Shipped 2026-03-20 · Capture Asking users to choose between “note” and “attachment” on every import was friction with no upside — researchers shouldn’t have to think about Bower’s data model to capture an observation. Bower now picks for you, based on what the file actually is.Documentation Index
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How it decides
| File type | What Bower does |
|---|---|
| Audio (voice recording) | Always becomes a note (transcript). The original recording stays attached. |
| Word document, text, markdown | Always becomes a note. Original file attached. |
| Image | Bird reads the text. High or medium confidence → note (with the image attached). Low confidence → stays as an image attachment. |
| Stays as a PDF. Bower extracts the text in the background so the PDF is searchable, but it’s not editable. | |
| Spreadsheet, CSV | Stays as an attachment. Renders inline in read-only mode. |
| Everything else | Stays as an attachment. |
What stays in your control
- Manual override — any image attachment or PDF can be converted to a note from the artifact menu. Useful when you want to edit a PDF protocol or annotate an image whose text Bower wasn’t sure about.
- Image descriptions for everything — even when an image stays as an attachment, Bower generates a short description of what’s in it so you can find it semantically (“the photo of the shaker with the red cap”).
- AI titles by default — voice notes and photo notes get generated titles unless you set one explicitly.