Add language selector for built-in voice dictation

[AlexAspire]

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Summary

The microphone button in the Claude Code desktop app has no way to choose the recognition language. The dropdown next to the mic only exposes input device selection and a "Hold to record" toggle.

Current behavior

• Built-in dictation appears to be English-only (or auto-detect with no override).
• Non-English speakers cant reliably dictate prompts in their native language.

Expected behavior

• A language picker in the same dropdown as microphone selection (e.g. English / Russian / Spanish / ... / Auto-detect).
• Optionally: respect OS input language by default.

Comparison

The Claude extension for VS Code already supports switching the dictation language — desktop Claude Code should reach parity.

Environment

• OS: Windows 11 Pro
• Claude Code: desktop app
• Model: Opus 4.7 (1M context)
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[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. Voice: Add language configuration for speech-to-text transcription #33170
2. Feature request: Add voiceLanguage setting for /voice mode #31724
3. [BUG] Desktop (Windows): Turkish speech transcribed as English — mic dictation ignores language setting #65061

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[mbailey]

You can set your language with Whisper.cpp (local open source Speech Recognition)

There are open source tools for dictation or you could try natural conversations with Claude Code using VoiceMode (voicemode.dev).

• Free and Open source
• Uses local or cloud voice services