Ozmen
@nozmen
Aqua Voice: I barely type long prompts now, just talk. Saved ~5 hrs typing in 2 weeks. Much more accurate than macOS dictation.
Windsurf
Windsurf Voice Dictation
Brief Cascade out loud and let it build.
Aqua is a system-wide dictation layer for Mac, Windows, and iPhone. Hold a key anywhere in Windsurf and speak, and your words land in whatever has focus: the Cascade prompt, an inline comment, a commit message, or the integrated terminal.
Does Windsurf have built-in voice dictation?
No. Windsurf is built around Cascade, its agentic mode, and Cascade takes typed prompts. There is no dictation composer in the editor, no microphone in the Cascade panel, and no voice setting to turn on. The usual workarounds are macOS Dictation, Windows voice typing, or a dedicated tool. Aqua is the dedicated tool done properly: one key, every field in Windsurf, every other app on the machine, plus a custom dictionary so your package names survive first contact.
How to dictate in Windsurf with Aqua
- Download Aqua for Mac or Windows and grant microphone access, plus Accessibility access on macOS.
- Pick your hold-to-talk key in Aqua's settings.
- Open Windsurf and click into the Cascade prompt, the editor, or the terminal.
- Hold your key, brief Cascade in full, and release.
- Add your repo, framework, and package names to your custom dictionary.
Tips for dictating in Windsurf
- Brief Cascade the way you would brief a person: the goal, the constraints, the files in scope, what not to touch.
- Longer prompts are where agentic modes earn their keep, and speaking is what makes longer prompts cheap.
- The same key works for the commit message and the PR description afterwards, which is where most of the writing actually is.
- Put internal package names in the custom dictionary. No general speech model has heard of them.
What you get
97.3% accuracy on AISpeak, SOC 2 Type II, and 49 languages, on Mac, Windows, and iPhone. Start free with 1,000 lifetime words. Pro is $8 a month billed annually.
Read the full guide to voice dictation in WindsurfFrequently asked questions
- Does Windsurf have built-in voice dictation?
- No. Cascade takes typed prompts, and there is no dictation composer or microphone in the editor. Voice comes from your operating system or a dedicated tool.
- Does Aqua work in the Cascade panel and the editor?
- Yes. Aqua types into whatever field has focus, so Cascade, the editor, comments, commit messages, and the integrated terminal all work.
- Does it handle framework and package names?
- Yes, and anything it does not know by default can go in your custom dictionary.
- Does it work on Windows?
- Yes. Aqua runs on Mac, Windows, and iPhone. There is no Android app.
- How much does it cost?
- Starter is free with 1,000 lifetime words. Pro is $8 a month billed annually, and Team is $12 a month billed annually.
Dictate in other apps
Aqua works in every text box on your Mac, Windows PC, and iPhone. These are some of the apps people use it in most.
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James Fong
@jamesfong
3 products that have broken into my forever home. And that's not an easy feat for me: @circlebackai, @aquavoice, and @superset_sh
Jayme Hoffman
@jaymehoffman
@aquavoice has saved me over 2 days of typing
Grzegorz Kossakowski
@gkossakowski
Aqua is a true power tool: quick, reliable and understands your context - they were early at appreciating the value of context engineering.
tz 🏴☠️
@tzmartin
tbh @aquavoice is a vibe coder's delight.. lowest latency, highest quality STT I've used so far
Ferruccio Balestreri
@0xferruccio
For coding prompting with voice nothing beats @aquavoice All the other transcription apps don't work well with code like tailwind class names
mass
@Memetic_Theory
If you're not using @aquavoice you're moving 15% slower than you could
juan
@juanbuis
this is why @aquavoice is better than all other AI transcription apps it actually writes like you talk
jaxn
@jackson_felty
@aquavoice is a prime example of how much better a product can be when the team focuses on making one simple use case incredible
Tulsi Prasad ⚡️
@thebuildguy
Unpaid shout out — @aquavoice is probably one of my most used tool that has saved me quite literally a day of time!
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