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Claude Code Voice Mode

24 points by linolevan 7mo ago

emschwartz 7mo ago
This is great. It would be nice to be able to add a custom dictionary for words that are often misunderstood.
aeve890 7mo ago
I'm not seeing anything related to Claude Code. It's the desktop and mobile Claude app with the same feature I've already seen in competing products. Voice isn't even available in the remote control mode of Claude Code.
- _aavaa_ 7mo ago
  They’re doing a staged rollout. /voice will work in Claude code if they’ve rolled it out for your account.
  - furyofantares 7mo ago
    Well, it's not mentioned at all in the linked page. I tried /voice in Claude Code and it lets me hold space to get speech to text into my CLI. Not really what one expects from a "voice mode". And, again, not related to anything in the article.
    - nivertech 7mo ago
      yes here voice mode != hands-off mode, so you can't DWC (Driving-While-Coding)
      - furyofantares 7mo ago
        Yeah, doesn't really add much, I think if you want dictation your OS very likely has it built in. Certainly wouldn't be worth submitting to HN.
Brajeshwar 7mo ago
If you are already using a universal (OS-wide) tool for Voice, this should just work in Claude or otherwise. Even though I’m a smooth and pretty quick typer, I sometimes speak using Handy[1] and Claude types it out. Handy is seriously accurate. It does look like more and more apps/tools are going to come built-in with - you can either type or talk - go wild. Ask: Someone commented some time back that they mapped their CAPSLOCK key to push-to-talk. I’ve looked around and could not figure out without a third party tool. I’d love to know how to do it in macOS - map the un-used CAPSLOCK Key to Push to Talk. 1. https://handy.computer https://handy.computer
- jaen 7mo ago
  I've had success in the past in customizing macOS key bindings using Karabiner: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
  - Brajeshwar 7mo ago
    Trying this one. It worked with a simple script mapping CAPSLOCK to the default Push-to-talk (OPTION + Space); ``` { "description": "Caps Lock to Option+Space (Handy push-to-talk)", "manipulators": [ { "from": { "key_code": "caps_lock" }, "to": [ { "key_code": "spacebar", "modifiers": ["left_option"] } ], "type": "basic" } ] } ```
- nivertech 7mo ago
  Claude Code's /voice mode isn't very accurate comparing to other speech-to-text (e.g. Google Translate). Also it takes about 500ms to activate after you press SPACE, so the initial words are missed out. It took me some time to realize it. Does Handy has a better speech-to-text accuracy? Is there an activation delay?
jmathai 7mo ago
Slightly related. Something I love to do is to tell Claude to generate a detailed explanation of a topic I want to learn more about (recently, it was Donor Advised Funds). If I’m going to pick my kids up then I tell it to make it 10 minutes when read aloud. Then I listen to that on my drive.
ywatanabe1989 7mo ago
If voice mode does not mean only interactive conversations, I use my custom TTS MCP server. https://github.com/ywatanabe1989/scitex-audio https://github.com/ywatanabe1989/scitex-audio It enables agents to deliver auditory feedback from speakers on my desk as a central notifier, relaying via ssh tunneling. If this is off topic here, I apologize for that.
- atmanactive 7mo ago
  Thank you.

24 points by linolevan 7mo ago

This is great. It would be nice to be able to add a custom dictionary for words that are often misunderstood.

I'm not seeing anything related to Claude Code. It's the desktop and mobile Claude app with the same feature I've already seen in competing products. Voice isn't even available in the remote control mode of Claude Code.

_aavaa_ 7mo ago
They’re doing a staged rollout. /voice will work in Claude code if they’ve rolled it out for your account.
- furyofantares 7mo ago
  Well, it's not mentioned at all in the linked page. I tried /voice in Claude Code and it lets me hold space to get speech to text into my CLI. Not really what one expects from a "voice mode". And, again, not related to anything in the article.
  - nivertech 7mo ago
    yes here voice mode != hands-off mode, so you can't DWC (Driving-While-Coding)
    - furyofantares 7mo ago
      Yeah, doesn't really add much, I think if you want dictation your OS very likely has it built in. Certainly wouldn't be worth submitting to HN.

Brajeshwar 7mo ago

If you are already using a universal (OS-wide) tool for Voice, this should just work in Claude or otherwise. Even though I’m a smooth and pretty quick typer, I sometimes speak using Handy[1] and Claude types it out. Handy is seriously accurate. It does look like more and more apps/tools are going to come built-in with - you can either type or talk - go wild. Ask: Someone commented some time back that they mapped their CAPSLOCK key to push-to-talk. I’ve looked around and could not figure out without a third party tool. I’d love to know how to do it in macOS - map the un-used CAPSLOCK Key to Push to Talk. 1. https://handy.computer https://handy.computer

jaen 7mo ago
I've had success in the past in customizing macOS key bindings using Karabiner: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/ https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
- Brajeshwar 7mo ago
  Trying this one. It worked with a simple script mapping CAPSLOCK to the default Push-to-talk (OPTION + Space); ``` { "description": "Caps Lock to Option+Space (Handy push-to-talk)", "manipulators": [ { "from": { "key_code": "caps_lock" }, "to": [ { "key_code": "spacebar", "modifiers": ["left_option"] } ], "type": "basic" } ] } ```
nivertech 7mo ago
Claude Code's /voice mode isn't very accurate comparing to other speech-to-text (e.g. Google Translate). Also it takes about 500ms to activate after you press SPACE, so the initial words are missed out. It took me some time to realize it. Does Handy has a better speech-to-text accuracy? Is there an activation delay?

jmathai 7mo ago

Slightly related. Something I love to do is to tell Claude to generate a detailed explanation of a topic I want to learn more about (recently, it was Donor Advised Funds). If I’m going to pick my kids up then I tell it to make it 10 minutes when read aloud. Then I listen to that on my drive.

ywatanabe1989 7mo ago

If voice mode does not mean only interactive conversations, I use my custom TTS MCP server. https://github.com/ywatanabe1989/scitex-audio https://github.com/ywatanabe1989/scitex-audio It enables agents to deliver auditory feedback from speakers on my desk as a central notifier, relaying via ssh tunneling. If this is off topic here, I apologize for that.

atmanactive 7mo ago
Thank you.