Taming
1-7

Say it out loud

  • Level 1
  • 3 minutes
  • Free
  • May need your admin
  • Beta feature

Use voice mode to ask Claude something out loud instead of typing it.

This lesson

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The idea

Some asks are quicker said than typed. Talk to Claude the way you'd talk to a colleague on the phone.

Voice mode lets you speak your request and hear Claude answer. It's handy between meetings, on a walk, or when your hands are full.

It's a beta feature, and it's on every plan. It works in the browser, the desktop app and the phone app.

Look

Here's the button

Simplified drawing of the Claude screen: past chats on the left with your name below them, your message and Claude's reply in the middle, and the message box with attach, voice and send near the bottom. Highlighted: the voice button.
Simplified drawing of Claude on a phone: a menu button for past chats and your initials at the top, your message and Claude's reply in the middle, and the message box with attach, voice and send at the bottom. Highlighted: the voice button.
  1. Voice. The sound-wave button, lower right, starts voice mode so you can talk instead of type.
  2. The message box. This is where you type. It's the biggest box on the screen.
  3. Send. Click or tap the arrow. On a computer, Enter works too.
A simplified drawing, not a screenshot. The buttons move around now and then. The big box you type in doesn't.
Do

Tap, talk, stop

  1. 1

    Tap the wave

    The sound-wave button is in the lower right. On a phone, it's next to the microphone.

  2. 2

    Just talk

    Say what you want, in your own words. Pauses are fine.

  3. 3
    123

    Stop

    Click Stop in the lower right when you're done. A written copy stays in the chat.

Your turn

Talk through an agenda

Tap the sound-wave button and say this, filling in your meeting:

Give me a three-item agenda for my [meeting] on [day]. Keep each item to one line.

If voice isn't there or doesn't start, type the same line instead. You'll get the same agenda.

If your screen looks different

No sound-wave button at work? On an Enterprise plan, your company can have voice mode switched off. That's a company setting, not something you did. Voice time also counts toward your plan's usage limit, the same as typing.

Quick check

One question, no gradeYou finish a voice conversation with Claude. What happens to it?

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Checked against Claude on 2026-09-25.