We're doing a few things to try to guide the user:
1. We include ~26 fully-formed "Example" and "Template" notes in the app - these are intended to show users what they can do, but they can also be copied and used as-is or edited.
2. When users write new notes, we use a custom keyboard tool called "AutoPrompt" to show the user what actions they can take in each section. It includes prompts like "Search reddit for...", etc. that is inserted into the text entry and the user completes the statement. (You can see this in the vid on our home page).
3. If users write incorrect or wrong things in the note, they get a response back that instructs them what they need to correct.
Admittedly, as a notes-based interface there's a tradeoff we're trying to balance on flexibility vis-a-vis unstructured text input, and guardrails to inform the user. Appreciate any further feedback you can share!
If you highlight the actions in the text with something like a differnet background color, it would be clear what it will trigger and over time the user would remember these actions. It would also be clearer to see them in predefined notes.
That sounds useful for someone who already signed up, but I’d rather read them before signing up or installing anything. The documentation is how I decide if it’s worth looking further.
(I also don’t play videos or animations, and try to ignore them if they autoplay. They are usually too fast or too slow. A slideshow that you step through is okay.)
I just wanted to add that this information would be useful to me too, and I did watch the video. Also, I would be curious to know what integrations you already have and plan to add.
Fun related anecdote. I learned to program Amiga BASIC when I was around 12 by copying games from the back of Amiga magazine. At the same time, my sister was learning to read and write. As a nerdy big brother, I set out to write something where she could type plain english instructions and it would do what she typed. Playing Zork made this seem very feasible at least to my 12 year old mind. I never finished the project, but have been thinking about something like this again lately.
Yes - at present, a note needs to be deployed before you can test. Then you can make a change, and redeploy. We can look at making this a bit more seamless in future iterations.
Re: the AI button - any suggestion on how we might improve there?
Perhaps using the same nomenclature for both? In the tooltip you call it an Autoprompt, but the icon itself just says "AI". Also, I typed some steps in, and expected to need to review before deploying since I didn't have any "AI" or "autoprompt" to help.
Maybe some sort of more obvious workflow that it's "done" and can be tested?
The video shows actions on external services. Can NoteTech be used to automate phone activities e.g. "Turn phone silent from 10pm to 6am" , "When John is calling, ring at full volume" ?
Presently our focus is more on enabling automations that integrate with external services, but we do intend to enable some phone actions that make sense in that context.
hi, I could not find it in play store in Australia, but I really like the idea and love to try. Would it be possible for you to send an apk to my email (about)?
Otherwise, it seems like “guess the verb” in a text adventure.
[Oops, edited before I saw the reply.]