Claude Voice Input for Dictation and Spoken Conversations
Use dictation when you want to speak a prompt and get a written reply from Claude. In Claude for iOS or Android, tap the microphone beside the chat input. Use the sound-wave icon when you want Claude to reply aloud in Voice mode. Anthropic documents Voice mode on mobile, web, and Claude Desktop. Claude Mobile dictation · Claude Voice mode
Dictate a written prompt on your phone
Open a chat, tap the microphone to the right of the input, and choose a language if prompted. Speak your request and tap the arrow to send it. Tap X if you want to discard the recording. To see and edit the full text before you send it, use your phone keyboard's dictation button with the cursor in Claude's prompt box. Claude Mobile dictation · iPhone Dictation · Android voice typing with Gboard
Try “Draft a 90-word email to reschedule Thursday's design review. Offer Friday at 10 a.m. or Monday at 2 p.m. Eastern, and ask attendees to pick one.” If you're using the keyboard mic, check the dates, times, and time zone in the text before sending.
Dictate an editable prompt on a computer
On Windows, click the Claude prompt field and press Win+H. On Mac, use the dictation shortcut shown in System Settings → Keyboard with the cursor in the prompt. With Claude Desktop running on macOS 14 or later, you can also enable Claude's optional Quick Entry voice shortcut. Its Caps Lock binding starts dictation on the first press and stops it on the second. Review the transcript and use the arrow to send it. Windows Voice Typing · Mac Dictation · Claude Desktop Quick Entry
Talk with Claude and hear the answer
Select the sound-wave icon in a Claude chat. Allow microphone access if prompted and start speaking. Claude's hands-free mode responds when it detects a pause. If it interrupts you in a noisy room, switch to push-to-talk and hold the talk button while you finish your thought. To add exact names or a URL, switch back to typing in the same chat. Anthropic says the conversation transcript is saved in chat history and the audio is deleted by default. Claude Voice mode setup and recording controls
Voconly · Review a spoken prompt before sending it to Claude
With a local speech model on Windows x64 or a Mac with Apple silicon, draft the prompt in a local editor and review it before pasting it into Claude. When you submit it, Claude gets the written prompt.