Vox.md vs Talk Memo

Vox.md is a local-first quick capture app for Obsidian vaults and Markdown folders. Send text, links, photos, files, document scans, sketches, and voice to the right note without stopping to organize first. CAPTURE MORE THAN VOICE Add typed Markdown, a URL, photos or screenshots, files, a document scanner with on-device OCR, a sketch, or a voice recording. Combine several items in one capture, preview the result, then save it as plain Markdown. SEND IT WHERE IT BELONGS Capture Presets remember the destination and formatting for workflows such as your inbox, journal, task list, or meeting notes. Create a note, append or prepend to an existing file, insert beneath a heading, or write to rolling daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly notes. Each preset can keep its own template, metadata, attachment folder, filename rules, placement, and processing preferences. Override a destination or template for one capture without changing the preset. CAPTURE FROM MORE PLACES Use Vox.md from the app, Share Sheet, custom keyboard, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Shortcuts, or Apple Watch. Pending and failed deliveries remain available for retry, so a temporary folder permission or sync issue does not lose your work. PRIVATE VOICE TRANSCRIPTION Transcribe speech into text on your device with Apple Speech, Whisper, or Parakeet, depending on your settings and device. Audio and transcripts are never sent to Vox.md servers. Use offline dictation and voice typing from the custom keyboard, record on Apple Watch, or export transcripts as TXT, Markdown, JSON, or YAML. PLAIN FILES, NO LOCK-IN Vox.md writes standard Markdown to the folders and Obsidian vaults you choose. You do not need an account or a proprietary notes database. Your files remain readable in any Markdown app. FREE TO TRY New users receive 15 minutes of free transcription and 10 successful Capture deliveries. A single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited use. There is no recurring subscription. PRIVACY Capture contents, exported notes, audio, transcripts, keystrokes, file paths, and bookmarks are not sent to Vox.md servers. Vox.md collects limited, privacy-safe onboarding analytics to understand setup problems. Microphone, camera, photo, and file access are used only when you choose those capture types.

A good idea hits while you're out running. You stop, dig out your phone, type it. By the time you start running again, the flow is gone. That's why this exists. Talk Memo turns one tap on your Apple Watch into a transcribed memo on your iPhone. Lift your wrist, speak, lower it. That's it. No phone, no fuss. Pay once, use forever. No subscriptions. No accounts. Your voice never leaves your device. — How it works Tap your Watch screen — the red button starts recording. Tap again to stop. The recording slips over to your iPhone, where on-device speech recognition turns it into text. Memos stack up in chronological order. — Four ways to launch from your wrist · Action Button (Apple Watch Ultra) — one press of the orange button · Watch face complication — works with any face you like · Dock favorites — side button, tap · Siri / Shortcuts — voice command or automation — Send it where you actually keep your notes I keep mine in Notion. Built this so anyone using any notes app could route their memos cleanly. · iOS Share Sheet — Messages, Mail, Slack, anywhere · Notion API — direct page creation in your database · Obsidian — markdown straight into your vault · Bear — one tap, note created — iPhone and iPad together Memos sync automatically over iCloud. Record on iPhone + Apple Watch, then read or export them on iPad in any app you like. Your Notion and Obsidian setup also follows you across devices on the same Apple ID. — Speech recognition in your language The app picks a recognition language that matches your device — Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, and 50+ more languages Apple supports out of the box. Override it from Settings any time. — Privacy Recording and transcription both happen on-device. Memos sync across your Apple devices through your own iCloud account — never through our servers. We collect anonymous usage analytics to improve the app — it never includes your voice or memo text. Notion integration runs through your own API key, talking to Notion's servers under your control. — Made for · Runners, walkers, drivers — anyone whose ideas come while moving · Notion and Obsidian users curating their note systems · Apple Watch wearers who want voice capture straight from the wrist · People who'd rather pay once than subscribe forever