Voice Coding

Voice Mode
Code with Your Voice

Claude Code Voice Mode enables voice-driven AI coding collaboration, supporting 20 languages for a hands-free development experience

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What Is Claude Code Voice Mode

Voice Mode is voice dictation in the Claude Code CLI: your speech is transcribed live into the prompt input, so you can mix speaking and typing.

Two recording modes: hold to record, or tap to start and tap again to send. Transcription is tuned for coding vocabulary (checked 2026-09-22).

Voice Input

Hold or tap the spacebar, then speak

Live Transcription

Your speech shows up in the prompt as you speak

Voice + Text

Mix dictation and typing in the same message

Setup Guide

Dictation needs a claude.ai sign-in and is unavailable under API-key auth. The steps below follow the official docs (checked 2026-09-22).

Step 1: Install Claude Code

Ensure you have the latest version of Claude Code CLI installed

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest

Step 2: Check Microphone Access

Make sure your terminal app has microphone permissions

claude config set --global voice_mode true

Step 3: Start Voice Mode

In a Claude Code session, hold the spacebar to begin voice input

Step 4: Select Language

Voice Mode auto-detects language, or set preferred language manually

Supported Languages

Voice Mode supports 20 languages, covering major developer communities worldwide

🇺🇸

English

🇨🇳

Chinese (not in the official dictation language list, 2026-09-22)

🇯🇵

Japanese

🇰🇷

Korean

🇩🇪

German

🇫🇷

French

🇪🇸

Spanish

🇵🇹

Portuguese

🇷🇺

Russian

🇮🇹

Italian

🇳🇱

Dutch

🇵🇱

Polish

🇹🇷

Turkish

🇸🇪

Swedish

🇩🇰

Danish

🇫🇮

Finnish (not in the official dictation language list, 2026-09-22)

🇳🇴

Norwegian

🇮🇳

Hindi

🇸🇦

Arabic (not in the official dictation language list, 2026-09-22)

🇹🇭

Thai (?)

Common Voice Mode Workflows

Four scenarios where dictation saves time. Adapt the sample phrases to your project; for exact paths and identifiers, typing still works better.

Code Review

Describe review requirements by voice, AI automatically analyzes code quality, security issues, and optimization suggestions

Review error handling in this endpoint, focus on timeouts

Architecture Discussion

Verbally describe system architecture needs, AI generates design proposals and implementation code

Split the orders service; propose boundaries first

Debug Assistance

Describe bug symptoms by voice, AI identifies root cause and provides fix solutions

The page is sometimes blank after login, find the cause

Documentation Writing

Dictate documentation content, AI auto-generates formatted technical docs and comments

Add docstrings and usage examples to this module

Best Practices

Six habits that help. If the transcript comes out in another language, the official docs (checked 2026-09-22) say to set the dictation language.

Be Clear and Specific

Use concise, clear language to describe the functionality you want to implement

Communicate Step by Step

Break complex tasks into smaller steps and communicate with AI gradually

Combine Text Input

Voice is great for requirements; use text for code snippets and file paths

Quiet Environment

Ensure a quiet environment for better speech recognition accuracy

Leverage Context

Establish project context via text first, then switch to voice mode

Review Output Regularly

Check AI output after each step to ensure it meets expectations

Documentation

Voice Mode Guide

Dictate prompts with hold or tap in Claude Code

Getting Started

What Claude Code is and how to connect via QCode

CLAUDE.md Project Memory

Standing instructions and context you give Claude

Hooks Lifecycle Guide

Run custom logic at key lifecycle points

Experience Voice Coding

Voice dictation needs a claude.ai sign-in, not a third-party API key; see our site for Claude model availability and pricing.

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Updated 2026-09-22