We know how valuable your existing session notes are — whether they’re handwritten, typed, or scanned. With Serene’s new upload feature, you can now select photos of your handwritten notes or upload a PDF exported from your current note-taking app, and Serene will take care of the rest. It reads your content, understands the context, and creates beautifully formatted summaries and BIRP/SOAP entries — no retyping required.

This update is perfect for therapists looking to bring past records into Serene or streamline their workflow using existing documentation.

📸 What You Can Upload

• 🖼️ Photos of handwritten session notes (clear, well-lit images work best)

• 📄 PDFs exported from tools like Notability, GoodNotes, or OneNote

• 🗒️ Typed documents or scanned pages containing session notes

Serene will intelligently read and organize these into structured formats.

⚙️ How It Works

• Click “Upload Notes” on your Serene dashboard

• Choose one or multiple images (up to 6) or a single PDF

• Serene processes the content and auto-generates:

  • 📝 A session summary

  • 🧠 Key topics discussed during the session

  • 📊 Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scoring

  • 🎭 Emotional analysis to surface the client’s emotional tone

  • 🧾 BIRP and SOAP notes based on your preferred format

  • 🔍 And more — from insights to session-level metadata, ready for your records

✅ Best Practices for Accuracy

• 📷 For handwritten notes: use flat, well-lit, high-contrast images

• 🧾 For PDFs: export directly from your note-taking app (avoid screenshots)

• 📌 One session per upload: avoid mixing multiple sessions in a single file