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voicenotes

Sync and access voice notes from Voicenotes.com

Voicenotes Integration

Sync voice notes from voicenotes.com into the workspace.

Setup

  1. Get access token from: https://voicenotes.com/app?obsidian=true#settings
  2. Set environment variable: export VOICENOTES_TOKEN="your-token-here"

Quick Start

# Verify connection
./scripts/get-user.sh | jq .

# Fetch recent notes (JSON)
./scripts/fetch-notes.sh | jq '.data[:3]'

# Sync all notes to markdown files
./scripts/sync-to-markdown.sh --output-dir ./voicenotes

Scripts

fetch-notes.sh

Fetch voice notes as JSON.

./scripts/fetch-notes.sh                    # All notes
./scripts/fetch-notes.sh --limit 10         # Last 10 notes
./scripts/fetch-notes.sh --since 2024-01-01 # Notes since date

get-user.sh

Verify token and get user info.

./scripts/get-user.sh | jq '{name, email}'

sync-to-markdown.sh

Sync notes to markdown files with frontmatter.

./scripts/sync-to-markdown.sh --output-dir ./voicenotes

Output format:

---
voicenotes_id: abc123
created: 2024-01-15T10:30:00Z
tags: [idea, project]
---

# Note Title

## Transcript
The transcribed content...

## Summary
AI-generated summary...

API Reference

Base URL: https://api.voicenotes.com/api/integrations/obsidian-sync

Headers required:

  • Authorization: Bearer {token}
  • X-API-KEY: {token}

Endpoints:

  • GET /user/info - User details
  • GET /recordings - List voice notes (paginated)
  • GET /recordings/{id}/signed-url - Audio download URL

Data Structure

Each voice note contains:

  • recording_id - Unique identifier
  • title - Note title
  • transcript - Full transcript text
  • creations[] - AI summaries, action items, etc.
  • tags[] - User tags
  • created_at / updated_at - Timestamps
  • duration - Recording length in seconds

Tips

  • Notes are paginated; check links.next for more pages
  • Use --since to fetch only new notes since last sync
  • AI creations include summaries, todos, and custom prompts
  • Rate limited to ~60 requests/minute