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