--- title: 🗣️ Speak to VS Code with the new Voice Dictation... description: VS Code now includes a built-in voice dictation feature powered by Microsoft Foundry Local, a local on-device model. Users can activate it via a microphone... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/speak-to-vs-code-with-the-new-voice-dictation-integration-coding-vscode-voicedictation-hsrhjyeuj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 🗣️ Speak to VS Code with the new Voice Dictation integration #coding #vscode #voicedictation | daily.dev og:description: VS Code now includes a built-in voice dictation feature powered by Microsoft Foundry Local, a local on-device model. Users can activate it via a microphone... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/speak-to-vs-code-with-the-new-voice-dictation-integration-coding-vscode-voicedictation-hsrhjyeuj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hSrHJYeuJ.png og:image:alt: 🗣️ Speak to VS Code with the new Voice Dictation integration #coding #vscode #voicedictation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode) [Watch video](https://api.daily.dev/r/hSrHJYeuJ) # [🗣️ Speak to VS Code with the new Voice Dictation integration #coding #vscode #voicedictation](https://api.daily.dev/r/hSrHJYeuJ "Go to post") VS Code now includes a built-in voice dictation feature powered by Microsoft Foundry Local, a local on-device model. Users can activate it via a microphone button or keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+I, Ctrl+Alt+V) to dictate text directly in the editor, agent chat, or inline chat. Dictation runs locally on the device and can be stopped with Escape or by tapping the microphone again. [#vscode](/tags/vscode "Check all #vscode posts") Aug 03 • 1m watch time Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post [](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode) [Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode "https://daily.dev/sources/vscode") Visual Studio Code is a lightweight and powerful code editor developed by Microsoft, offering built-... Read more 846 Followers • 2K Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? Copy link WhatsApp Facebook X New Squad Copy linkShare with your friends ```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":"🗣️ Speak to VS Code with the new Voice Dictation integration #coding #vscode #voicedictation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/speak-to-vs-code-with-the-new-voice-dictation-integration-coding-vscode-voicedictation-hsrhjyeuj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/speak-to-vs-code-with-the-new-voice-dictation-integration-coding-vscode-voicedictation-hsrhjyeuj"},"datePublished":"2026-08-03T21:25:43.758Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T18:29:37.300Z","description":"VS Code now includes a built-in voice dictation feature powered by Microsoft Foundry Local, a local on-device model. Users can activate it via a microphone...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TICuxYdEyS8/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TICuxYdEyS8/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Visual Studio Code","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Visual Studio Code","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/d5adab6ae9fb44d19859748fc30f5e18","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/speak-to-vs-code-with-the-new-voice-dictation-integration-coding-vscode-voicedictation-hsrhjyeuj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"vscode","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"🗣️ Speak to VS Code with the new Voice Dictation integration #coding #vscode #voicedictation","description":"VS Code now includes a built-in voice dictation feature powered by Microsoft Foundry Local, a local on-device model. Users can activate it via a microphone...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TICuxYdEyS8/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-03T21:25:43.758Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/hSrHJYeuJ","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TICuxYdEyS8"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Visual Studio Code","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"🗣️ Speak to VS Code with the new Voice Dictation integration #coding #vscode #voicedictation"}]} ```