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Speech Kit

Offline and private speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and translation for desktop notes. Dictate notes, transcribe meetings, and more. NVIDIA, Whisper, and natural voices running on your machine. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.

The above warnings are based on limited information and might not always be accurate.

Data

IDlocal-dictation
AuthorAlexander Brittain
Minimum Obsidian Version1.11.5
Official Release Date2026-05-16
Last update2026-10-03

Last Refresh

Obsidian Stats last refreshed the data behind this page on Oct 27, 2026.

Community plugin snapshotOct 26, 2026
Repository clonelast successful checkout Oct 7, 2026
Release acquisitionrelease metadata checked Oct 7, 2026; latest main.js acquired

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Changes

DateChanged PropertyOld ValueNew Value
2026-05-16Plugin Added
2026-05-16Plugin Removed
2026-05-19Plugin Re-Added
2026-05-19descriptionThis plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Dictate notes privately on-device with Whisper, Cohere Transcribe, Silero VAD, and optional Ollama LLM cleanup.This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Dictate notes with Whisper or Cohere Transcribe; clean up with a local Ollama model. Private, on-device speech-to-text for Obsidian.
2026-06-08Plugin Removed
2026-06-08Plugin Re-Added
2026-06-10Plugin Removed
2026-06-11Plugin Re-Added
2026-06-14Plugin Removed
2026-06-15Plugin Re-Added
2026-06-15descriptionThis plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Dictate notes with Whisper or Cohere Transcribe; clean up with a local Ollama model. Private, on-device speech-to-text for Obsidian.Dictate notes with Whisper or Cohere Transcribe; clean up with a local Ollama model. Private, on-device speech-to-text for Obsidian. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.
2026-07-10descriptionDictate notes with Whisper or Cohere Transcribe; clean up with a local Ollama model. Private, on-device speech-to-text for Obsidian. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.Private, offline speech-to-text, voice typing, and meeting transcription. Dictate notes live or transcribe calls and system audio with Whisper, speaker labels, timestamps, and optional AI cleanup. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.
2026-07-12Plugin Removed
2026-07-12Plugin Re-Added
2026-07-17Plugin Removed
2026-07-17Plugin Re-Added
2026-07-20Plugin Removed
2026-07-20Plugin Re-Added
2026-07-20descriptionPrivate, offline speech-to-text, voice typing, and meeting transcription. Dictate notes live or transcribe calls and system audio with Whisper, speaker labels, timestamps, and optional AI cleanup. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.Local speech-to-text and text-to-speech for notes and meetings. Dictate live, transcribe microphone and system audio with Whisper and other models, add speaker labels and timestamps, shape transcripts - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.
2026-07-29Plugin Removed
2026-07-29Plugin Re-Added
2026-07-29nameLocal DictationSpeech Kit
2026-07-29descriptionLocal speech-to-text and text-to-speech for notes and meetings. Dictate live, transcribe microphone and system audio with Whisper and other models, add speaker labels and timestamps, shape transcripts - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.Local speech-to-text, dictation, meeting transcription, translation, and text-to-speech for desktop notes. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.
2026-07-31descriptionLocal speech-to-text, dictation, meeting transcription, translation, and text-to-speech for desktop notes. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.Offline and private speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and translation for desktop notes. Dictate notes, transcribe meetings, and more. NVIDIA, Whisper, and natural voices running on your machine. - This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff.
2026-08-15Plugin Removed
2026-08-20Plugin Re-Added
2026-08-20repobrittain9/local-dictation-obsidian-pluginbrittain9/speech-kit-obsidian-plugin
2026-09-27Plugin Removed
2026-09-28Plugin Re-Added

Repository Data

LicenseMIT in package.json
MIT in LICENSE file
Package Managernpm
Uses TypescriptYes
Installed Bundlersesbuild
Installed Testing FrameworksVitest
Has Test FilesYes
Latest Release main.js Size1.15 MB
Detected ES VersionES2022
Probably MinifiedYes
main.js API Findings20 disclosures
Uses BRAT beta releasesNo
DependenciesNone
Dev Dependencies@biomejs/biome, @codemirror/state, @codemirror/view, @eslint/js, @eslint/json, @types/node, @typescript-eslint/parser, @typescript/native, esbuild, eslint, eslint-plugin-obsidianmd, obsidian, obsidian-floor, tslib, typescript, typescript-eslint, vitest

main.js API Findings

These findings come directly from Glass Lint's JavaScript and Obsidian rule catalogs applied to the latest release main.js. The confidence column is Glass Lint's definite/possible match certainty.

