Fact · Dictation on Mac
Claude Code's troubleshooting says that when it reports that microphone access is denied, you should go to the Microphone setting on a Mac, enable your terminal app, and run /voice again.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“On macOS, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone and enable your terminal app, then run /voice again.”
Voice dictation (Claude Code documentation), Anthropic, Anthropic, 2026, Troubleshooting, Microphone access is denied.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the fix Claude Code gives for its own microphone-denied message. It applies to the terminal app that runs Claude Code, not to Claude Code itself.
- What it does not show
- The entry does not say what to do if your terminal is missing from the list. A separate entry covers that case.