PLCScribe

Capture What Your Operators Know.
Generate the Manuals Your Plant Needs.

Processes evolve and real-world conditions drift — but that knowledge lives in your operators, not in outdated technical docs. PLCScribe uses AI voice interviews to capture it and generate up-to-date operational manuals your entire team can query — on any shift, any day.

Trusted by manufacturing plants across North America • SOC 2 • GDPR

Your best operators know more than your documentation does.

Technical manuals describe how equipment was designed. Experienced operators know how it actually runs — the shortcuts, the workarounds, the "if-it-does-this-do-that." That knowledge lives in heads, not binders. And with attrition, turnover, and off-shift gaps, it's constantly at risk. PLCScribe closes that gap.

Platform Features

Everything your plant needs to document what operators actually know

From shop floor conversation to searchable operational manual — PLCScribe handles the full lifecycle, so knowledge stays in the plant even when people don't.

Voice-First

Your experts talk. PLCScribe listens.

No typing. No forms. Just a natural conversation that your most experienced operators can have while standing on the shop floor.

Manual and Real-Time interview modes

Industrial noise cancellation for loud environments

Automatic speech detection — no button-holding

Multilingual support with sentiment extraction

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AI Chatbot

The right answer — on any shift, for any employee.

Captured knowledge becomes an interactive, voice-enabled expert on any smartphone. New hires, off-shift operators, and anyone who needs a quick answer no longer have to wait for the one person who knows.

Natural language Q&A from your plant's own operational manuals

Accelerates new employee onboarding and cross-training

Supports off-shift and weekend crews without needing to call in an expert

Works on iOS and Android — no app install needed

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Built by people who've lived the problem

PLCScribe was born from 25 years of specialized experience placing PLC engineers and automation resources in manufacturing plants. We saw the same pattern everywhere: technical documentation lagged reality, experienced operators held the real knowledge in their heads, and plants struggled every time someone left, a new hire started, or a weekend crew faced an unfamiliar problem. We built the tool our clients always needed.

25+ Years in industrial automation staffing

$0 Setup cost — start capturing same day

2 Plans to fit any plant size

Why PLCScribe Wins

The only tool built for how plants actually work

Enterprise platforms are built for Fortune 500 IT budgets. PLC code tools are built for engineers. And most plants are still running on binders and tribal knowledge. PLCScribe is the first solution built for the plant manager who needs it working today.

Dozuki, Poka (IFS), and Augmentir dominate the connected worker space — but they are built for Fortune 500 rollouts requiring dedicated IT teams and multi-month implementations. A 150-person food plant that needs knowledge captured this week has no use for a $50K–$200K platform.

	Dozuki	Poka (IFS)	Augmentir	PLCScribe
Cost	From $349/mo — scales fast	$50K–$200K+ per year	$30K–$100K+ per year	From $99/mo — 45-day free trial
Knowledge Capture Method	Manual text & photos	Manual video guides	Manual SOPs & AI skills tracking	AI voice interview — operator just talks
Time to First Document	Weeks to months	Months — dedicated rollout team required	Weeks to months	Same day — first manual in 30 minutes
IT Integration Required	Yes — ERP, LMS, QMS	Yes — SAP, IFS, Workday	Yes — MES, ERP, CMMS	Zero — browser-based, any device
Voice-Guided Capture	Not available	Not available	Limited voice annotations only	Core feature — AI guides the full interview
Target Market	Mid to large enterprise	Fortune 500 global manufacturers	Large manufacturers	SMB plants — 50 to 500 employees

SDA Factory Agent, Siemens Industrial Copilot, and Rockwell's AI Copilot document PLC code — not people. They tell you what the program does, not what your operators actually do. And they only work if you already bought the right vendor's hardware.

