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Voice-to-Task Capture

Say a thought out loud and it becomes a dated, tagged task.

Beginner8h1–2 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Voice-to-Task Capture for busy students and professionals in ~8h with 1–2 people. Stack: Whisper + LLM + Next.js + Local storage.

Why it wins: Ten-second capture is a tangible productivity win.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Ideas and to-dos get lost because opening a task app and typing takes too long.
02 · Solution
Record a short voice note, transcribe it and let an LLM extract task, due date, priority and project, then add it to a simple list or calendar.
03 · Build
  1. 1Record audio in the browser
  2. 2Transcribe it
  3. 3Extract task JSON
  4. 4Save and list tasks
04 · Demo
Say 'remind me to submit the form Friday at 5' and show the task appear.

MVP checklist

  • Push-to-talk capture
  • Auto due dates
  • Project tags
  • Calendar export

Tech stack

TechRole
WhisperSpeech-to-text
LLMLanguage model
Next.jsFrontend + API routes
Local storageClient-side persistence

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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