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Thinking out loud.
Notes on why we built Wispr Back — listening instead of reading, honest pricing, and giving a voice something to feel.
How to make Claude Code talk (2026 guide)
Start with free terminal bells, a macOS sound hook, or the built-in say command. If you want Claude Code to narrate what it actually did, there is a more polished option.
Read →Wispr Flow vs Wispr Back: opposite tools, confusing names
Wispr Flow turns your voice into text. Wispr Back turns text into a voice you can listen to. They are unaffiliated tools for opposite halves of the same workflow.
Read →Listen to your AI
Dictation turned your voice into text. Wispr Back does the inverse — it turns your AI's text back into a voice you can just listen to.
Read →Why the Apple voice is always free
Honest pricing means telling you where the costs actually are. Here's why one voice is free forever, and the good ones are metered.
Read →A voice that actually emotes
Most text-to-speech reads everything in the same flat tone. Expressive mode lets the voice laugh, whisper, and get excited where it fits.
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