	SDA Factory Agent	Siemens TIA Portal Copilot	Rockwell Studio 5000 AI	PLCScribe
What It Documents	PLC code logic & structure	Siemens SIMATIC PLC code	Allen-Bradley PLC code	Operator know-how, procedures & tribal knowledge
Works With Any Equipment	Siemens & Rockwell only	Siemens hardware only	Allen-Bradley only	100% hardware agnostic — any brand, any age
Target User	Automation engineers	Siemens engineers	Rockwell engineers	Plant managers, supervisors & operators
Cost	Enterprise pricing (undisclosed)	Requires TIA Portal enterprise license	Requires FactoryTalk enterprise license	$99–$299/mo — operations budget, not CapEx
Captures Operator Procedures	No — code explanations only	No — code generation only	No — code explanation only	Yes — startup quirks, workarounds, the real procedures
Searchable Chatbot for Operators	Not available	Not available	Not available	Yes — any shift, any device, voice-enabled

Over 70% of SMB plants still rely on binders, shared folders, and "ask Dave." The real competitor isn't software — it's inertia. Here's what that actually costs, and what PLCScribe does differently.

Folders, Binders & Tribal Knowledge

Not searchable

Operators dig through binders or buried shared drives. Critical information is hard to find — or missing entirely.

Lost when people leave

An experienced operator retires and takes 20 years of startup sequences and workarounds with them. No record exists.

Unavailable off-shift

Weekend crew faces a downtime event. The one person who knows is not answering their phone.

Fails audits

Binders fail FDA, FSMA, and SQF audits. No versioning, no timestamps, no approval trail — no compliance.

Impossible to keep current

Process changes. The binder doesn't. Outdated procedures are often worse than no procedures at all.

An unplanned production stop in food processing costs $5,000–$50,000+ per hour. Every gap in documented knowledge is a risk.

Instant AI search

Any operator asks the shop chatbot in plain English and gets the right answer in seconds — from your own approved manuals.

Knowledge preserved before it walks out the door

A 30-minute voice interview captures everything before a retirement or resignation. Once documented, it stays forever.

24/7 on any device

The AI chatbot never sleeps. Off-shift crews get answers instantly — no calls, no wait, no guessing.

Audit-ready by design

Structured, versioned, maker-checker approved. FSMA, FDA, SQF, and OSHA documentation that actually passes.

Updated in one conversation

Process changed? A 30-minute voice session + supervisor approval = updated, published manual. Done same day.

One prevented downtime event pays for years of PLCScribe. At $99/mo, the math is obvious.

The bottom line: PLCScribe is the only tool that captures operator knowledge through voice, requires zero IT integration, and delivers a usable document in under 30 minutes — at a price any plant can approve without a board meeting.

Start Free — No Card Needed

Your operating procedures — one scan away.

Print this QR code and stick it on the machine, the line panel, or anywhere your team needs it. Any operator with a smartphone can scan it, log in, and instantly view, query, or troubleshoot every procedure and operational note PLCScribe has captured — no dedicated PC, no integrated system, no waiting.

No dedicated PC or kiosk — works on any iOS or Android smartphone

No ERP, MES, or integrated system required — just a browser

Instant access to all procedures, troubleshooting guides, and operator notes

Available 24/7 — every shift, every night, every weekend

Print one per machine, one per line, or post wherever your operators need it most

Simple, predictable plans

Start with a 45-day free trial. No credit card required.

Starter

^$119/mo

For smaller operations getting started with knowledge capture.

4 voice interviews / month
Unlimited document storage
AI chatbot deployment
OSHA-ready export
Email support

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Capture What Your Operators Know.
Generate the Manuals Your Plant Needs.

Your best operators know more than your documentation does.

Everything your plant needs to document what operators actually know

Your experts talk. PLCScribe listens.

The right answer — on any shift, for any employee.

Start with the right questions for every system.

General Equipment — Interview Topics

Every template is fully customizable.

From operator conversation to ready-to-use manual in four steps

Schedule an Interview

AI-Guided Conversation

Supervisor Review

Deploy & Query

Documentation your auditors and operators can trust

FSMA 204 (Food & Bev)

Pharma / GMP