, a tweet, an email, or even a blog post. Whatever you want. With AudioPen, you can write content that reflects the quality of your thoughts, not your proficiency with words. Whether you’re a lawyer, a writer, a speaker, or a thinker – AudioPen can help you structure your messy thoughts in a fraction of the time. And that’s just the free version. --------- AudioPen Prime comes with a bunch of extra benefits. 🖋️Customize the style of your notes🖋️ Get AudioPen to rewrite your words in the style of your favorite writer. For instance, you can ask it to write in the style of Paul Graham (my personal favorite), JK Rowling, or even Shakespeare (and if you really want to have fun, you could ask it to rewrite your words as a poem!) 📄Capture more (or less) detail in your notes📄 Change the length of the notes AudioPen writes for you. Capture more detail by asking for longer, more complex notes, or keep things super concise with short summaries. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷🇮🇹Write in multiple languages🇩🇰🇵🇹🇭🇷 AudioPen understands most major languages, and with AudioPen Prime, you can get it to write in a different language as well. Perfect if you want to translate something, or even if you just want to speak and write in your native tongue. ⚡Export your notes via Zapier⚡ Automatically export your notes to 5000+ apps with AudioPen’s Zapier integration (more integrations coming soon). This lets you add these notes to your primary database of notes (for example in Notion). .. there are a few more benefits as well, and I’m adding new ones each week, but this list is enough for now. ----------- Anyway, if you do try the product, I’d love to hear what you think. And if you decide to upgrade to AudioPen Prime, you can use the code PRODUCTHUNT to get 20% off. It’s valid on both – the annual pass and the lifetime deal (for the first 200 people who use it). Thank you for making it to the end of this rather long post. I appreciate your perseverance. See you in the comments section! Louis --------- PS: Thank you, @chrismessina for hunting AudioPen. I’ll do my best to make you proud! PPS: I’m going to attempt to stay awake for as long as I can so I can respond to each one of you in real-time. Comments, questions, feedback, reviews, and good vibes are all welcome. Cheers!

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3yr ago

@louispereira23 This is a great app! Most of the time when I write notes, I use bullet point format to keep them concise. Is there a way to have verbal notes transcribed in bullet point form?

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3yr ago

AudioPen

Maker

Hey James! Yes, there is, but on the Prime version. Prime users can customize the style in which AudioPen writes, the length, and the language as well. In fact I've even included a preset style that writes in bullet points. it's called "Franklin: Bulleted list, short sentences." If you're not currently a Prime user, you could upgrade to try it. If you don't like it I'll give you a full refund, no questions asked :)

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3yr ago

@louispereira23 Thanks for the response, that's great! One other thought on integrations - rather than trying to build a custom integration for each automation app like Zapier, Make, n8n, etc, have you considered just adding a webhook option? The benefit would be allowing the user to connect to any automation integration without needing additional development resources.

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3yr ago

AudioPen

Maker

Hey James! Both are things that are pretty high on the priority list. Hope to have them ready this month!

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3yr ago

Great stuff - not sure if you are sharing what engine are you using for the by any chances? If not, completely understand :)

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3yr ago

AudioPen

Maker

Thanks! I use OpenAI's APIs :)

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3yr ago

@louispereira23 Congrats! I just heard about the app on StarterStory and intrigued to try it and looked and worked great. Just curious to see how the cost of using OpenAI’s API cut into the profits. If you are sending 15 mins of audio files to the APIs to transcribe and if a user does it a bunch of times that’d be equivalent to the monthly cost they pay, if not more. Wondering how you are keeping up with the profit side of this equation? Everytime I had any idea about leveraging these APIs for it, I always worry about the overhead cost involved and most of the time the math doesn’t seem to add up for me, just curious to see how it worked out for you, if you don’t mind.

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10mo ago

Beautifully crafted and Kudos. May be we do not need any report editors. Use this and record, a summary will be generated and the TV anchor reads out. Any zoom integration, so Minutes of meetings can be auto generated?

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3yr ago

AudioPen

Maker

Thanks Sai! I don't know about not needing editors just yet haha. I'm not mentally prepared to be blamed for gaffes on air haha!

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3yr ago

@louispereira23 hahah c'mon not blaming you. just my thoughts on use cases of this and there might be many more. Anyways love the product.

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3yr ago

Congratulations for the product louis.. been using your RSG for over a year now, and hope this new product reaches great height as well, which platform you used to create this one btw?

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3yr ago

AudioPen

Maker

@harsh_sharma14 Thank you Harsh! I build with Bubble :)

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3yr ago

Claap

congrats on the launch! I'm sure you get this a lot, but how do you differentiate from apps like Otter.ai?

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3yr ago

AudioPen

Maker

Thanks Angela! Otter is a great transcription tool. This is a writing tool. It transcribes and rephrases what you say so it's ready to share. take it for a spin? It's free to try, you don't even have to sign in!

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3yr ago

Govar – English speaking app

Hey! Congratulations on the launch! Does AudioPen understand different accents and correct different mistakes? I mean if pronounced note with grammar mistakes will I see text like I pronounced or corrected version?

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3yr ago

AudioPen

Maker

Hey! From what I've seen, it does a great job with different accents (it even picks up my heavy indian accent very well). Take it for a spin? It's free to try!

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3yr ago

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Reviewers say AudioPen is a simple, reliable way to speak messy thoughts into clear notes, summaries, emails, and drafts, especially while walking, journaling, or after meetings. They repeatedly praise the clean UI, natural dictation, accurate rewrites, support for multiple languages, and easy access to both polished summaries and original transcripts. Several also value integrations like API, webhooks, Zapier, Obsidian, and Notion workflows. Critiques are limited but consistent: some want more features, lower pricing, custom prompts, background recording on iOS, fewer auth hiccups, and longer or unedited recordings.

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