Claude Speak

Claude Speak

Talk to Claude Code without leaving Visual Studio. Claude Speak is a dockable voice console that lets you speak your prompts, hear Claude's replies read back to you, and run the Claude Code CLI in an embedded terminal — all inside the IDE.

What it does - four tabs that map to how you work:

• Speak :dictate your prompt by voice; speech-to-text drops it into your current Claude session.
• Listen : Claude's replies read aloud with the current word highlighted; Windows or online voices, adjustable font/size/colors, auto-switch back when a reply finishes.
• Code: an embedded terminal showing the commands Claude runs.
• Files the files Claude edits, opened as VS editor tabs or in an in-panel Monaco view.

It runs the real Claude CLI in an embedded terminal, with the IDE's context around it.

Highlights: multiple side-by-side sessions each with its own working directory; a per-terminal command menu (full slash-command set, drag-to-reorder, apply-to-all); hands-free flow (auto-disable mic on send, auto-switch Speak/Listen, read progress while working); themed and dockable like any tool window.

Getting started: install, restart VS, open from Tools -> Claude Speak (or View -> Other Windows), pick a working directory, start a session. Requires the Claude Code CLI on your PATH.