[FEATURE] Voice input (microphone) does not support Russian / non-English speech recognition language selection
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Problem Statement
When using the built-in microphone/dictation feature in the Claude Code VSCode extension, speech in Russian is not recognized correctly — it appears to default to English recognition and transliterates Russian speech phonetically into Latin letters instead of producing correct Cyrillic text.
For comparison, Windows' own Voice Typing (Win+H) correctly transcribes Russian speech into Cyrillic once the input language is set to Russian, so this seems specific to Claude's built-in mic feature rather than a system-level issue.
Request: add a language selector (or respect the OS input/display language) for the built-in voice input feature, so it can correctly transcribe non-English languages like Russian.
Environment: Windows 11, Claude Code VSCode extension.
Proposed Solution
When using the built-in microphone/dictation feature in the Claude Code VSCode extension, speech in Russian is not recognized correctly — it appears to default to English recognition and transliterates Russian speech phonetically into Latin letters instead of producing correct Cyrillic text.
For comparison, Windows' own Voice Typing (Win+H) correctly transcribes Russian speech into Cyrillic once the input language is set to Russian, so this seems specific to Claude's built-in mic feature rather than a system-level issue.
Request: add a language selector (or respect the OS input/display language) for the built-in voice input feature, so it can correctly transcribe non-English languages like Russian.
Environment: Windows 11, Claude Code VSCode extension.
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Priority
Critical - Blocking my work
Feature Category
CLI commands and flags
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