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voiceloop reads Claude Code's replies aloud on your Windows PC, even when Claude Code runs on another machine. Questions and approvals get their own chimes. The rest of the time, it's quiet.

Download for Windowsv0.8.1 · free and open source How it works
Pick its voiceThe bars move with real speech
The 3-key macropad with a knob, with 3D-printed symbols for dictate, slash command, send and mute, on a cork desk mat
voiceloop is talking

How it works

Three small parts. Run them all on one Windows PC, or spread them over three machines: Claude Code on a server, the speakers at your desk, and the voice on whatever box has a spare CPU.

  1. Wherever Claude Code runs

    The hook

    A small Python script. When Claude finishes a reply, asks a question or wants your approval, it sends the text to your PC.

    voiceloop_hook.py Linux, macOS or Windows · Python 3.8 or later
  2. Your Windows PC

    The app

    Plays the speech, shows the pill and chimes. Only the thread you last typed into speaks, and it stays quiet while the PC is locked.

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    voiceloop.exe Windows 10 or 11 · one 9 MB file
  3. Any box with Docker

    The voice

    Kokoro turns the text into speech. A CPU is enough, and it can run on the same PC.

    Kokoro-FastAPI About 2 GB of memory

Hear each kind

Each one travels the same way. Speech starts about 1.3 seconds after a reply lands, even when the reply is long.

Without leaving the keyboard

/mute
Silence the thread you typed it in. /unmute brings it back.
/resend
Hear the last reply again.
Ctrl+Alt+V
Turn voice mode on or off.
Ctrl+Alt+X
Stop speech now.
Win+L
Lock the PC and it says nothing until you're back.
The macropad: a dictate key, a slash key, a send key and a knob

The pad

Three keys and a knob, set up from voiceloop's Settings. No vendor software, no driver to install and no admin rights. The key map lives on the pad, so it works on any PC afterwards.

  1. 1
    DictateCtrl+Space, for Handy or any dictation app
  2. 2
    Slash commandStarts dictation and types /
  3. 3
    SendEnter
  4. 4
    Turn the knobVolume down and up
  5. 5
    Press the knobStop speech
Get the padAmazon UK

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The same pad sells under many names. If that listing has gone, search for a 3-key macropad with a knob and check its USB ID is 1189:8890.

Print the key symbols

Pick an icon for each key and export an STL of flat symbols to glue on. Starter icons are included. They printed cleanly at 9 mm with two 0.2 mm layers of PLA.

A different pad?

Each pad model is described by an XML profile: its USB IDs, keys, knobs and lights. A pad that speaks the same CH57x protocol only needs a new profile. Ask for yours on GitHub.