Ever wanted to add audio recordings to your study notes, digital planners, financial documents or other PDF documents? With Drawboard PDF Pro Plus and Pro Unlimited, you can record and attach voice notes to sections of any PDF document. You can either record a voice note using your device’s microphone or upload an audio file from your device and pin it to any area of your PDF document. Easily play back your notes at any time to help you work faster, your way.
Drawboard PDF’s voice note tool lets you deliver clear, spoken feedback exactly where it’s needed.
Whether you're reviewing architectural plans, marking up engineering drawings, or delivering feedback on reports or coursework, voice notes let you capture thoughts quickly and communicate intent more effectively—all without interrupting your flow.
This guide walks you through how to use voice notes to create richer, more precise annotations that feel just as natural as marking up by hand.
Adding voice notes in Drawboard PDF is quick and intuitive. Once set up, they become a powerful way to deliver context-rich feedback without needing to write everything out.
Adding voice notes in Drawboard PDF is quick and intuitive. Once set up, they become a powerful way to deliver context-rich feedback without needing to write everything out.
Here’s how to get started.
If this is your first time using voice notes, you need to find and add the audio tool to your toolbar for easy access.
Fortunately, it’s quick and easy:
While the icon will appear at the bottom of your toolbar, you can always drag it to a different position to help organize your tools by type, workflow, and more.
Once the speaker icon is on your toolbar in your preferred location, you’re ready to place your voice note. Here’s how:
If you’re recording a new voice note, you should see a timer and recording button in the top left of your screen. Once you’re ready, tap the red button to start recording your message.
For the best results, speak clearly and try to keep it concise so listeners can more easily digest your feedback. Also, as you record, check to make sure the microphone icon next to the timer lights up, signaling it’s hearing and recording your voice.
You can pause your recording and pick it back up by pressing record again, or finish the recording with the white stop button.
After you complete your recording, you can play it back with the play button, start over with ‘Restart,’ or save and add it to your PDF.
Once you place the voice note, anyone can click the icon and press ‘Play” to listen to it.
Voice notes are a powerful way to make your feedback more personal, precise, and productive—especially when working across teams or reviewing complex content. By using Drawboard PDF’s audio tool, you can streamline communication and reduce the back-and-forth that slows projects down.
Ready to enhance your workflow?
Try Drawboard PDF Pro today to unlock voice notes and other advanced tools built for professionals.
Ever wanted to add audio recordings to your study notes, digital planners, financial documents or other PDF documents? With Drawboard PDF Pro Plus and Pro Unlimited, you can record and attach voice notes to sections of any PDF document. You can either record a voice note using your device’s microphone or upload an audio file from your device and pin it to any area of your PDF document. Easily play back your notes at any time to help you work faster, your way.
Drawboard PDF’s voice note tool lets you deliver clear, spoken feedback exactly where it’s needed.
Whether you're reviewing architectural plans, marking up engineering drawings, or delivering feedback on reports or coursework, voice notes let you capture thoughts quickly and communicate intent more effectively—all without interrupting your flow.
This guide walks you through how to use voice notes to create richer, more precise annotations that feel just as natural as marking up by hand.
Adding voice notes in Drawboard PDF is quick and intuitive. Once set up, they become a powerful way to deliver context-rich feedback without needing to write everything out.
Adding voice notes in Drawboard PDF is quick and intuitive. Once set up, they become a powerful way to deliver context-rich feedback without needing to write everything out.
Here’s how to get started.
If this is your first time using voice notes, you need to find and add the audio tool to your toolbar for easy access.
Fortunately, it’s quick and easy:
While the icon will appear at the bottom of your toolbar, you can always drag it to a different position to help organize your tools by type, workflow, and more.
Once the speaker icon is on your toolbar in your preferred location, you’re ready to place your voice note. Here’s how:
If you’re recording a new voice note, you should see a timer and recording button in the top left of your screen. Once you’re ready, tap the red button to start recording your message.
For the best results, speak clearly and try to keep it concise so listeners can more easily digest your feedback. Also, as you record, check to make sure the microphone icon next to the timer lights up, signaling it’s hearing and recording your voice.
You can pause your recording and pick it back up by pressing record again, or finish the recording with the white stop button.
After you complete your recording, you can play it back with the play button, start over with ‘Restart,’ or save and add it to your PDF.
Once you place the voice note, anyone can click the icon and press ‘Play” to listen to it.
Voice notes are a powerful way to make your feedback more personal, precise, and productive—especially when working across teams or reviewing complex content. By using Drawboard PDF’s audio tool, you can streamline communication and reduce the back-and-forth that slows projects down.
Ready to enhance your workflow?
Try Drawboard PDF Pro today to unlock voice notes and other advanced tools built for professionals.
We are a PDF and collaboration company. We believe that creating more effective connections between people reduces waste.
Our best work has been overtaken by busywork. That’s why we’ve created ways to help people get back to working wonders without any paper in sight.
Drawboard PDF lets you mark up and share with ease, and Drawboard Projects brings collaborative design review to architecture and engineering teams.
At Drawboard, we work our magic so our customers can get back to working theirs.
We are a PDF and collaboration company. We believe that creating more effective connections between people reduces waste.
Our best work has been overtaken by busywork. That’s why we’ve created ways to help people get back to working wonders without any paper in sight.
Drawboard PDF lets you mark up and share with ease, and Drawboard Projects brings collaborative design review to architecture and engineering teams.
At Drawboard, we work our magic so our customers can get back to working theirs.
