How I Use ChatGPT to Take PERFECT Notes with My Voice

Here's how to use AI to perfectly transcribe your voice notes, get summaries from them, and send everything to Notion.

📖 FULL SETUP GUIDE:

🧠 ULTIMATE BRAIN (Full Second-Brain Template - use LETSGO2023 at checkout to get $50 off):

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - New Workflow Features and Upgrades
01:00 - Workflow Overview
01:36 - Tutorial Start
02:30 - Importing the Shared Workflow
02:50 - Setting up the Trigger
03:20 - Uploading a Test Audio File
04:12 - Setting up the Notion Voice Notes Action
04:30 - Connecting the Notion Account
05:37 - Adding the OpenAI (ChatGPT) API Key
07:17 - Choosing the Summary Options
09:33 - Running a Successful Test
09:57 - Adding More Summary Options
10:27 - Advanced Options
10:57 - How to Get Updates
11:18 - Deploying the Workflow

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In this tutorial, I'll show you how you can record voice notes on your phone, upload them to Google Drive, Dropbox, or Microsoft OneDrive, get them automatically transcribed and summarized, and have them sent directly to Notion. It's a complete speech-to-text workflow, and once you have it set up, it's like having a superpower.

In addition to your own voice notes, you can also use it for meeting recordings, lecture recordings, podcasts, and more.

This workflow is a major upgrade from the previous one I launched earlier this year. Now, you can simply click my shared workflow links, and Pipedream will completely create the workflow for you. I've written thousands of lines of code that take care of nearly everything behind the scenes.

The workflow is now also much more powerful. It can handle much longer files (I've tested files up to 4 hours in length) and translate notes into multiple languages. You also have much more control over the type of summary you get, as well as its length.

I'm sharing this workflow for free, and it's completely free to set up! The only cost involved is your Whisper and ChatGPT usage, which averages out to about $0.40 per hour of uploaded audio.

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👉 ULTIMATE BRAIN


This voice notes workflow supports any Notion database, so Ultimate Brain isn't required to use it. However, it will add a ton of powerful productivity tools to your Notion workspace. It's also the best way to support my work – this free voice notes workflow has taken well over 150 hours to create!

👉 LANGUAGE SUPPORT

After I filmed this video, I got this idea to add powerful new language support features. You can now set the workflow to translate your audio into a different language, and even keep the original-language transcript as well.


👉 ERRORS

If you run into an issue, try these resources!

[GallantryX]

Thomas is the most consistent guy I've ever known. It's incredible how you become even better every single video from years.
High-quality production. and Always improving.
being a viewers from years. i can say this is incredible

[JakeEriksen]

This is pretty insane - respect the hard work and looking forward to trying it out

[frjohnssc]

This works awesome. The results just blew me away. I have many of my audio that can now be transcribed, organized, and eventually become new content. As someone who does not like writing notes this is a life saver.

[justinjoseph]

Wow, you're the man Thomas!! This automation will be so helpful! I have the old setup too but this is way improved. May God bless you abundantly brother! 🙏

[mtdong]

I've been using your workflow since the first version, and it has been an absolute game changer! Thanks for making it even better and for sharing it for free 🙌 Been and UB user too, and it makes for a killer combo.

[AVR]

I just created my own voice note and this worked perfectly. The amount of work you do and give it away is amazing. I love using the Ultimate Brain template. Thank you!!

[MondSemmel]

This is a fantastic upgrade to what had already been a fantastic automation. Thanks once again for making the original, and now for working on it to make it so much better!

[nexgen]

This is incredible, and the integration to the UBCC was seamless! I can't thank you and your team enough. My life and overall workflow have vastly improved since implementing what I've learned from this channel.

[clairebarnes_]

Seriously glad I found this guy on YouTube - followed his instructions and now able to record and transcribe notes.

This is going to help me so much. I prefer to learn than just buy but if I keep getting useful info like this, I will purchase the template just to donate!!!

Thank you for making the tutorial and guidance so easy to understand. The multitude of links were a godsend too

[SiK-]

I was just about to set up with the old method when this video popped up half an hour ago... Great work, thanks for all the effort put into this

[abhimanyughoshal]

Okay, this is some real S-tier work, Thomas! It works like a charm, and basically saves me like $200 a year (that's what Otter's paid plan costs, paid per month).

AND it goes further by dropping my transcription directly into Notion, which is where I do all my thinking.

Thank you so much for building and sharing this.

The documentation and the easy setup you've put together for this is also spectacular!
Loads of startups could learn a lot about onboarding and customer support just by installing this themselves and observing how you've included detailed instructions for every step of the way. Not only that, I encountered an error during the Pipedream setup, and found you've included notes to expertly troubleshoot that too.

Phenomenal stuff.

[BruceHartford]

Boom. Built and deployed before the video finished. Holy cow.

I used the previous workflow for work and often had to stop the recording when I knew time was nearing a critical juncture, and then start a new recording. It was still immensely helpful, but this workaround wasn't ideal. Thank you for putting the time into this update! I am a freelance art director and new project kickoffs, concepting sessions, presentation meetings, and meetings regarding client edits..., all of these can be difficult to parse in the minute and under the gun, so having detailed and deciphered notes to refer back to has been an absolute game changer for me.

THANK YOU!

[ZaneDickens]

This was effing amazing and unbelievably easy to do. I'm going to test it out and share it with my writer community.

[Kahhmoon]

This updated version so much easier to follow!! Thank you so so much for this!! I work in a team where we speak different languages, and this is really going to help me to be more efficient with my note taking and also with overall communication.

[alias.]

I've been wanting something like this for years LOL so incredible - thank you!!

[mib]

11am today I started setting this up, by 1:30pm I have the main chunk of two technical reports done ready to edit and format. This would have normally taken me 2 days being super efficient with Word. What an amazing tool and thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[ellierofe]

I spent a while rejigging the old version for a different use case and broke it. Was about to tackle it again this week and here you are, with a perfectly timed video. Your work is fabulous. Flylighter, this and UB are all just so good.

[eriklundstrom]

Wow. You’re psychic I literally was just thinking about finally implementing your old workflow. And here we go.

[anarkydude]

Hello- Id like to thank you for this helpful workflow. I was frustrated till I saw this updated video. IT IS A GAME CHANGER!!! Can't wait for more more of your vids! Keep up the good work.