Scratchpads
Start a clean Markdown note when you need to think, outline, or capture a running thread.
Notes
Dictate notes. Keep them as Markdown files.
Use DuckType for quick dictation, meeting memos, and notes you want to keep in ordinary folders.
NotesSaved
All files
Customer research
Acme interview.md
Beta calls.md
Meetings
Q1 review.memo.md
Q1 review.ai.md
Dictation ready
# Acme interview
## Notes
- Interested in local meeting archives
- Wants notes linked to audio context
## Follow up
- Send Windows build after release
Workspace
Notes are where the useful output lands.
Dictation is fastest when it has somewhere durable to go. Meetings are more useful when the memo lives beside the transcript. DuckType notes connect those pieces without turning them into locked cloud records.
Meeting memos
Open the memo beside the transcript and summary, then keep the useful part after the call.
Searchable files
Search notes, meeting files, folders, and imported text from the same workspace.
Notes folder
~/DuckType/Notes
Customer research/
Acme interview.md
Q1 review.memo.md
Drafts/
Launch copy.md
# Acme interview ## Pain - Typing while screen sharing - Meeting notes disappear into SaaS history ## Follow up - Send local-first meeting notes demo - Ask about Windows rollout timeline
File first
A notes tool should not own your notes.
DuckType gives you a writing surface for voice, meetings, and edits while keeping the underlying material easy to inspect, move, back up, sync, and automate.
Readable outside DuckType
Markdown notes are plain files, so your archive can live in iCloud Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or an Obsidian vault with Obsidian Sync.
Organized like work
Use folders, move files, reveal paths, and keep meeting notes near the projects they belong to.
Voice and AI ready
Dictate into notes, turn meetings into summaries, and keep the edited result as durable text.
Keep the text after the speech is gone.
Download DuckType and start a note, a memo, or a meeting archive from your desktop.