Voice Note Transcriber → Obsidian

Fetch voice-note emails from IMAP, transcribe audio attachments with OpenAI

Whisper, and save the result as a fleeting note in your Obsidian vault.

Quick start

python3 {skillDir}/scripts/transcribe_voice_notes.py

Configuration

Set environment variables (or let the skill read from OpenClaw config):

OpenClaw config example

{
  skills: {
    "voice-note-transcriber": {
      obsidianVaultPath: "/home/user/Documents/MyVault",
      fleetingFolder: "0-Inbox",
      emailProvider: "gmail",
      subjectKeyword: "Voice Note",
      markEmailRead: true,
    },
  },
}

What it does

1. Connects to IMAP and fetches unread emails whose subject contains the

configured keyword.

1. Downloads audio attachments (.mp3, .wav, .m4a, .webm, .ogg,

.flac) to a temp directory.

1. Transcribes each attachment via the OpenAI Whisper API (whisper-1).
2. Writes a Markdown note with YAML frontmatter to the vault's fleeting

folder.

1. Optionally marks the source email as read.

Output note format

---
tags:
  - type/transcript
  - source/voice-note
date: 2025-05-12
email_subject: "Voice Note — weekly recap"
email_from: sender@example.com
---

# Voice Note Transcript — 2025-05-12

## Transcript

(transcribed text here)

## Source

- **Subject:** Voice Note — weekly recap
- **From:** sender@example.com
- **Date:** Mon, 12 May 2025 08:00:00 +0800

Troubleshooting

Publishing to ClawHub

clawhub publish ~/.openclaw/skills/voice-note-transcriber \
  --slug voice-note-transcriber \
  --name "Voice Note Transcriber" \
  --version 1.0.0 \
  --changelog "Initial release"