A summary style is the shape of the write-up: which sections it has and how the prose reads.
Auto-detect
The default. Parley Notes reads each conversation, works out what kind it was and writes it up that way. The note says which it chose: "Parley read this as: Sales call".
The styles
Business: meeting minutes, executive brief, stand-up, one to one, decision meeting, customer discovery, sales call, visit report, client briefing, project management, interview, user research, pitch, brainstorm, coaching, mentoring, advice meeting, property viewing, needs and quote, resident request, knowledge brief.
Personal: journal, highlights, the gist, coffee chat, note to self, travel planning, household, life coaching.
Lecture: structured notes, study guide, cliff notes.
Health: consultation, doctor visit, therapy session, therapy insights, counselling.
Each style extracts its own sections. The Templates page in the web app lists what every card pulls out with a live example write-up beside it and it is where new styles appear first.
My template
Each kind has a My template card where you write your own instructions: the sections you want, the tone, what to leave out. Your template is used like any other style.
Choosing a style
- For one conversation choose it on the Record screen under Summary style for this recording or later from the note's Write this up as menu.
- For a whole folder give the folder a type and everything filed in it is written up that way. Moving a note into such a folder rewrites it as the new type.
- As your default for a kind of conversation on the Templates page in the web app and your defaults then apply on every device.
All of this is on every plan, the free one included.
Re-summarizing
Changed the style, fixed a speaker's name or added notes? Tap Re-summarize and the write-up is redone from the existing transcript. Your edits to action items are merged, not thrown away. Each plan includes a number of re-summaries a month (10 on Free, 20 on Plus, 50 on Unlimited). After that a re-summary counts its minutes like a new note.