Capture
Get data into Bower from your phone, lab bench, or desktop.Capture Stream
A continuous audio + video feed where Bird captures, transcribes, and annotates in real time.
Bower on mobile
The app-like mobile experience — capture, Bird, and your whole workspace from a bottom nav bar.
Mobile capture
Capture by voice, photo, video, or text — Bower transcribes, extracts, and syncs to desktop.
Batch import
Upload multiple files at once. Bower processes each one automatically.
The note editor
Rich text editing with slash commands, tables, images, and formatting.
Image annotations & diagrams
Draw on images and build diagrams from a blank canvas.
Version history
Every save is recoverable — browse history and roll back with one click.
AI titles
Auto-generated titles and descriptions so you don’t stop mid-capture to think of a name.
Keyboard shortcuts
Speed up capture and navigation with shortcuts.
AI & Search
Find anything and let Bird help you make sense of it.Bird: your AI assistant
Ask Bird anything about your workspace — search, summarise, compare, and flag anomalies.
Live agent mode
A real-time conversation with Bird, with full video awareness.
Hybrid semantic search
Find notes by keyword or meaning, even if you don’t remember the exact words.
Personal preferences
Teach Bird your style, units, and focus area — applies to every conversation.
Workspace instructions
Shared context for your whole team — protocols, conventions, lab policies.
Integrations
Connect the tools your lab already uses.Connectors
Link Drive, Notion, Slack, GitHub, and more. Bird searches across all of them.
Organisation
Structure your workspace to match how you work.Notes vs. attachments
Understand the two types of artifacts and when to use each.
Collections
Group related notes by experiment, project, or whatever structure fits.
Protocols
Step-by-step lab procedures as a dedicated resource type.
Equipment Register
Catalogue your instruments so Bird can troubleshoot and answer technical questions about them.
Tags
Flexible labelling across notes and collections.
Linked entities
Cross-reference notes, protocols, and collections.
Organising your workspace
Drag-and-drop, bulk actions, and the ⋮ menu.
Exporting notes
Export as PDF, Markdown, HTML, or plain text.
Sharing artifacts
Generate read-only public links for notes, attachments, and collections.
Workspaces & Account
Set up your environment and invite your team.Workspaces in Bower
How your first workspace is created at signup, and how to get another one.
Invite team members
Add colleagues so they can capture and collaborate.
Permissions overview
Roles, per-artifact privacy modes, and what each level can do.
Switch workspaces
Move between workspaces. Each one is fully isolated.
Manage your account
Profile, notifications, security, and account settings.
Billing
Plans, seat limits, and how to upgrade or cancel.
Dark mode
Switch between light and dark themes.
Send feedback
Report a bug or suggest a feature from inside the app.
Security & Compliance
Trust Centre
Encryption, compliance, sub-processors, audit logs, and your data rights — all in one place.