This is a plugin that uses the Whisper AI integration to transcribe audio into text with high fidelity. Great for taking notes while on mobile, etc.

This plugin requires your own OpenAI API key. This means that you will be charged by OpenAI based on your usage. Get your API key and use the plugin settings page to enter the value before you start using the plugin.

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First time you use the plugin, invoke it with Quick Open with Ctrl-O or Cmd-O by typing in "Voice notes"

Then, you can either:

Invoke it again with Quick Open, in which case recording will start automatically

Or open the plugin from the left-handside sidebar, where you can click the button to start recording.

When recording voice notes on mobile, the plugin must be in view and regardless of platform, you cannot navigate away from the plugin page (eg. to Notes mode, calendar, etc.)

There are limits to the file size accepted by Whisper, so note that longer recordings might be rejected.

Development notes: please read about Transient Activation to learn about various issues this plugin might encounter, especially on mobile, especially in contexts where the window/embed is not in focus. One such example is that writing stuff to the clibpoard is a gated API, which means that it cannot happen if the user wasn't recently active on the page

Changelog:

March 23rd, 2026

Produce summary and tasks in the same language as the transcript

September 24th, 2025:

Keep screen on (for longer) on mobile when recording

Might not work when power-saving modes are enabled

September 19th, 2025:

Files are no longer uploaded to a server for conversion

September 1st, 2025:

Better support for creating task properties

Change OpenAI model from the plugin settings page

Change the destination tag for resulting notes from the plugin settings page

UI that lets you choose model, OpenAI key and destination note tag on first run.

August 31st, 2025:

Misc fixes

July 30th, 2025

(Plugin will now work on Android following Amplenote mobile client fixes)

Plugin now works fullscreen and pins itself in the sidebar

Voice notes are now sent to OpenAI for summarization

Resulting tasks will have Amplenote properties applied to them, if any are deduced

Recording starts automatically when starting plugin with Quick Open Ctrl-O or Cmd-O

November 7th, 2024:

Fix an issue where longer recordings would not be processed (due to user not interacting with the page for a longer time)

No longer add transcription to the clipboard