jupyter-voicecell 0.1.0

Voice comments for Jupyter notebook cells.

VoiceCell 🎙

Voice notes for Jupyter notebooks — record audio comments linked to specific lines of code.

Author: Muhammad Yahya Kamran
License: BSD-3-Clause

What it does

VoiceCell adds a Voice Note button to your JupyterLab toolbar. Click on any line of code, press the button (or Alt+V), and record a voice note. The recording is saved next to your notebook and a clickable 🔊 marker is injected into that exact line.

Features

• 🎙 Record voice notes linked to specific cells and lines
• 🔊 Click the speaker icon to play back inline
• 🌊 Waveform visualization
• ⏩ Playback speed control (0.5x, 1x, 1.5x, 2x)
• 🗑 Delete voice notes from within the player
• 💾 Audio saved to voicecells_of_(notebook) folder alongside your notebook
• 📓 References stored in notebook metadata — share notebook + folder and it works for anyone

Installation

pip install voicecell

Requires JupyterLab 4. After installing, restart JupyterLab.

Usage

1. Open any notebook in JupyterLab
2. Click inside a cell on the line you want to annotate
3. Click Voice Note in the toolbar or press Alt+V
4. Record your message and click Stop & Save
5. A # 🔊 vm_1 [timestamp] comment appears on that line
6. Click the 🔊 to play it back anytime

Compatibility

• JupyterLab 4.x
• Jupyter Notebook 7.x
• Python 3.10+

License

BSD-3-Clause © 2026 Muhammad Yahya Kamran