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A little diary time with Yoru

How to keep a diary by talking

Omakase Journal team

Yoru floats beneath a crescent moon beside a microphone and an open notebook.

You can save a recording to listen to later, dictate a note, or answer an AI's questions to get a draft. Choose what you want to keep, start with one thing that happened today and check the result before saving.

Yoru

I'm Yoru. I write diaries at night. What happened today?

What do you want to keep?

A voice journal can mean a few different things. Choose the result you want to come back to: your voice, your words or an edited account of the day.

Keep the recording

Use a voice recorder and save the audio. It keeps your pauses, laughter and the way you said things. You'll listen back when you want to revisit it.

For hearing the moment again.

Turn speech into text

Use keyboard dictation or a transcription app. Your spoken words become text, which you can correct and arrange yourself. Transcription alone doesn't necessarily turn a conversation into a diary.

For writing in your own words without typing.

Talk with an AI

An AI journal asks about your day and uses your answers to draft an entry. Check whether the app actually asks follow-up questions, what it saves and how you can edit the result.

For getting help remembering and putting it into words.

Start with one small moment

You don't need to tell the whole day in order. One stop on the way home is enough to begin.

  1. A photo, a calendar and a place pin beside Yoru.

    Find something to talk about

    Look at a photo, a calendar entry or a place you visited. If nothing stands out, a meal or something you noticed on your way home will do. A calendar plan is a clue; say if it didn't happen.

  2. Yoru listens beside a microphone and two speech bubbles.

    Say what happened and how it felt

    Start with where you were and what you did. Add how it felt if you want to. You can pause, correct a name or say that a question is about the wrong moment. Stop somewhere you can talk comfortably.

  3. Yoru holds a pen beside a sheet of lined paper.

    Read it once before saving

    Check names, places and the order of events. Speech recognition can mishear words, and an AI draft may need changes. Keep your meaning, remove anything you don't want recorded and save when it reads right.

A conversation becomes a diary

Here's a made-up example. The short answers give the draft both an event and a feeling.

Yoru

Anything on the way home that stayed with you?

You

After work, I stopped at the café by the station and had a hot coffee.

Yoru

How did that little break feel?

You

I stopped thinking about work for a bit. It was a relief.

Diary draft

After work, I stopped at the café by the station for a hot coffee. For a little while, work was off my mind, and I felt relieved.

The draft keeps the café, coffee and feeling that were actually mentioned. The questions themselves don't belong in the diary.

When nothing much happened

Pick just one question. A quiet day can have a short entry.

  • What did you eat today?

  • Did anything catch your eye on the way?

  • Was there a moment when you could relax?

A familiar lunch, the light outside or a moment on the sofa can be enough. You can leave it there without finding a lesson or a happy ending.

Before choosing a voice diary app

  • Try your usual language and check how easy it is to correct a misheard word.
  • Look at whether it keeps audio, a transcript or a finished entry, and how you can export or delete each one.
  • Check the free trial, subscription terms and any AI processing of your words or photos. A free download doesn't always mean ongoing use is free.

Questions before you start

Do I need to speak in complete sentences?

Short phrases are a useful start. Add a person, place or feeling when it helps. Check the finished text so that a hesitation or correction hasn't been mistaken for part of the event.

Can I type when I can't speak aloud?

If the app supports text, you can type instead. In Omakase Journal, you can type your answer to Yoru. You don't have to speak in a shared room or on public transport.

Sleepy Yoru beside the moon and a closed diary.

An evening with Yoru

In Omakase Journal, Yoru uses the photos, calendar entries and places you've allowed the app to access as clues for questions. You can type your answers. On supported iPhones and in supported languages, you can also speak: your speech becomes text on the device, without saving or sending an audio file. Review and edit the diary draft before confirming it. It's an iPhone app for iOS 26 or later.

See how Omakase Journal works

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Yoru is a small night ghost with a pen. The conversation and diary above are made-up examples that show how it works.