In Notability, audio recordings are linked to your annotations. While playing the audio, you can tap anything in a note to jump to that point in the recording. Annotations you add while playing a recording are also synced to the recording.
- Recording Audio
- Playing Audio
- Navigating a Recording
- Playback Settings
- Editing Audio Recordings
- Fine-Tuning Playback
- Exporting Audio
Recording Audio
- Tap/click
to start recording. An input meter and timer will appear. - Tap/click to stop recording.
iPad models from 2020 and later include a security feature that mutes the microphone at the hardware level when the cover/folio is closed.
Because of this, Notability isn't able to record audio if the cover/folio is closed.
Playing Audio
- Tap/click
to enter playback mode. - Tap/click
to play a note's audio, and watch your notes unfold as you listen.
Navigating a Recording
- During playback, select
. Then tap/click any part of a note to jump to that point in the recording. - Tap/click and drag
to scroll through a recording. - Drag down to slow how fast it scrolls left and right.
- Tap/click
to change the audio's speed.
- Audio Speed Options: 0.7x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x.
- Tap/click
to rewind 10 seconds.
Playback Settings
- Go to
to access your Playback Settings. - Toggle Note Replay on to see your notes animate with the audio.
- When Note Replay is toggled on you can also enable Animation Preview.
- When Animation Preview is turn on, you'll see the transparent preview of the note before it plays.
- Toggling off Animation Preview will hide all of the ink until the ink is drawn animated.
- When Note Replay is toggled on you can also enable Animation Preview.
Editing Audio Recordings
- Select
to open your list of audio recordings and edit them. - Press Edit next to a recording name to trim or split a file.
- The black bars can be dragged to trim the recording.
- Tap Split to split the recording and then drag the bars to edit each portion.
- From this menu, you can can tap on the recording name to rename it. Tap Done to finalize those changes.
- To split a recording into multiple sections, name the first piece and use the second piece to make an additional edit.
- Tap Select to take action with specific audio files.
- Tap Merge to combine audio recordings into one file. Please note: imported audio can not be merged at this time.
- Tap Delete to remove the audio recordings from the note.
Fine-Tuning Playback
- Select and select Equalizer to tune audio.
- Adjust frequency as desired.
- Click/tap and adjust Voice Boost to amplify voices recorded from a distance.
Exporting Audio
When sharing a note, there are two ways to export the note's audio:
- Under "Format", tap "PDF" or "RTF" and turn on the "Recordings" toggle. This shares your note as a .zip file that includes your recordings.
- Under "Format", tap "Note". This shares your note as a Notability file that includes your recordings.