Summary templates structure your recordings into clear notes. Choose from 10,000+ templates, customize your own, or set a default that applies to future recordings.
What are summary templates?
Summary templates control how Plaud structures your notes. They apply layouts and tones to fit your context, with formats for meeting recaps, interviews, or medical notes. You can choose from 10,000+ official and community-built templates.
Where to find summary templates?
Open the Plaud App, go to the Explore page, and tap Template Community under your profile section to browse all available templates.
What templates are available?
The Template Community offers thousands of formats from two sources:
- Official templates: Plaud builds these layouts for standard meetings, interviews, and medical notes.
- Community uploads: Other professionals share these structures for niche industries and specialized scenarios.
How to choose and apply a template?
Templates are grouped by professional context (for example, Real Estate or Consulting) and displayed in a scrolling banner. Tap a category to see all applicable templates and preview their layouts. When you find a template you want to use, tap Try it to set it as your default for future transcriptions.
How to organize your templates?
Your templates appear in a tile (grid) layout, ordered by how recently you used them. The app does not offer a list view, and you cannot sort templates manually.
To find your templates faster, open My workspace, where they are grouped into two sections:
- Recently Used: Templates you have applied most recently, so you can quickly reapply a familiar format.
- My Templates: Templates you created or saved, kept together for easy access.
To keep this view tidy, delete any templates you no longer use from My Templates.
How to share your own template?
You can upload one of your own templates to the Template Community and share it with other users.
- Tap My workspace
- Select the template you want to upload in My templates and tap Publish
- Confirm template details and tap Next.
- Select a category, enter your email address then submit.
Notes on summary templates
- Setting default template: Tapping Try it sets the selected layout as your default template for future recordings until you change it.
- Language matching: Plaud always generates insights in your original audio language, regardless of the template's native language.
- Same behavior: Official and community formats work the same way to structure your notes during generation.
- Protect your privacy: Ensure your layout contains no sensitive or confidential information before sharing it with the community.
FAQ about summary templates
Why does my summary appear in the recording's language?
Plaud generates notes in the original language of your audio. The template's language does not change this. To get a summary in a specific language, record in that language.
What is the difference between official and user-uploaded templates?
Both work the same way to structure your notes, but they come from different sources. Official templates are formats built by Plaud for meetings, interviews, and medical notes. User-uploaded templates are custom layouts shared by other professionals for niche industries and specialized scenarios.
Where is the Try it button?
Tap any layout in the Template Community to open its preview. From there, select Try it to set this format as the default for your future recordings.
Can I sort templates or view them as a list?
No. Templates appear in a tile (grid) layout only, ordered by recent use, and there is no list view or manual sorting. To find templates faster, use the Recently Used and My Templates sections in My workspace, and delete any templates you no longer need.