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.

In this blog post we’ll show you how to record and attach audio notes to your PDF documents using the Drawboard PDF Windows app.

How to record audio notes and attach them to your PDF documents

1. From the Drawboard PDF canvas, tap the plus sign in your toolbar and find Audio Notes. Navigate to the Pro tools tab or search for Audio in the search bar.
2. Add the Audio Notes tool to your toolbar. You can do this by either double clicking the Audio icon or by tapping the plus icon near the Audio icon
3. Make sure the Audio Notes tool is selected, then tap the section of PDF document where you would like to add your audio note
4. Tap the red record button that appears
5. Make your voice note, then tap the stop button (you can also pause your audio note and restart)
6. Save your recording
7. To replay your audio note, tap the audio icon on your PDF, then tap ‘Play’

How to attach a sound file to a section of your PDF using Drawboard PDF

1. Select the Audio Notes icon from your toolbar
2. Tap the 3 dots near the Audio notes icon. A modal will appear
3. Select Attach Sound and exit the modal
4. Tap the section of your PDF page that you would like to attach the sound file. Your file explorer will appear
5. Find and select the sound file that you would like to attach to your PDF. The file will then attach to the section of your PDF that you have selected.
6. To replay your audio note, tap the audio icon on your PDF, then tap ‘Play’

Who can benefit from using audio notes on PDFs?

Anyone who wants to make quick notes to themselves or others in sections of their documents can benefit from using audio notes. Students can use audio notes to quickly provide context around sections of their notes. Music teachers can add music recordings to digital sheet music to help their students improve sight reading. Professionals can use audio notes to deliver feedback on documents in a personalized way.

Drawboard PDF makes PDFs interactive and collaborative. The audio notes feature is available to all Pro Plus and Pro Unlimited Drawboard PDF users. Haven’t tried it yet? Select your plan and try it for free today.

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