Claude Clue #24: Talk to Your Terminal

If you haven't tried /voice in Claude Code yet, this is your nudge. I've been talking to it for months now, including during a livestream and a recent GIS in Action presentation, and it's a workflow I really like. Most folks talk faster than they type. The friction of switching modes is small, and the payoff is large the moment you need to describe a refactor across three files or ramble out a feature idea you can't quite phrase. Run /voice, hold Space, start talking. Your words stream into the prompt one at a time, dimmed until the transcript finalizes, and you can edit before hitting Enter.

My pro tip is that rambling actually helps. The more context you give—background, half-formed thoughts, why you're even trying this approach—the better Claude locks onto your intent. Just remember to talk like you are talking to a coworker!

I do this constantly (confession: probably too much). Just summarize what you want at the end and let the earlier rambling do its work. Recognition is tuned for coding vocabulary and quietly uses your project name and git branch as hints. Full docs at https://code.claude.com/docs/en/voice-dictation.

(Hint: You can also do this in Claude's desktop app with cmd+d on Mac and ctrl+d on Windows)

Written with help from the AI I'm writing about. Very meta.

HT: Tim "Roscoe" Rawson