Voice Dictation for VS Code

Personal project I built to dictate into VS Code and Claude Code without touching the keyboard. Publishing it for free so anyone can use it. Bring your own API key.

Install from VS Code Marketplace

Sidebar Status Bar

How it works

Press your hotkey
Speak
Text appears where your cursor is

Features

Sidebar panel — API key, shortcut binding, language, all settings in one place
Status bar — Red blinking REC, yellow spinner, green OK
Auto-stop — Detects silence and stops recording automatically
Any shortcut — Bind any key + Ctrl/Alt/Shift combo
10 languages — French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Chinese

Supported APIs

Provider	Get a key
Groq (default, free)	console.groq.com
Deepgram	deepgram.com
OpenAI	platform.openai.com
AssemblyAI	assemblyai.com

Requirements

Python 3.10+
A microphone

Dependencies are installed automatically on first launch.

License

MIT — GitHub

Voice Dictation