automating-voice-memos

What problem does it solve?

Automates Apple Voice Memos on macOS by exporting recordings and retrieving transcripts without fragile AppleScript dictionary support.

Core Features & Use Cases

• UI-first automation for exports and transcript access: Drives the Voice Memos interface via System Events and keyboard shortcuts to avoid direct container/database writes.
• Optional data-layer access: Uses filesystem and SQLite/Core Data inspection to locate recordings (e.g., CloudRecordings.db) when you need batch export or richer control.
• Safe post-processing workflow: Supports exporting audio first and then trimming/enhancing with external tools like ffmpeg instead of writing back into the container.

Use case: You want to export a set of Voice Memos and turn available transcripts into .txt files for editing or later search, while minimizing permissions and avoiding direct database manipulation.

Quick Start

Ask the AI: Automate Voice Memos export and write the selected memo transcript to a text file on my Desktop.