No more downsides to handwriting.
Slownotes scans your handwriting, structures your thinking, and makes your handwritten notes searchable, shareable, and ready for AI. Store your notes in the app or send them to Obsidian, Notion, and beyond.
Hold on to your pen.
The feel of a pen on paper. The satisfaction of seeing your thoughts materialise. In this digital world, writing by hand is still the greatest way to structure your thoughts and store your ideas. And now Slownotes lets you sync, search, and even run your notes through AI. Without ever letting go of those precious pen and paper moments.
Just pen and paper
No stylus on glass. No writing on a screen pretending to be paper. Slownotes works with the way you’ve always loved writing most: real ink, on real paper.
Let Slownotes do the magic
Point your camera, tap once. AI reads your handwriting, recognises your markup, and turns your page into structured, searchable notes. Complete with tags, tasks, and discoveries.
Store it, share it, sync it
Browse your notes in Slownotes, share them with colleagues, or sync them with tools like Obsidian and Notion. Your notes, your rules.
Your notes have entered the chat
Load your notes into your favourite AI agent, integrate them in your PKM, or run them through your low-code workflows. The last piece of the puzzle has finally arrived.
Introducing
Slowdown - The markup language
for handwritten notes.
A set of simple symbols to mark things in your handwritten notes. Slownotes recognises them and turns your ink into something your digital world can understand.
Structure your thinking on paper
Mark headings, checkboxes, key decisions, and tags right in your notebook. Slownotes recognises them and creates structured Markdown with proper hierarchy, actionable tasks, and cross-references.
Trigger AI from your pen
Mark a word with an asterisk and AI enriches it with a definition or context. Your handwriting becomes the prompt. No screen required until you’re ready to look at the result.
Mention people, find them later
Write @Sarah in your notes and she becomes a linked reference across everything you write. Search by person and see every conversation, decision, and idea connected to them.
Capture discoveries before they fade
A book someone recommended. A café you want to visit. An idea that came to you mid-sentence. Mark it with a + and Slownotes extracts it, categorises it, and keeps it for when you’re ready to act.
Integrates seamlessly with your existing workflows.
You can use Slownotes as a stand-alone note library, or automatically send your handwritten notes to the tools you already use.
Obsidian
Pull notes directly into your vault. Tags, links, and structure preserved.
Notion
Notes become Notion pages with full block structure, ready to organise.
Webhooks
Trigger n8n, Zapier, Make, or any custom workflow when a note is scanned.
Export
Markdown, PDF, or JSON. Your notes in your format, no lock-in.
Take your ideas with you into the future
Launching soon.
Available on iPhone.