--- title: Built-in Dictation in VS Code: Code at the Speed of Thought description: VS Code now has built-in voice dictation powered by a locally-run speech-to-text model via Microsoft Foundry Local. The feature works across the chat panel,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/built-in-dictation-in-vs-code-code-at-the-speed-of-thought-idqpmhavo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Built-in Dictation in VS Code: Code at the Speed of Thought | daily.dev og:description: VS Code now has built-in voice dictation powered by a locally-run speech-to-text model via Microsoft Foundry Local. The feature works across the chat panel,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/built-in-dictation-in-vs-code-code-at-the-speed-of-thought-idqpmhavo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/idQPmhAvo.png og:image:alt: Built-in Dictation in VS Code: Code at the Speed of Thought og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Built-in Dictation in VS Code: Code at the Speed of Thought **[Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary VS Code now has built-in voice dictation powered by a locally-run speech-to-text model via Microsoft Foundry Local. The feature works across the chat panel, inline editor, terminal, and agents window. Users can start dictation via a button or the Ctrl+I shortcut, select their microphone, configure key bindings, and enable LLM cleanup in settings. The VS Code Speech extension is no longer needed as this functionality is now native. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does VS Code have built-in voice dictation now instead of needing the VS Code Speech extension? Yes, VS Code now includes built-in voice dictation that works in chat, the inline editor, the terminal, and the agents window, replacing the need for the separate VS Code Speech extension. It downloads a speech-to-text model locally, powered by Microsoft Foundry Local, and includes an LLM cleanup option. Users with the old extension installed can uninstall it. _Developers wiring voice-driven workflows into their editor can track tooling updates like this on daily.dev._ ### What is the default keyboard shortcut to start voice dictation in VS Code chat and editor? The default keybinding to toggle voice dictation in VS Code chat and the inline editor is Control+I, while dictating directly into the editor text uses Ctrl+Alt+V. Pressing the shortcut again, or hitting escape in the editor, stops dictation. These can be reconfigured, and the microphone and speech model used can be changed in settings. _Anyone customizing VS Code shortcuts for voice input can follow tooling changes like this via daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#speech-recognition](https://daily.dev/tags/speech-recognition) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/built-in-dictation-in-vs-code-code-at-the-speed-of-thought-idqpmhavo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Built-in Dictation in VS Code: Code at the Speed of Thought","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/built-in-dictation-in-vs-code-code-at-the-speed-of-thought-idqpmhavo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/built-in-dictation-in-vs-code-code-at-the-speed-of-thought-idqpmhavo"},"datePublished":"2026-08-04T18:28:58.485Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:08:00.539Z","description":"VS Code now has built-in voice dictation powered by a locally-run speech-to-text model via Microsoft Foundry Local. 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