The VS Code Speech extension adds speech-to-text capabilities to the chat interfaces in Visual Studio Code. No internet connection is required, the voice audio data is processed locally on your computer.

Install the GitHub Copilot Chat extension and sign in and then install VS Code Speech. You will see a microphone icon in all chat interfaces that GitHub Copilot Chat extension provides.

For a quick experience of starting to listen from the microphone and submitting when done you can assign the following keybinding sequence:

{
    "key": "cmd+u",
    "command": "workbench.action.chat.startVoiceChat",
    "when": "!voiceChatInProgress"
},
{
    "key": "cmd+u",
    "command": "workbench.action.chat.stopListeningAndSubmit",
    "when": "voiceChatInProgress"
}

Note: by default we will start to search after a moment when you pause talking.

This is extension is tested and published for the following platforms:

• Windows 64bit
• macOS 64bit / ARM
• Linux 64bit / ARM

We currently only support English. Stay tuned for more language support to come in the future.

This extension is still in development, so please refer to our issue tracker for known issues, and please contribute with additional information if you encounter an issue yourself.