You’re on a walk, and have a great idea, but by the time you figure out where to put it, it’s gone.
In the first day I set up voice input in Obsidian, I captured 3,000 words across 35 voice notes.
Claude moved each idea or task into the right file.
How It Works
Step 1: Capture — Tap the shortcut, speak your thought, done.
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Step 2: Claude Organizes — Run /voice when you’re back at your desk. Claude routes each note to the right file.
2x speed
Mobile Capture (iPhone)
Voice notes save directly to iCloud, so Claude can access them.
Voice to iCloud — click the link on your phone or Mac, tap “Add Shortcut”
Then pick how you want to trigger it:
Action Button (iPhone 15 Pro+):
Settings → Action Button → Swipe to “Shortcut” → Tap to select your voice shortcut
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Lock Screen Button (any iPhone):
Hold lock screen → Customize → Add Widgets → Tap shortcut widget twice → Search for your voice shortcut
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You can save directly to Obsidian instead. See Alternative: Direct to Obsidian at the bottom of this page.
Android
Open voice.md in Obsidian mobile, tap the microphone on Gboard, speak.
Desktop Input
On your computer, add notes directly to voice.md in Obsidian.
Dictate: Press Fn twice (Mac) or Windows + H (Windows), speak, press again to stop.
Type: Just open voice.md and type. Meeting notes, quick thoughts, whatever - same format, same processing.
I use Whispr Flow on desktop - works on Mac, Windows, Linux.
Processing: Watch Claude Route Your Thoughts
Back at your computer, run:
Example input:
What Claude does:
- Newsletter idea →
maybe.md(future ideas) - “Text Jake” →
tasks.md - Landing page updates → 2 tasks in
tasks.md - Entries archived to
archive/voice-archive.md
Check Your Setup
Your starter kit includes the voice system. Verify:
In Obsidian: Look for voice.md at the root of your workspace.
In Claude Code: Type /voiceand hit enter, if it runs, you’re good.
Tell Claude: “I think I’m missing the voice command file, can you add them from https://github.com/derek-larson14/feed-the-beast”
Try It
Capture a voice note about whatever’s on your mind. Run /voice from your computer, and see how Claude routes the thoughts.
Bonus: Meeting Notes → Action Items
If you use Granola for meeting notes, you can sync them into your workspace and let Claude process them.
Setup:
- Install the Granola Sync plugin: obsidian-granola-sync
- Meeting notes will sync to a folder in your workspace
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/meetingto search them
Alternative: Direct to Obsidian
If you don’t use iCloud, you can save voice notes directly to Obsidian:
- Install Obsidian on your phone with sync enabled (Obsidian Sync, or your preferred method)
- In Obsidian mobile: Settings → Community Plugins → Browse → “Advanced URI” → Install → Enable
- Add this shortcut: Voice to Obsidian
- Confirm the vault name matches (default: “claude-workspace”)
Tradeoff: You’ll need to wait for Obsidian to load each time. The iCloud approach is faster because it writes to a file without opening an app