[DOCS] Voice dictation auto-submit does not document behavior for languages without word spaces (added fix in v2.1.195)

Documentation Type

Unclear/confusing documentation

Documentation Location

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/voice-dictation

Section/Topic

The "Tap to record and send" section describing tap-mode auto-submit, plus the corresponding hold-mode paragraph under "Hold to record". Both describe auto-submit as triggering "when the transcript is at least three words long", which does not work for languages written without spaces (Japanese, Chinese, Thai).

Current Documentation

Tap-mode auto-submit is described as:

Enable tap mode with /voice tap. With the prompt input empty, tap Space to start recording. The footer shows a live waveform while recording. Tap Space again to stop. Claude Code inserts the transcript and submits the prompt automatically when the transcript is at least three words long. Shorter transcripts are inserted but not submitted, so an accidental tap does not send a stray word.

The same "at least three words" rule applies in hold mode (autoSubmit: true).

The supported dictation language table lists Japanese (ja), Chinese (zh), Thai (th), and similar languages that do not use spaces between words. Nothing in the auto-submit description addresses those languages.

What's Wrong or Missing?

Claude Code v2.1.195 fixed an issue where voice dictation auto-submit never fired for languages written without spaces (Japanese, Chinese, Thai). Before the fix, the "three words" rule silently never triggered because the transcript had no whitespace-separated tokens to count.

After the fix, auto-submit triggers correctly for these languages, but the docs still describe auto-submit purely in terms of word count. Users who configure voice dictation in Japanese, Chinese, or Thai and enable autoSubmit: true (or tap mode) have no doc-level confirmation that auto-submit works in those languages, and no way to learn about the v2.1.195 fix from the documentation.

Suggested Improvement

Update both auto-submit paragraphs to describe the new behavior:

Claude Code inserts the transcript and submits the prompt automatically when the transcript meets a minimum-length threshold. For languages written with spaces (English, Spanish, French, German, etc.) the threshold is three words. For languages written without spaces (Japanese, Chinese, Thai), the threshold is the equivalent character count. Claude Code v2.1.195 fixes auto-submit for these languages; earlier versions never triggered auto-submit when the transcript contained no whitespace-separated words.

Optionally add a footnote on the supported-languages table pointing at this paragraph:

Languages written without spaces (Japanese, Chinese, Thai) require Claude Code v2.1.195 or later for auto-submit to work.

Impact

High - Prevents users from using a feature

Additional Context

The language settings table already enumerates the affected languages, so the right place to anchor the fix is the auto-submit description, not the troubleshooting section. The same fix applies to both hold-mode autoSubmit: true and tap-mode default behavior.

Affected Pages:
| Page | Context |
|------|---------|
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/voice-dictation | "Tap to record and send" auto-submit description and "Hold to record" autoSubmit description |

Total scope: 1 page affected