DisclosureRule Descriptions
Archive Or CompressionUses archive or compression libraries
Clipboard AccessWrites clipboard data
Codemirror IntegrationUses CodeMirror extension primitives
Cryptographic OperationsUses cryptographic operations
Editor BehaviorRegisters editor extensions
Electron Api AccessUses Electron APIs, Uses Electron shell APIs
Lifecycle EventsRegisters Obsidian lifecycle events
Network AccessConstructs or references URLs, References authorization or user-agent headers, References private-network addresses, Uses Node HTTP modules, Uses Obsidian request APIs, Uses browser network request APIs
Node Filesystem AccessUses Node filesystem and path APIs
Obsidian Config AccessReferences .obsidian configuration paths
Permission Sensitive Browser ApiUses browser media capture
Platform BranchingChecks Obsidian platform flags
Plugin Storage AccessReads or writes app-scoped storage and secrets, Reads plugin data, Writes plugin data
Private Network AccessReferences private-network addresses
Process Or Shell AccessReads Node process environment or platform metadata, Starts Node subprocesses
User Interface AccessRegisters Obsidian views, Registers plugin settings UI, Registers ribbon icons, Registers status bar items, Uses Obsidian menus, Uses Obsidian modal UI, Uses Obsidian notices
Vault AccessAccesses Obsidian vault APIs
Worker UsageStarts or loads background JavaScript
Workspace AccessRegisters Obsidian workspace events
Workspace LayoutManages workspace leaves
FindingTypeConfidenceEvidence
Starts or loads background JavaScriptWarningDefiniteconstructor of "Worker"
Uses Electron shell APIsWarningDefinitemember_call of "electron"
Starts Node subprocessesWarningDefiniteimport of "node:child_process" (3), member_call of "node:child_process" (2)
Reads or writes app-scoped storage and secretsWarningDefinitemember_call of "app.secretStorage.getSecret" (2), member_call of "app.secretStorage.setSecret"
Writes clipboard dataInfoDefinitemember_call of "navigator.clipboard.writeText" (3)
Uses browser media captureInfoDefinitemember_call of "navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices"
Uses browser network request APIsInfoDefinitecall of "fetch"
Uses Electron APIsInfoDefiniteimport of "electron"
References authorization or user-agent headersInfoDefinitestring_contains of "user-agent", string_contains of "User-Agent", string_contains of "api-key" (2)
References private-network addressesInfoDefinitestring_contains of "private network address" (11)
Constructs or references URLsInfoDefinitemember_call of "URL.createObjectURL" (2), member_call of "URL.revokeObjectURL" (2), string_contains of "https://" (8), constructor of "URL" (10), string_contains of "http://" (4)
Uses archive or compression librariesInfoDefiniteimport of "node:zlib"
Uses cryptographic operationsInfoDefiniteimport of "node:crypto" (8), member_call of "node:crypto"
Uses Node filesystem and path APIsInfoDefiniteimport of "node:fs/promises" (6), call of "node:fs/promises.open", member_call of "node:fs/promises" (33), call of "node:fs/promises.rm" (11), call of "node:fs/promises.stat" (3), import of "node:fs", call of "node:fs.readFileSync", member_call of "node:fs", call of "node:fs/promises.readFile" (4), call of "node:fs/promises.mkdir" (4), call of "node:fs/promises.writeFile" (3), call of "node:fs/promises.rename" (6), call of "node:fs/promises.readdir"
Uses Node HTTP modulesInfoDefiniteimport of "node:https" (2), import of "node:http" (2)
Reads Node process environment or platform metadataInfoDefinitemember_read of "process.platform" (13), member_read of "process.env" (5), member_read of "process.arch" (5)
Uses CodeMirror extension primitivesInfoDefiniteimport of "@codemirror/state" (5), import of "@codemirror/view" (5)
Registers editor extensionsInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Plugin" (5)
Registers Obsidian lifecycle eventsInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Plugin"
Uses Obsidian request APIsInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian" (2)
Checks Obsidian platform flagsInfoDefinitemember_read of "obsidian" (26)
Reads plugin dataInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Plugin" (2)
Writes plugin dataInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Plugin" (2)
Uses Obsidian menusInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Menu" (3)
Uses Obsidian modal UIInfoDefiniteclass of "obsidian.Modal" (16)
Uses Obsidian noticesInfoDefiniteconstructor of "obsidian.Notice"
Registers ribbon iconsInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Plugin"
Registers plugin settings UIInfoDefiniteclass of "obsidian.PluginSettingTab", member_call of "obsidian.Plugin"
Registers status bar itemsInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Plugin" (3)
Accesses Obsidian vault APIsInfoDefinitemember_read of "app.vault" (2)
References .obsidian configuration pathsInfoDefinitemember_read of "app.vault.configDir"
Registers Obsidian viewsInfoDefinitemember_call of "obsidian.Plugin"
Registers Obsidian workspace eventsInfoPossiblemember_call of "app.workspace.on"
Manages workspace leavesInfoDefinitemember_call of "app.workspace.getLeavesOfType" (3), member_call of "app.workspace.getLeftLeaf"

The above data may not be accurate and contain errors. For more information refer to the page about data collection.

Lines of Code

The plugin has a total of 112327 lines of code. The following chart shows the lines of code split by programming language.

Downloads

The following chart shows the total number of downloads of the plugin over time. The second chart shows the delta of downloads per week, which is the number of new downloads per week. New version releases are marked with vertical lines.

Version History

VersionRelease DateNote
2026.5.162026-06-16None
2026.5.192026-05-21None
2026.5.202026-05-21Released while not listed
2026.5.232026-05-24None
2026.5.242026-05-24None
2026.6.72026-06-16None
2026.6.82026-06-10None
2026.6.92026-06-10None
2026.6.102026-06-12Released while not listed
2026.6.112026-06-16None
2026.7.12026-07-07None
2026.7.22026-07-08None
2026.7.32026-07-12None
2026.7.42026-07-14None
2026.7.52026-08-05None
2026.7.62026-08-05None
2026.7.72026-07-19None
2026.7.82026-07-19None
2026.7.92026-08-05None
2026.7.102026-07-22None
2026.7.112026-08-05None
2026.7.122026-07-29None
2026.7.132026-07-31None
2026.8.02026-08-05None
2026.8.12026-08-07None
2026.8.22026-08-09None
2026.8.32026-08-22None
2026.8.42026-08-22None
2026.8.52026-08-23None
2026.8.62026-08-25None
2026.8.72026-08-29None
2026.9.12026-09-09None
2026.9.22026-09-21None
2026.9.32026-09-29None
2026.9.42026-10-02None
2026.10.12026-10-04None

Blacklisted versions are versions that are known to cause major issues or contain security concerns and have thus been blacklisted by the Obsidian team. Obsidian will disable plugins on startup whose installed version is blacklisted. Released while not listed versions happened outside the period where the plugin was present in the community plugin list and are excluded from aggregate release statistics.