Apple Voice Memos FAQs

Name: Apple Voice Memos
Author: jwulff

Question 1

How can AI assistants benefit from this tool?

Accepted Answer

AI assistants can leverage this tool to list, retrieve details, access audio, and extract or generate transcripts of your voice memos. This allows them to process, analyze, and respond to your spoken content, enhancing capabilities like summarization, Q&A, and task automation based on your recordings.

Question 2

What core features does it offer for voice memos?

Accepted Answer

Key features include listing all voice memos with metadata, getting detailed information for specific recordings, accessing audio file paths or base64 data, extracting transcripts stored by Apple within audio files, and generating new transcripts using Apple's SFSpeechRecognizer technology.

Question 3

How does it handle voice memo transcripts?

Accepted Answer

It can extract transcripts that Apple automatically stores within the `.m4a` audio files (on supported macOS versions). For memos without an existing transcript, or on older macOS versions, it can generate new transcripts on demand using Apple's built-in SFSpeechRecognizer, supporting various languages.

Question 4

What is Apple Voice Memos MCP Server?

Accepted Answer

The Apple Voice Memos MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server provides programmatic access to your Apple Voice Memos on macOS. It enables AI assistants, such as Claude, to interact with your voice recordings by acting as a bridge to the Voice Memos app data.

Question 5

What are the system requirements and necessary permissions?

Accepted Answer

This tool requires macOS Sonoma (14.0) or later (Sequoia recommended for transcription) and Node.js 18+. For permissions, Full Disk Access is essential to read the Voice Memos database, and Speech Recognition permission will be prompted when using the transcription feature.

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