Voice Note Tool

The create_voice_note tool opens the voice recording interface in Atlas, letting you capture a spoken note that gets transcribed, optionally summarized, and saved to your vault. It’s the fastest way to get ideas out of your head without typing.

Note

Voice notes require a Talk plan or an active free trial. The feature uses the Atlas cloud backend to transcribe audio via OpenAI Whisper.

create_voice_note

Opens the voice recording interface so you can speak a note. Once you stop recording, Atlas transcribes your speech, optionally summarizes it, and saves it as a note in your vault.

Key parameters:

• topic — an optional topic hint to pre-populate the note title or help with summarization (e.g., "project meeting", "book notes")

Try saying:

• “Start a voice note”
• “I want to record a voice note”
• “Open voice recording”
• “Create a voice note about the Henderson project”
• “Take a voice note — I have some ideas I want to capture”

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What Happens When You Record

1. The recording interface opens — a microphone button appears in the chat area. Click it to start recording.
2. Speak naturally — there’s no time limit for short notes. For longer recordings (30+ minutes), Atlas automatically splits the audio into chunks to ensure accurate transcription.
3. Stop recording — click the button again or let silence detection stop it.
4. Transcription runs — your audio is sent to the Atlas cloud backend and transcribed via OpenAI Whisper.
5. Review the transcript — the transcribed text appears in the chat. You can read through it and make corrections before saving.
6. Optional summary — Atlas can generate a summary with key points and action items extracted from your spoken note.
7. Save to vault — the transcript (and summary if requested) is saved as a markdown note in your vault.

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What Gets Saved

The saved voice note includes:

• Title — based on the topic you provided or auto-generated from the content
• Full transcript — the complete transcribed text
• Summary — (optional) a condensed version with key points
• Action items — (optional) tasks extracted from the recording, ready to add to your task list
• Metadata — recording date and duration in the frontmatter

Try saying after recording:

• “Summarize this voice note”
• “Extract the action items from that recording”
• “Save this as a note in my Projects folder”
• “Create tasks from the action items in this voice note”

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Tips for Good Voice Notes

• State the topic early — opening with “This is about the Henderson project kickoff” helps Atlas title and organize the note correctly.
• Speak clearly and at a natural pace — Whisper handles accents and natural speech well, but very fast speech or heavy background noise may reduce accuracy.
• Pause between topics — natural pauses make it easier for Atlas to structure the transcript into sections.
• Review before saving — take a moment to scan the transcript for any mis-transcribed words before committing it to your vault.

Tip

Voice notes are great for capturing long-form thoughts you wouldn’t want to type — post-meeting brain dumps, book reflections, thinking through a complex problem out loud. They’re also useful when your hands are busy but you have something to capture.

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Voice Mode vs. Voice Notes

These are two different features:

Feature	What it does
Voice Mode	Two-way voice conversation with Atlas (you speak, Atlas speaks back). Push-to-talk or wake word.
Voice Note	One-way recording that gets transcribed and saved as a note.

Voice notes are for capturing content. Voice mode is for having a hands-free conversation. Both require a Talk plan.

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