Obsidian Scribe

An Obsidian plugin for recording and transcribing audio notes with AI-powered speaker diarization, summaries, and action item extraction.

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Features

• 🎙️ One-Click Recording: Start recording with a ribbon icon or hotkey (Cmd+Shift+R)
• 🤖 Multiple AI Providers: Support for OpenAI Whisper, Google Gemini, and custom/local endpoints
• 👥 Speaker Diarization: Automatically identifies and labels different speakers
• 📝 Smart Summaries: Generates concise summaries of conversations
• ✅ Action Items: Extracts tasks as Obsidian checkboxes
• 📁 Organized Storage: Saves recordings in scribed/{timestamp}/ folders
• 🔗 Daily Note Integration: Automatically links transcriptions to your daily notes
• 🎨 Clean UI: Visual recording modal with status indicators
• ⚙️ Fully Configurable: Customize folders, filenames, link formats, and more

Installation

From Release

1. Download the latest release from the Releases page
2. Extract the files to {vault}/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-scribe/
3. Reload Obsidian
4. Enable "Obsidian Scribe" in Settings → Community Plugins

Manual Installation

cd {vault}/.obsidian/plugins
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/obsidian-scribe.git
cd obsidian-scribe
yarn install
yarn build

Configuration

Transcription Provider

Gemini (Recommended)

• Get an API key from Google AI Studio
• Uses Gemini 2.5 Flash for fast, accurate transcription

OpenAI

• Get an API key from OpenAI Platform
• Uses Whisper model

Custom/Local

• Point to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (e.g., LocalAI, Whisper.cpp)
• Set Base URL (e.g., http://localhost:8000/v1)
• Specify Model ID

Post-Processing

Enable post-processing to add:

• Speaker Labels: Identifies "Me", "Person 1", "Person 2", etc.
• Summary: 2-3 sentence overview
• Action Items: Extracted as checkboxes

Configure your speaker label in settings (default: "Me").

Storage & Organization

Customize:

• Transcription folder location
• Folder timestamp format
• Audio and transcription filenames

Daily Note Integration

Configure:

• Toggle auto-linking on/off
• Custom section heading
• Link format with {path} and {time} placeholders
• Link timestamp format

Usage

1. Start Recording

   • Click the feather icon in the ribbon, OR
   • Press Cmd+Shift+R (Windows: Ctrl+Shift+R)

2. Stop Recording

   • Click "Stop & Save" in the modal

3. View Transcription

   • Automatically opens in a new note
   • Saved to scribed/{timestamp}/transcription.md
   • Audio file: scribed/{timestamp}/recording.webm
   • Link added to daily note under ## Meetings

Output Format

# Transcription 2025-11-27 1200

![[recording.webm]]

## Transcript
Me: Let's discuss the project timeline.
Person 1: I think we need two weeks for development.
Me: That sounds reasonable.

## Summary
Discussion about project timeline with agreement on a two-week development period.

## Action Items
- [ ] Create project plan
- [ ] Schedule kickoff meeting

Development

# Install dependencies
yarn install

# Build for development
yarn dev

# Build for production
yarn build

# Type check
yarn tsc

Privacy & Data

• Audio is processed by your chosen AI provider (Gemini, OpenAI, or local)
• No data is stored by this plugin beyond your vault
• For maximum privacy, use a local transcription endpoint

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Submit a pull request

Support This Project

This plugin is free and open source. If you find it valuable:

• ⭐ Star this repository on GitHub
• ☕ Buy me a coffee to support development
• 💬 Share feedback and help improve the project
• 🐛 Report bugs or contribute code

Your support helps maintain and improve this project for everyone!

License

MIT License with Donation Request - see LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

• Built with Obsidian API
• Powered by Google Gemini and OpenAI
• Inspired by the Obsidian community

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