Photo memo — business cards and whiteboards become searchable notes
Memol's new Photo memo transcribes business cards, whiteboards, handwriting, and handouts into searchable notes. Cards get contacts structured automatically. How it works and what it costs.
Paper stops the moment you photograph it. Business-card stacks, meeting-room whiteboards, handouts — they sit in your camera roll, unsearchable, unshared, forgotten.
Memol's new Photo memo fixes that in one motion: just shoot. AI transcribes the text and turns it into a searchable note.
How it works
Pick Photo memo in the create menu (＋), then take or choose a photo. AI reads the text, you review it (add a title and an optional quick memo), and save — photo + memo + transcription land in one note.
- Business cards → name / company / title / phone / email, labeled automatically. Title becomes "Name (Company)".
- Whiteboards & handwriting → groupings and arrows preserved as headings and lists.
- Handouts & receipts → full text, faithfully.
Faithfulness comes first: illegible characters appear as ▢ and the AI never fabricates. You always review before saving.
A quick memo on every card
The save screen has a quick memo field. "Met at the expo, follow up in September" — that one line, saved with the card, is what actually de-silos your team. Anyone can search "the person from Acme" and inherit the context. If a dedicated card-management service feels like overkill but the stack on your desk keeps growing, this is for you.
Typed, spoken, and now photographed
Memol's idea has always been simple: write it, forget it — AI will find it. Type it, speak it (Voice memo), and now shoot it. Every entrance feeds the same searchable, AI-tagged second memory for you and your team.
Pricing
Available today on every plan. Daily photo limits (reset at midnight JST):
| Plan | Photo memo |
|---|---|
| Free | 3 / day |
| Standard (¥580) | 20 / day |
| Pro (¥1,480) | 50 / day |
| Business (¥2,980) | 100 / day |
Try it on the top card of the stack on your desk. Start free
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