AirPods × Obsidian — Practice

From AirPods through Siri
Capture in Obsidian

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The spoken phrases below are Japanese examples. Check the language set for Siri and the shortcuts registered on your device.

While walking or doing housework, leave iPhone in your pocket or bag. Say “Hey Siri、シンプルメモで残す” to AirPods, then dictate the note when prompted to send it to your email and Obsidian daily note. Depending on the device's lock-screen settings and state, you may be asked to unlock it or interact with the screen. This practical guide uses screenshots from a real device to explain setup and common stumbling points, including the initial stem-press settings and the exact spoken phrase.

Author: AI ATAKA ・ Published: August 20, 2026 ・ Procedures and screenshots have been confirmed on the actual machine (same as the in-app guide)

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SIMPLEMEMO / iPHONE

SimpleMemo's in-app information screen

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Just talk about what you have to do

If you have set it, the daily operation is this 2 turn. The app won't open. Depending on the locked settings and the state of the terminal, you may be asked to unlock or operate the screen.

🎧 You “Hey Siri、シンプルメモで残す”

Siri "What do you want to write down?"

🎧 You"I'll stop by the pharmacy in front of the station tomorrow morning"

Siri(transmission completed)

The 1 line you said will be passed to the transmission processing of the app. In normal mode, sending to usual email inbox and adding to Obsidian's daily note are different routes, so please check both after the completion guide of Siri. Since the adding to the repository is done as writing a file to the folder selected by the app on iPhone, the plug-in on the Obsidian side is not required (the target folder on the terminal and the writing permission are required). If the email cannot be sent out of range, save it in an encrypted transmission queue and try to resend it after communication is restored. The Siri call and voice recognition itself may not be available outside the range.

SIRI specifications - I can't say the password and text all at once

You cannot combine the command and the note into one utterance, such as “シンプルメモで残す, pharmacy tomorrow”. Siri first asks what you want to note, so Call → 2 turn in the text. Once you get used to this rhythm, it also makes correcting what you say easier.

Setting is 3 steps (first time only)

Complete the initial setup of the app
Authenticate the destination email and make it possible to send it normally once. It may take a few minutes to register the password for Siri immediately after installation, so please launch the app once and wait a little before trying. Compatible OS is iOS 16.4 or later.
Turn on Obsidian Collaboration
If you select the storage folder of Obsidian from the settings of the app, the notes you sent will be automatically added to the daily note. If you don't have a storage room yet, start from Obsidian. The details of the setting procedure can be found on the Obsidian link explanation page.
Make it possible to call Siri from AirPods
If you call "Hey Siri" by voice, no additional settings are required. If you want to call by pressing and holding the stem, please check the initial setting trap in the following paragraph.

There is a guide with the same content in the app. The screen of the actual machine is this 6. Expressions such as "iPhone is still in the pocket" and "arrive at the same time" in the image do not guarantee operation in all terminal states. The conditions during the lock and the fact that the mail and the vault are different routes are as shown in the text.

In-app guide 1: From AirPods to Obsidian. — Obsidian, talk, email flow diagram. iPhone is still in your pocket, and it will arrive with a single password — 1 Overall picture (Obsidian・Talking・Email)

In-app guide 2: First, call Siri - "Hey Siri" is certain. AirPods Pro・AirPods 4 The default setting for long pressing the stem is noise control, so change it from the setting — 2. How to call Siri (the sure one is "Hey Siri")

In-app guide 3: use “シンプルメモで残す” — correct: “シンプルメモで残す”; incorrect: “シンプルメモにメモ”. Once Siri responds, say the phrase as shown. — 3. Use the phrase “シンプルメモで残す”

In-app guide 4: "What do you want to note?" Just answer - 2 turn conversation example with Siri. The content we talked about becomes the text as it is, and the app does not open — 4. 2 Completed with a turn conversation

In-app guide 5: Email and Obsidian arrive at the same time - to your usual inbox, automatically added to your daily note, and will not disappear even if you are out of range — 5. The delivery address is email and daily note

In-app guide 6: Check only one 3 - Authentication of the destination email, Obsidian linkage, turn on Siri in the shortcut app — 6. Pre-confirmation is only 3

Points and constraints that are easy to stumble - know first

The 1 — AirPods Pro, AirPods 4 stem long press is not Siri in the default setting

AirPods Pro (1 and 2 generation) and AirPods 4 (with noise cancellation) have the default setting of long-press stem"Switching noise control". If you press and hold, it will make a sound, but the Siri will not start. To fix Settings → Bluetooth → i of your AirPods → "Operation when pressed long" → Siri. There are settings for each left and right, so it is certain to set both to Siri. If you don't want to change the settings, you can do the same by calling "Hey Siri".

That 2 - Try the phrase of the password from "leave with ~"

「シンプルメモにメモ” may be interpreted by Siri as a command for iPhone's built-in Notes, so the note may not arrive. “シンプルメモに送信” brings up a choice involving the Messages app. Saying only the name, “SimpleMemo”, merely opened the app in our real-device test in 8 / 2026 on iOS 26 and AirPods Pro. The phrase that worked in this test was 「Hey Siri、シンプルメモで残す」. The current version may not interpret this the same way on every device, so check whether Siri prompts you for the note text.

The 3 - The entity of the write is on the iPhone side

AirPods only carries the call and microphone of Siri, and the additional notes to the daily notePaired app on iPhonewill do it. Therefore, it is assumed that iPhone is at hand (within the range of Bluetooth). The reason why you can't write from Apple Watch to Obsidian alone and the workaround isExplanation on a separate page.

Let me write on the iPhone in my pocket

When you think of it, talk to Siri from AirPods. You can pass the same 1 line to the email and the daily notebook of Obsidian. The download is free.

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