LookAwayLookAway
Mar 30

Improve detection for voice dictation

I frequently use voice dictation during my work, 1) using an app called VoiceInk, and 2) using the built-in voice dictation in Claude Code. There are a couple issues right now with voice dictation, specifically **meeting detection** and **break delays**.## Meeting detectionRight now, when I have "Meeting or Calls" detection turned on, I get a distracting notification every time I dictate with VoiceInk or Claude Code. The break timer cooldown then fires, extending the break interval unnecessarily.I can add VoiceInk to the list of excluded apps, but that negates the only current way of having a break delay (described below). Additionally, when using dictation in Claude Code, the detected app is often a system process and I have no idea how to add it to the excluded apps.## Break delaysI don't need the break timer to be completely paused when I'm dictating, I just need to delay breaks from *starting* when I am dictating, the same way that the typing and dragging detection works. Right now the only way to accomplish this is by having Meeting detection enabled for the app, which as I described above isn't desirable behaviour.
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Apr 14, 2026

I just wanted to add my own plus one to this because I use Wispr Flow. Having the alerts pop up from the tool thinking I'm in a meeting is a bit overwhelming given how often they happen.

Mar 30, 2026

Thanks for the response! Sorry about the formatting, I'm not sure what happened to my line breaks. I did actually write this myself 🫣

Mar 30, 2026

Hi Tim, You're right. I think voice dictation is going to become as common as typing so it needs its own setting rather than being clubbed with other smart pauses. Give me some time and I'll publish an update with this.

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changed status toUnder Review·Mar 30, 2026