Typing detailed prompts slows you down. Voice dictation lets you describe what you want naturally and at conversational speed, about 3x faster than typing.
macOS Setup
Press Fn twice to toggle dictation on and off. Your speech is transcribed directly into the Claude Code input.
# Enable in System Settings if not already on:
# System Settings → Keyboard → Dictation → OnWhy This Works
When you speak instead of type, you naturally provide more context:
- Typed: “fix the auth bug”
- Dictated: “There’s a bug in the auth middleware where expired tokens aren’t being rejected properly and the JWT validation passes even when the exp claim is in the past. Can you check the token verification function and make sure it compares against the current timestamp?”
More context means Claude gets it right on the first try, saving you entire back-and-forth cycles.
Tips
- Speak in full sentences. Dictation handles punctuation automatically
- Say “new line” or “new paragraph” for formatting
- Review and clean up the transcript before sending. Dictation isn’t perfect
- Works in any terminal that accepts text input (iTerm2, Ghostty, VS Code terminal)