dPad Jot. Code. Write.

dPad combines the simplicity of Notepad with text, sketches, images and voice clips in one compact note.

Each piece of content gets its own section that you can name, rearrange or collapse, with a permanent creation timestamp. That makes a note feel like an organised sequence of thoughts rather than one long document.

Its distinctive touches include:

• A slim desktop sidebar that docks left or right, plus quick access from the system tray.
• Mixed media without switching apps: write, draw, import pictures and record playable voice snippets.
• Selective snapshots: collapse sections you don’t need, then copy the visible note as an image.
• Everyday Windows convenience: tabs, session restore, desktop New → dPad note, and plain-text import and export.
• Export text back to .txt, open .txt.
• Rich text by Right-Clicking on a text segment.
• Use A.I. Story Assist mode to make suggestions on where your story should go. 
• Use a Local A.I. model (bundled) or ChatGPT / Claude API for story suggestions and Grammar and Creative adjustments.
• An innovative slider system allows you to limit A.I. influence on your Creative Writing.
• Collapse and Disable Strips when packaging your final export allowing you to edit quickly and deliver Code, Stories in a variety of formats and quickly try features.
• Screen Grab and quickly create segments to annotate and quickly Screen Grab your dPad Note to share with others.
• Copy and browse entire Websites in the space of a thumbnail!

Ideas rarely arrive as a tidy document. They come as a sentence, a sketch, a voice clip, a screenshot or something you found online. dPad brings them together in one workspace—and lets you rearrange them as your thinking develops.

Its standout feature is strips: parallel spaces within the same note. Keep research beside your draft, code beside your references, or a paper preview beside your writing. Each strip has its own scrolling and zoom, so you can work comfortably with different kinds of content.

Every idea lives in a movable segment. Collapse it, rename it, move it between strips, or highlight a passage and split it into its own segment. When you’re ready, Package Strips assembles your chosen strips, in your chosen order, into a Word document, text file or code file.

For writers, Story mode adds optional creative guidance and adjustable AI revisions. For developers, Code mode brings syntax colouring and line numbers. For everyday use, dPad stays close in the tray or docks as a slim desktop strip, ready to catch the next idea.

New Story Setup - Make a Story Segment to enable AI options, right click Story Setup and outline your Story's synopsis. Get help with the beginning, middle or end if necessary and then convert it into Key Beat segments to get writing!