Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

#1

Post by TomEleff » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC

Curious if folks are using dictation with coding agents for speach to text? Anyone completely hands-free with spoken responses from the agent as well? Anyone experimenting with tools to solve this? Anyone creating tools to solve this?

Looks like Claude Code CLI and Aider support voice dictation, Codex had it but dropped it, other CLIs like open code, copilot CLI all don't have it.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

#2

Post by anoojb » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC

I prefer using Handy(https://handy.computer) with these CLI coding agents. I prefer to decouple certain things from these AI companies.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

#3

Post by chedieck » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC

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#4

Post by ed_balls » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 6:24 PM UTC

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#5

Post by TomEleff » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

anoojb wrote: post #2

I prefer using Handy( https://handy.computer ) with these CLI coding agents. I prefer to decouple certain things from these AI companies.

Looks like it solves the speech to text piece but not text to speech? Neat tool either way.

I am looking for any examples of people fully working with their coding agent CLI via voice alone.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

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Post by TomEleff » Tue, Sep 08, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

ed_balls wrote: post #4

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Say more haha

Re: Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

#7

Post by RationPhantoms » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC

anoojb wrote: post #2

I prefer using Handy( https://handy.computer ) with these CLI coding agents. I prefer to decouple certain things from these AI companies.

Others should check out Fluid Voice as it seems privacy focused with a bit more enhancements like custom dictionary.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

#8

Post by chachachainsaw » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 4:58 AM UTC

I’m a heavy user of wisprflow for speech to text and prefer html output for richer understanding. Unfortunately I don’t use a text to speech with a CLI, but want to follow this thread because I’m interested in seeing what’s available!

Re: Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

#9

Post by attentive » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 7:14 AM UTC

RationPhantoms wrote: post #7

anoojb wrote: post #2

I prefer using Handy( https://handy.computer ) with these CLI coding agents. I prefer to decouple certain things from these AI companies.

Others should check out Fluid Voice as it seems privacy focused with a bit more enhancements like custom dictionary.

So privacy focused that it sends telemetry, unlike handy.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone using dictation with coding agents?

#10

Post by laruss5 » Wed, Sep 09, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC

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