This tutorial guides you through the process of setting up a sync between AudioPen and Obsidian.

This tutorial goes with the post The Third Brain where I go into details about why you might want to try this.

I didn't make AudioPen, nor did I make Obsidian. But I made a little plugin and service that automatically syncs AudioPen notes to Obsidian.

If you're a Notion user, I made another tutorial explaining how you can sync AudioPen with Notion using Make.com.

Table of Contents

1. Prerequisites
2. Setting up the plugin
3. Step by step instructions
4. Customisation

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, ensure you have the following:

• An Obsidian Vault of your own choosing
  • Download Obsidian
• (Optional) Obsidian Sync to get the notes both on desktop and mobile
  • Get Sync
• A paid AudioPen account
  • Sign up for AudioPen at audiopen.ai

Once you have all these accounts set up, you're ready to begin the integration process.

Setting up the plugin

1. Install the Obsidian AudioPen Sync plugin from the community plugins directory.
2. Go to https://audiopen-obsidian.web.app to sign up for the service
3. Generate a login token
4. Use the token to log in the AudioPen Sync plugin settings in Obsidian
5. Set the folder to save the AudioPen notes to (and other settings if needed)
6. Add the webhook URL to AudioPen

And you're ready to go!

Step by step instructions

1. Install the Obsidian AudioPen Sync plugin

• Search for AudioPen Sync under community plugins, or click here.
• Click Install, then Enable

2. Sign up for the Sync Service

• Go to https://audiopen-obsidian.web.app
• Sign in with any Google account (let me know if you need another login)
• The sync service is free, donations to cover the server costs are welcome.

3. Generate a Login Token

• Click the big blue button that says Generate Obsidian Login Token
• Click on the token that's been generated to copy it

4. Log in the AudioPen Sync Plugin in Obsidian

• Go to Obsidian
• Open the Settings and navigate to the AudioPen Sync tab.
• Paste the login token and click Login

5. Select the folder for AudioPen notes

• Create a folder in your vault where you want your AudioPen notes stored
• I like + Inbox/AudioPen, you can call it anything that works for you.
  • + Inbox will always be on top of the folder list, because of the +
  • The subfolder AudioPen makes it easy to find the voice notes
  • The + Inbox folder holds all my new notes before I organize them
• Select that folder you made in the AudioPen Sync plugin settings

6. Add the webhook to AudioPen

• Go back to https://audiopen-obsidian.web.app
• Find your Webhook URL

The webhook URL looks like this: https://europe-west1-audiopen-obsidian.cloudfunctions.net/webhook/ab97f2f036a143f5d3555e5fc3f4e833

• Navigate to AudioPen
• Make sure you're logged in
• Click the settings icon at the top right of the screen:

• Scroll down to the section Beta Program and enable the toggle
• In the Integrations section, click Set up integrations

• Add your webhook URL:
  • as an automatic webhook
  • (optionally) as a manual trigger, if you want to be able to update notes manually

Customisation

You can create custom templates for your notes in Obsidian. If you have made Obsidian templates before, it should be easy. customising your template allows you to do almost anything with your AudioPen notes.

For detailed instructions, refer to:

• Readme on Github
• AudioPen Sync page in Obsidian Community Plugins

I didn't make AudioPen, I just really love it. If you sign up to AudioPen with an affiliate link from this article, I'll get a little kickback at no cost to you.