AI whiteboard: from sketches to notes
Brainstorm the messy way, then let an AI vision model read the board and write it up as meeting notes, an outline, a transcription or an explanation.
Read the board
20 requests per hour. The board is sent once as an image via Vercel AI Gateway and not stored.
Where it helps
After a brainstorm, sticky notes are scattered and half the value is in how they were grouped. Meeting-notes mode keeps those groups as headed bullet lists and pulls anything that sounds like a next step into a checklist.
After a lesson, a board full of worked examples is hard for an absent student to follow. Explain mode walks through the diagram in order and flags anything that looks wrong, such as an arithmetic slip or an arrow pointing the wrong way.
For your own notes, transcribe mode turns handwriting into plain text you can paste anywhere. Start from a structure on the templates page and the output comes back better organised.
Questions people ask
What is an AI whiteboard?
A whiteboard that can read itself. Here, you draw or brainstorm as usual, then ask an AI vision model to turn the board into meeting notes, an outline, a plain-text transcription of the handwriting, or a step-by-step explanation of a diagram.
Which model reads the board?
OpenAI gpt-6-luna, a multimodal model that accepts images, called through Vercel AI Gateway. The board is sent as a single PNG snapshot only when you press the button.
Can it read messy handwriting?
Usually, yes, especially print-style writing at a reasonable size. Anything it can’t make out is marked [illegible] in the transcription mode rather than guessed. Zooming out so the whole board is legible doesn’t matter: the snapshot is rendered from the drawing data, not from your screen.
Does it make things up?
It’s instructed to describe only what is on the board and never invent names, dates or decisions. Always read the notes before sending them on, especially action items.
Is my board saved on a server?
No. The snapshot is sent once to generate the notes and isn’t stored by SketchWith. The board and any notes you add to it stay in your browser.