🎯 Overview
A lightweight VS Code extension that provides quick access to switch the accessibility.voice.speechLanguage setting. Perfect for users who work in multiple languages or need to quickly adjust their speech accessibility settings.
✨ Why use this extension? If you're using Copilot with the VS Code Speech Plugin for multiple languages (e.g., German and English), the plugin's auto-detection often fails, requiring manual language switches. This extension provides a quick status bar icon to change speech languages effortlessly, instead of navigating through settings.
✨ Features
| 🚀 Quick Access |
🌍 Language Support |
| 🖱️ Status Bar Icon - One-click access via globe icon (right side, near Copilot) |
🗣️ 30+ Languages - Comprehensive language support for speech synthesis |
| 📊 Current Language Display - Always see your active speech language |
🔄 Instant Updates - Changes apply immediately to your settings |
| ⚡ Intuitive Interface - Simple quick pick menu for language selection |
🎯 Smart Detection - Automatically loads your current language setting |
Key Highlights
- ✅ Zero Configuration - Works out-of-the-box with no setup required
- 🎨 Seamless Integration - Positioned conveniently near the Copilot icon
- 🔒 Persistent Settings - Your language choice is saved in VS Code settings
- ⚡ Lightweight - Minimal performance impact on your editor
🚀 Usage
- Click the globe icon (🌐) in the status bar (right side, positioned near the Copilot icon)
- Select your desired speech language from the quick pick menu
- Done! The setting updates automatically and the status bar reflects your choice
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can configure custom keyboard shortcuts to switch between languages quickly. Open your keybindings.json file (File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts > Open Keyboard Shortcuts JSON) and add entries like this:
{
"key": "ctrl+alt+e",
"command": "speechLanguageSwitch.switchToLanguage",
"args": "en-US"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+alt+d",
"command": "speechLanguageSwitch.switchToLanguage",
"args": "de-DE"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+alt+f",
"command": "speechLanguageSwitch.switchToLanguage",
"args": "fr-FR"
}
Replace the key value with your preferred keyboard shortcut and the args value with any supported language code from the list below.
🌍 Supported Languages
The extension supports a comprehensive range of speech languages:
📋 Click to view all 30+ supported languages
English Variants
- 🇺🇸 English (US) -
en-US
- 🇬🇧 English (UK) -
en-GB
- 🇦🇺 English (Australia) -
en-AU
- 🇨🇦 English (Canada) -
en-CA
- 🇮🇳 English (India) -
en-IN
European Languages
- 🇩🇪 German (Germany) -
de-DE
- 🇨🇭 German (Switzerland) -
de-CH
- 🇪🇸 Spanish (Spain) -
es-ES
- 🇲🇽 Spanish (Mexico) -
es-MX
- 🇫🇷 French (France) -
fr-FR
- 🇨🇦 French (Canada) -
fr-CA
- 🇮🇹 Italian -
it-IT
- 🇳🇱 Dutch -
nl-NL
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese (Portugal) -
pt-PT
- 🇧🇷 Portuguese (Brazil) -
pt-BR
- 🇵🇱 Polish -
pl-PL
- 🇷🇺 Russian -
ru-RU
- 🇹🇷 Turkish -
tr-TR
Nordic Languages
- 🇸🇪 Swedish -
sv-SE
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian -
nb-NO
- 🇩🇰 Danish -
da-DK
- 🇫🇮 Finnish -
fi-FI
Asian Languages
- 🇯🇵 Japanese -
ja-JP
- 🇰🇷 Korean -
ko-KR
- 🇨🇳 Chinese (Simplified) -
zh-CN
- 🇹🇼 Chinese (Traditional) -
zh-TW
- 🇹🇭 Thai -
th-TH
- 🇻🇳 Vietnamese -
vi-VN
- 🇮🇳 Hindi -
hi-IN
Other Languages
- 🇨🇿 Czech -
cs-CZ
- 🇸🇦 Arabic -
ar-SA
- 🇮🇱 Hebrew -
he-IL
🤝 Contributing
Want to contribute? We'd love your help!
🚀 Development Setup
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/vscode-speech-language-switch.git
cd vscode-speech-language-switch
Install dependencies
npm install
Start development
- Press
F5 or go to Run → Start Debugging
- A new VS Code window will open with the extension loaded
Build the extension
npm run compile
