Capture: Upload Images, PDFs, and Voice Memos

The Capture page takes more than typed notes. Drop in a photo of handwritten notes, a PDF, or a voice memo — Groupthink reads it, pulls out what matters, and lets you file it to a person with one tap.

Opening Capture

Click Capture in the left sidebar. The page has two cards: a text box for typed notes, and the upload card ("Drop a file or voice memo").

Uploading a file

Drag a file onto the upload card, or click browse to pick one. One file at a time. Supported formats:

• Images — PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP (photos of whiteboards, business cards, handwritten notes)
• PDF — scanned documents, decks, one-pagers
• Audio — MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG (voice memos from your phone work great)

You'll see an upload progress bar, then a "Reading your file…" state while Groupthink transcribes and extracts. When it finishes, the card turns green: "Captured — we've read your file."

Filing it to a person

After extraction, pick who the capture is about. Search your contacts (or create a new one) and attach it. Groupthink then re-reads the capture for that person specifically, so what it learned lands in your relationship with them — and shows up the next time they're on your calendar.

Uploads don't guess who they're about: unlike quick log, which routes a typed sentence automatically, a file is always filed to the person you choose.

If reading fails

The file is still saved. You can attach it to a person anyway and Groupthink will keep the original. If transcription isn't running for your account, check Settings for your API key configuration, or try again later.

Tips

• Voice memos are the killer use: record a 30-second note in the car after a dinner, upload it when you sit down, file it to the person.
• A photo of a business card plus one typed line of context is a complete new-contact record.
• Long PDFs work, but the extraction focuses on what's relevant to people and relationships — it's a CRM, not a document store.