Fact · Dictation on Mac
Claude Code's voice dictation is turned on by running /voice in the CLI.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Run /voice to enable dictation.”
Voice dictation (Claude Code documentation), Anthropic, Anthropic, 2026, Enable voice dictation.
Open the original- What it measures
- Claude Code's documentation for voice dictation, read on 2026-10-16. The command runs in the CLI, in the terminal window.
- What it does not show
- This is Claude Code's own dictation, not Apple Dictation. The docs say it needs a local microphone and does not work in cloud or SSH sessions.
Source
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