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Turn a voice note into useful next steps
Did someone send a voice note and you need the next steps from it?
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What you will make
A short list of next steps taken from one voice note, with anything unclear marked To confirm.
What you need
A transcript you typed or the transcript your phone already shows. One voice note is enough.
Before you start
Ask before you put someone else's voice or their private story into an AI chat. Remove names, addresses, school records, medical details, and account numbers. Type the words instead of uploading the audio when you can.
What to do
- Play the voice note and type what it says, or copy the transcript your phone shows.
- Remove private details. Keep the tasks, dates, and requests.
- Paste that text into the prompt in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
- Check each next step against the voice note before you act on it or forward it.
Try this prompt
Paste a transcript. Do not upload the audio file unless the speaker agreed.
Turn this voice-note transcript into useful next steps without inventing commitments, owners or deadlines.
TRANSCRIPT
[paste transcript or provide the voice note after removing unnecessary private details]
OPTIONAL CONTEXT
Who is speaking / relationship: [FACT / UNKNOWN]
Date of message: [DATE / UNKNOWN]
FIRST
- If transcription is unclear, mark uncertain words/phrases “Unclear” instead of guessing.
- Treat names, numbers, dates and amounts as especially important to verify.
- Do not infer tone or intent beyond what the words reasonably support.
OUTPUT
1. One-sentence summary.
2. Confirmed requests/actions explicitly stated.
3. Action table: action | owner if stated | deadline if stated | evidence/quote fragment.
4. Questions/decisions still open.
5. Information mentioned for context only — not an action.
6. Unclear transcription/details to verify.
7. Optional short reply acknowledging only the confirmed request, if useful.
RULES
- Do not turn “maybe,” “we could,” “I’m thinking” or brainstorming into a commitment.
- Do not assign an owner or deadline unless stated.
- Do not invent missing dates from phrases like “next week” unless the message date makes the interpretation unambiguous; if converted, show the original phrase too.
- Draft only; do not create tasks, send replies or schedule anything.
Finish with an integrity check for every action, owner, deadline, date and amount against the transcript.See a sample result
Illustrative example. Your answer may differ.
Input (illustrative): "Can you bring the enrollment form on Friday? I think the cashier closes at four, but check." Example result: Bring the enrollment form on Friday. Cashier closing time: To confirm. No other task was spoken.
Before you use it: Listen once more or reread the transcript. A tidy list can add a task the speaker never said. This is not a meeting summary and it does not send a reply.
Try this follow-up
Keep only the tasks. Remove any task that the voice note did not actually say.
If the answer is not right
If a task or deadline was not in the transcript, name that line and ask for a list that uses only the words you supplied.
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