Fact · Dictation in your apps
A Windows user's bug report, opened August 30, 2026 and closed as not planned on September 2, 2026, says Claude Desktop dictation worked only on the first attempt after launching the app.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“The first dictation attempt after launching the app works correctly. Any dictation attempt after that, in the same session, fails to activate or produce a transcript.”
Voice dictation only works once per app session (issue 90741), claudeissues.com (mirror of Claude Code issues), 2026, Issue description.
Open the original- What it measures
- The reporter says that fully shutting down the computer did not change the result.
- What it does not show
- One report with no maintainer reply cached. The version field was left blank.