Voice mode references 'dictation language' in /config, but setting doesn't exist — support separate language settings
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 14, 2026 by g-i-o-r-g-i-o Closed May 4, 2026
Bug
When enabling voice mode, the message says:
❯ /voice
⎿ Voice mode enabled. Hold Space to record. Dictation language: en (/config to change).
However, /config does not have a "dictation language" option — it only has a generic "language" setting, and it's unclear what that controls.
Request: three separate language settings
It would be very useful to have three distinct language settings:
- Interface language: the language of Claude Code's UI, menus, and messages. This should be possible to keep in English, since all bug reports, commands, tutorials, and documentation are in English.
- Chat/answers language: the language Claude uses to respond in conversation.
- Dictation language: the language used for speech-to-text transcription in voice mode.
Optionally, dictation and chat language could be unified into a single setting (since users who dictate in Italian likely want answers in Italian too). But it's important to be able to keep the interface in English independently.
Current situation
/voicetells users to go to/configto change the dictation language, but no such setting exists there- The existing "language" setting is ambiguous — it's not clear whether it affects the UI, Claude's responses, dictation, or all of them
- Users who work in a non-English language but rely on English documentation and commands have no way to express this preference
Environment
- Claude Code v2.1.76
- Linux
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