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Focus the prompt
Click the prompt or editor you want to use.
Dictate in · The terminal
Talk to your terminal.
Hold a key, speak a Claude Code prompt, and release to insert it in Terminal.app, iTerm2, Warp, or Ghostty. Dictate is our app.
Hold to talk
~/repo % claude
> Refactor the retry logic in sync.ts so
failures back off exponentially, cap at
five attempts, and log the final error
with the request id.How text lands in a terminal
Terminals do not use standard text fields. Dictate asks macOS to insert at the focused element through Accessibility, then falls back to paste. You still review the text and press Enter.
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Hold and talk
Hold Dictate’s hotkey and speak. Punctuation is automatic.
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Release and read
Review the text at the cursor, then press Enter.
Compatibility
Terminal by terminal
Dictate always targets the focused pane.
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Terminal.app
Dictate inserts at the focused prompt.
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iTerm2
Works with splits. Text goes to the focused pane.
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Warp
Works in Warp’s input editor.
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Ghostty
Works. Nothing to configure on either side.
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Claude Code
Text lands at its prompt inside the focused terminal.
If a terminal ever loses an insertion, email support@dictates.app.
What people dictate at a prompt
Agent prompts
Say what to change, what to preserve, and how to judge the result.
Commit messages
git commit
opens an editor. Say the summary and why the change exists.
PR descriptions
gh pr create
asks for a body. Say what changed and what to review first.
The honest part
You would not dictate syntax
Do not dictate
grep -rn todo src | wc -l
. Keep flags and paths on the keyboard.
Use the keyboard for syntax and voice for sentences.
Nearby
Related pages
- Dictate into Claude on Mac, for the desktop and web app rather than the CLI.
- Voice dictation for Cursor, same idea in the editor’s chat panel.
- Dictate vs Aqua Voice, the other dictation app that takes terminals seriously.
- Pricing: one plan, $8 a month.
Dictate in · The terminal
Questions people ask
Short answers about dictating into terminals and Claude Code on macOS.
Does Dictate work in Terminal.app and iTerm2?
Yes. Hold the hotkey, speak, and release. Text appears at the focused prompt in Terminal.app, iTerm2, Warp, or Ghostty.
Can I dictate prompts into Claude Code?
Yes. Claude Code runs inside your terminal, so text lands at the focused prompt.
How does text get into a terminal that has no text field?
Dictate uses the macOS Accessibility API, then falls back to paste. Without Accessibility access, it copies the transcript to your clipboard for manual pasting.
Should I dictate shell commands?
Usually not. Type flags, paths, and pipes. Dictate agent prompts, commit messages, and PR descriptions.
Is the transcription local?
No. Audio travels over TLS to our servers, is transcribed, then discarded. History stores text, never recordings.
What does it cost?
$8 a month, billed monthly. Unused subscriptions are refunded in full; after any transcription, the month is non-refundable.
Say your next prompt out loud.
$8 a month, flat. A subscription you never used is refunded in full.