Turn Obsidian notes into an audio show
Export an Obsidian note to PDF, or a folder to one HTML file, and Lissin turns it into audio. Export from Reading view so wikilinks read as plain text.
The short answer
Obsidian’s Export to PDF turns one note into a file Lissin can read. For a folder, use the Pandoc or Webpage HTML plugin to produce a single HTML file first. Upload it, say what kind of show you want, and Lissin writes and narrates it.
How to do it
One note: use the built-in PDF export
File → Export to PDF, from the note itself. Turn off ‘Include filename as title’ if the filename is a date or an ID — otherwise the show opens by reading ‘2026-04-11-b’. Everything rendered in Reading view goes into the PDF, so Dataview and Templater output is captured as it resolves at the moment you export.
A folder or a whole vault: export HTML
The Webpage HTML Export community plugin flattens a folder into a single HTML file, which Lissin reads directly. It keeps note order and heading hierarchy, and the script follows both, so use it to turn a research vault into a series.
Strip wikilinks before you export
[[Double bracket]] links narrate as the bare note name with no context, and a note dense with them reads aloud as a list of filenames. Either export from Reading view, which renders them as plain text, or ask for a show that ‘explains the ideas rather than reading the notes’.
At a glance
- Sources it takes
- A link, pasted text, or an upload: PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML
- One note
- File → Export to PDF
- Whole folder
- Webpage HTML Export plugin → single HTML
- Transcript
- Included, synchronised to the audio
Hear what comes out
Shows already published on Lissin, free to play in the browser.
Questions
- Can Lissin read my vault directly from disk?
- No. Lissin reads only what you export and upload, one file at a time.
- How do I turn a research vault into a series rather than one episode?
- Export in themed batches and upload each as its own show, or set up a recurring show described by the subject and let Lissin research it on a schedule. Fifty notes in one file make one long, flat episode. Five files of ten notes make a five-part series.
- Will it read my daily notes?
- Yes, but daily notes are fragments by design, and a script written from them tends to narrate the fragments. Ask for a synthesis across the period instead of a reading.
What this does not do
Canvas files, graph views and embedded PDFs do not survive either export path. Callouts and code blocks come through as prose, so a warning and an aside sound the same.
Make your own show, or hear a sample
Make a show from your topic or documents in the Lissin iPhone app (iOS 26 or later). Or listen to public shows in the web player without installing the app.
Last reviewed September 9, 2026 by Lissin Editorial.