SpeakribeDictation for Obsidian
Obsidian keeps your notes as local files on purpose. A dictation tool that uploads your voice to transcribe it would quietly undo that. Speakribe is the matching half: local app, local notes, local transcription.
Why it helps here
People choose Obsidian specifically to avoid a cloud, then reach for whatever dictation is convenient and hand the same thoughts to a transcription service. The privacy property is only as good as the weakest tool in the chain.
Local end to end
Your vault stays on disk and your voice stays on the machine. No part of the chain reaches a server.
Markdown comes out clean
You get punctuated prose that drops straight into a note; Obsidian's own syntax and shortcuts work on it as usual.
Fast capture
The point of a daily note is catching the thought before it goes. A shortcut and a sentence is about as low-friction as capture gets.
Things people say into Obsidian
- “Daily note. Spent the morning on the migration plan, still unsure about the rollback path.”
- “Idea: a weekly review template that pulls in anything tagged follow-up from the last seven days.”
- “Book notes: the argument is that constraints improve creative output, with three studies cited.”
- “Link this to the note on caching strategies, they're making the same point from different directions.”
Questions people actually ask
- Does anything leave my machine?
- No. Transcription runs on your Mac and Speakribe has no server or account, which keeps a local-first vault genuinely local.
- Can I dictate wiki links and tags?
- Speakribe writes prose rather than syntax. Add links and tags with Obsidian's own shortcuts once the text is down.
- Does it work in the editor and in the quick switcher?
- Any focused text field, so yes to both.
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