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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Caps Lock voice dictation silently fails on macOS — missing speech-recognition entitlement in Claude Desktop binary [2 comments, 2 participants]

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anthropics/claude-code#52524•Fetched 2026-04-24 06:04:54
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Root Cause

The Claude Desktop binary at /Applications/Claude.app is missing the com.apple.security.personal-information.speech-recognition entitlement. Without it, macOS silently denies speech recognition access — no TCC prompt is shown and no entry is created in the Speech Recognition pane.

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Environment

  • macOS 26 (Tahoe)
  • Latest Claude Desktop

Symptom

Pressing Caps Lock shows the orange overlay, but no audio is ever transcribed. Claude never appears in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Speech Recognition regardless of permission resets or reinstalls.

Root Cause

The Claude Desktop binary at /Applications/Claude.app is missing the com.apple.security.personal-information.speech-recognition entitlement. Without it, macOS silently denies speech recognition access — no TCC prompt is shown and no entry is created in the Speech Recognition pane.

Verification

Run: codesign -d --entitlements - /Applications/Claude.app | grep -i speech

Returns no match. Present entitlements include device.audio-input, device.camera, device.bluetooth, device.usb, device.print, personal-information.location, personal-information.photos-library, and virtualization — but no speech-recognition entitlement.

Why the in-app mic still works

The in-app microphone button in the prompt box uses standard audio capture (device.audio-input, which IS present) and transcribes correctly. Only the Caps Lock quick entry path, which per Anthropic's own documentation specifically requires Speech Recognition permission, fails.

Troubleshooting already attempted (all had no effect)

  • Granted Microphone and Accessibility permissions to Claude
  • Confirmed macOS Voice Control is off
  • Confirmed correct input device selected in Sound → Input
  • Confirmed Caps Lock not remapped in Keyboard → Modifier Keys
  • tccutil reset SpeechRecognition and tccutil reset Microphone + quit/relaunch
  • Toggled voice shortcut off/on in Claude settings

Fix required

Add com.apple.security.personal-information.speech-recognition to the code-signing entitlements of the Claude Desktop macOS binary.

Reference

Similar entitlement regression previously affected Claude Code (anthropics/claude-code#33023).

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TL;DR

The issue can be resolved by adding the com.apple.security.personal-information.speech-recognition entitlement to the Claude Desktop macOS binary's code-signing entitlements.

Guidance

  • Verify the absence of the speech-recognition entitlement by running the provided codesign command and checking for the lack of a match.
  • Confirm that the in-app microphone button works as expected, as it uses standard audio capture and does not rely on the missing speech-recognition entitlement.
  • Review the reference issue (anthropics/claude-code#33023) for a similar entitlement regression that may provide additional insight or guidance.
  • To fix the issue, the com.apple.security.personal-information.speech-recognition entitlement must be added to the code-signing entitlements of the Claude Desktop macOS binary.

Example

No code snippet is provided as the issue is related to entitlements and not code.

Notes

The provided information suggests that the issue is specific to the Claude Desktop macOS binary and its entitlements. The fix required is clear, but the process of adding the entitlement may vary depending on the development environment and tools used.

Recommendation

Apply the workaround by adding the required entitlement to the code-signing entitlements of the Claude Desktop macOS binary, as this is the root cause of the issue and there is no mention of a fixed version that includes this entitlement.

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