How to Dictate Prompts to Claude on Mac with Hearsy

Claude's chat interface is built for typing, but complex prompts are often easier to explain out loud. Describing a problem, giving context, or iterating on a response takes far more keystrokes than it does spoken words. Hearsy lets you dictate directly into Claude's input field on your Mac. Press a hotkey, speak your prompt, and the transcribed text appears instantly, ready to send.

Step-by-step setup

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   Open Claude in your browser

   Go to claude.ai in Safari, Chrome, Arc, or any browser on your Mac. Start a new conversation or open an existing one.

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   Click the message input field

   Place your cursor in Claude's text input area at the bottom of the chat. Hearsy pastes text wherever your cursor is positioned.

3. 3

   Press your Hearsy hotkey

   Trigger Hearsy with your configured keyboard shortcut (default: Fn twice or a custom hotkey). The recording indicator appears in your menu bar.

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   Speak your prompt naturally

   Explain what you need from Claude as if you were talking to a colleague. Describe the problem, provide context, mention constraints. Don't worry about perfect phrasing — Hearsy captures your intent accurately.

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   Press the hotkey again to finish

   Tap the hotkey once more. Hearsy transcribes your speech locally, optionally polishes it with AI enhancement, and pastes the prompt into Claude's input field. Review it quickly and hit Enter to send.

Why use Hearsy for Claude?

Good AI prompts tend to be detailed. You get better results from Claude when you explain your context, specify constraints, and provide examples. But typing all of that is tedious, and most people default to shorter, vaguer prompts as a result.

Dictation removes that friction. Speaking a three-paragraph prompt takes about 30 seconds. Typing it takes several minutes. With Hearsy, you can give Claude the full context it needs without the effort of writing it out. And since Hearsy runs entirely on your Mac, the content of your prompts stays private — nothing is sent to any server except Claude itself when you hit send.

Hearsy's optional AI enhancement also helps clean up filler words, false starts, and rambling sentences. Your spoken thoughts get structured into clear, readable prompts that Claude can work with effectively.

When to use voice dictation in Claude

Tips for better results

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  Enable AI enhancement to clean up filler words and false starts. Your spoken prompt becomes a well-structured written prompt that gets better results from Claude.

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  Dictate follow-up questions instead of typing them. When Claude's response needs refinement, speaking your clarification is faster than composing it.

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  For code-related prompts, speak the high-level description and paste code separately. Say something like 'Here is a React component that renders a table, and I need you to add sorting to the column headers.'

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  Use dictation for brainstorming sessions. Speak your ideas freely, let Hearsy transcribe them, then ask Claude to organize or expand on what you said.

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  Dictate in your native language when working with Claude's multilingual capabilities. Hearsy supports 25 languages with Parakeet and 99+ with Whisper.

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  For long, multi-part prompts, dictate in chunks. Speak the first section, review it, then continue dictating. This keeps your prompt organized.