Speechback is a menu-bar app that reads your Claude Code replies aloud while you work, so you can look away from the screen and still follow along. It speaks each final reply in a natural macOS voice, with global hotkeys to stop, mute, and repeat. Add a project folder and click Install, and Speechback wires up the local Claude Code hooks for you. Everything runs on your device.
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Speechback sits in your menu bar and reads Claude Code's final reply aloud the moment a turn ends — in a natural macOS voice — so you can look away from the screen and keep working. Click the icon any time for instant controls.
Pick from Apple's premium macOS voices, then dial in speed, pitch, volume, and which speaker it plays through. Hit Test voice to preview live; Reset puts everything back.
A simple grid picks what Speechback voices — final replies, live narration, its thinking, even each tool action — and whether each is read aloud or just flagged with a silent menu-bar badge.
Point Speechback at a project and it wires up the local Claude Code hooks for you — no config files to hand-edit. Turn on "All projects" to cover every session at once.
Tell Speechback how to pronounce names and acronyms, with whole-word and match-case options. Rules apply across every project, and Test voice previews them instantly.
System-wide shortcuts that work even when Speechback isn't the active app — cut it off mid-sentence, silence it before a call, or replay the last message without leaving your editor.
Launches at login and lives in the menu bar with no Dock icon — and it auto-pauses while your mic is in use, so it never talks over a call or recording. Everything runs on-device.
