Voice mode: add multi-language support (currently English-only)
Status Closed — duplicate
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Activity 3 comments · opened May 7, 2026 · closed May 10, 2026
Description
Voice mode (/voice) currently only transcribes in English. There is no configuration option to set the transcription language (e.g., voiceLanguage in settings.json).
Use case
Non-English speaking users (e.g., Spanish) cannot use voice mode effectively. The transcription engine ignores the system language settings (Windows Speech Language) and always outputs English.
Proposed solution
Add a voiceLanguage setting in settings.json (or auto-detect from system locale) so users can configure the speech-to-text language. Example:
{
"voiceLanguage": "es"
}
Alternatively, if using Whisper or a similar model that supports auto-detection, ensure the language detection actually works for non-English input.
Environment
- Platform: Windows 11 Pro
- Claude Code version: latest
- System language: Spanish
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