# The library: every note, and what each one is doing

Every note kept on this device, newest first, by day. Each row says what the note is doing or what you can do with it.

[Every guide](../index.md) · [Ideas and where they stand](../../ideas/index.md)

## 1. The Library tab.

Every note on this device, newest first, by day. Each row says what the note is doing right now or what you can do with it, so you can see at a glance whether anything needs you.

![The Library tab. Numbered arrows mark the parts described below.](../img/library-1.jpg)

1. Waiting its turn: notes are written up one at a time, and you can keep recording meanwhile.
2. Being written up now.
3. Finished, and sent to somebody.
4. Interrupted: the recording is kept. Open it and run it again.
5. The Library tab, from anywhere.
6. The talk button, on every screen: speak to the app instead of tapping.

## Where this stands

- States that say what to do next: **Built, untried**. The issue says: "Built (untried on a device): row states say what to do or why; an untranscribed note is "Voice note, not yet transcribed"; a cut title ends with an ellipsis..."
- Record again while the last note is being written up: **Built, untried**. Done in the code, and the issue says: "Built (untried on a device): recording and processing are separate; notes queue for the pipeline and say "Waiting its turn"; the control stays live, and its..."

*Pictures: VoiceDebrief: iPhone, light, from screens.yml run 43606968488 on work/sherpa at 0f2e6f8 (the same tree as dev, v0.1.74, 14 November 2026), after the design session's restyle.*