Fact · Dictation on Mac
Claude Code's docs say that if your terminal app does not appear under the macOS Microphone settings, there is no toggle you can enable, so the permission state has to be reset.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“If your terminal app does not appear under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone, there is no toggle you can enable.”
Voice dictation (Claude Code documentation), Anthropic, Anthropic, 2026, Terminal not listed in macOS Microphone settings.
Open the original- What it measures
- The docs give a reset command for the terminal's microphone permission, for example tccutil reset Microphone with the terminal's bundle identifier. The command revokes the permission for every app if you leave out the identifier.
- What it does not show
- The reset step changes system permissions, so the docs warn against running it during an active call. Read the docs before you run it.