Add voiceLanguage setting for /voice transcription

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 13, 2026 by hbk4k8 Closed Mar 17, 2026

Feature Request

Problem

/voice mode always transcribes in English regardless of the spoken language. Users speaking Romanian (or any non-English language) get English transcriptions, which distorts the input.

Proposed Solution

Add a voiceLanguage setting to settings.json:

{
  "voiceLanguage": "ro"
}

This should pass the language code to the Whisper transcription model, which already supports 99 languages including Romanian.

Alternatives Considered

  • Windows Speech Recognition language settings — doesn't influence Claude Code's transcription
  • Speaking in the target language and hoping context is understood — works partially but unreliable

Use Case

Non-English speaking users (Romanian, Spanish, French, German, etc.) who want to use voice mode in their native language for faster interaction with Claude Code.

Environment

  • Claude Code on Windows 11
  • Voice mode enabled

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