Audio Brief by Monolithos
silas-zhen4 downloadsTransform your notes into AI-powered podcast briefings. Deep analysis, boardroom summaries, quick briefs, and roast-style commentary — all generated from your vault.
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Turn your notes into podcasts. One click.
Your research paper becomes a 12-minute detective duo dissecting every argument. Your business plan becomes a boardroom debate between two brutal advisors. Your journal becomes a comedy roast that makes you laugh at your own existential crisis.
This is not text-to-speech. This is AI-generated conversation with personality, drama, and insight.
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What It Does
Select any note in your vault. Choose a mode. Press TRANSMIT. Audio Brief generates a full podcast-style conversation — two AI hosts analyzing, debating, and riffing on your content.
The audio plays right inside Obsidian. Download it. Listen on your commute.
Share it with your team. A full transcript auto-saves as .md in your vault.
Four Modes
| Mode | Vibe | Typical Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Trace | Intellectual detective duo. BBC meets true crime. | 8-12 min |
| The Boardroom | HBO Succession energy. High-stakes strategic debate. | 6-10 min |
| The Roast | Comedy podcast. Sharp, witty, surprisingly insightful. | 4-10 min |
| The Briefing | Solo intelligence brief. Cold. Precise. CIA morning dispatch. | 3-7 min |
Duration depends on the length and richness of your source notes. Longer, more detailed notes produce deeper conversations.
10 Languages
🇺🇸 English · 🇨🇳 简体中文 · 🇹🇼 繁體中文 · 🇯🇵 日本語 · 🇰🇷 한국어 🇫🇷 Français · 🇩🇪 Deutsch · 🇪🇸 Español · 🇧🇷 Português · 🇸🇦 العربية
Try It Free
5 free generations. Full Pro quality. No credit card.
Register at audio.monolithos.ai to get your trial key.
After that: $9.90/month for 30 generations + 5 Mastered (Pro-quality) generations per month.
Your notes stay local. Your vault is never uploaded. Audio Brief only sends the content of selected notes to generate the podcast — nothing else.
Install
From Obsidian Community Plugins
- Open Settings → Community Plugins → Browse
- Search "Audio Brief"
- Install and enable
- Enter your API key in plugin settings
Manual Install
- Download the latest release from Releases
- Extract to
your-vault/.obsidian/plugins/audio-brief/ - Enable in Settings → Community Plugins
How It Works
Your Note → AI Script Generation → Professional Voice Synthesis → Audio in Vault
- Select one or more notes as source material
- Choose your podcast mode
- Choose output language
- Press TRANSMIT
- Listen. Download. Share.
Processing takes 2-8 minutes depending on content length and mode.
A transcript is automatically saved as a .md file in your vault.
Voice Cast
| Voice | Character |
|---|---|
| Puck | The Analyst — neutral, logical, surgical clarity |
| Kore | The Intellectual — warm, BBC-narrator gravitas |
| Fenrir | The Executive — deep, commanding, boardroom authority |
| Charon | The Cynic — magnetic, sardonic, devastatingly dry |
| Aoede | The Entertainer — electric energy, infectious enthusiasm |
How Audio Brief Compares
| Audio Brief | NotebookLM | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs in Obsidian | ✅ | ❌ Cloud only |
| Your data stays local | ✅ | ❌ Uploaded to Google |
| Multiple personalities | 4 distinct modes | 1 generic style |
| 10 languages | ✅ Native quality | English-only quality |
| Vault integration | ✅ Direct file access | ❌ Manual upload |
| Transcript saved | ✅ Auto .md in vault | ❌ |
| Custom direction | ✅ Guide the conversation | ❌ |
Pricing
Audio Brief is a standalone plugin with its own subscription. Or get it included as part of the Monolithos suite.
| Tier | What You Get | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | 5 Pro-quality generations | Free |
| Signal | 30 generations/month + 5 Mastered (Pro) | $9.90/month |
| Monolithos Core | Audio Brief Pro included alongside Chat, Crystallization, Presentations | from $39/month |
Built by Monolithos
Audio Brief is part of Monolithos — a family of AI companion tools for local-first thinking. Other modules include Chat, Synapse, Forge Crystal, and Gamma Forge.
Support
- Issues: GitHub Issues
- Community: Obsidian Discord
- Email: [email protected]
Chaos is the fabric. Order is the cut.