Add language configuration for /voice command
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 11, 2026 by musus Closed Mar 14, 2026
Feature Request
Summary
The /voice command currently has the language hardcoded to English. When speaking in Japanese (or other non-English languages), the speech is incorrectly transcribed as English text.
Problem
- The Whisper API
languageparameter appears to be fixed to English - There is no user-facing setting to change the voice recognition language
- Non-English speakers cannot use
/voiceeffectively, as their speech is converted to English regardless of the spoken language
Proposed Solution
Add a configurable language setting for /voice, for example:
- A setting in
~/.claude/settings.json(e.g.,"voice.language": "ja") - Or a flag like
/voice --lang ja - Or auto-detect the language from Whisper API (by not specifying the
languageparameter)
Environment
- Claude Code version: 2.1.72
- OS: macOS (Darwin 25.3.0, Apple Silicon)
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