Feature request: Add Hebrew to voice dictation + RTL support in the terminal input line

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 13, 2026 by asafben33

Summary: Hebrew-speaking Claude Code user on Windows 11. Two limitations significantly hurt usability and accessibility for Hebrew (and Arabic) speakers.

1. Voice dictation — Hebrew is not supported

The current set covers ~20 languages (English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, etc.) but neither Hebrew nor Arabic. Setting language: "he" falls back to English. Please add Hebrew (and ideally Arabic) to the supported dictation languages.

2. The terminal input line is LTR-only

Hebrew text (and any RTL script, including Arabic) reverses and misplaces the cursor in the prompt input, due to a Node Readline limitation. I currently have to compose Hebrew in an external VS Code editor (EDITOR + Ctrl+G) and paste it. Please add native RTL support in the input line.

Why it matters

Together these mean Hebrew/Arabic speakers can neither dictate by voice nor type comfortably in their native language — an accessibility and parity gap versus other supported languages.

Platform: Windows 11.
Current workaround: composing Hebrew in an external VS Code editor; voice dictation in English only.

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