Copy That
Voice dictation · Cline
Voice dictation for Cline.
Cline used to have a dictation button. It’s gone. Copy That brings voice back without credits: press one button on your iPhone or Apple Watch, talk, and your prompt is pasted into Cline’s chat on your Mac.
billing.ts — my-app — Visual Studio Code
>In Plan mode, read src/api/billing.ts and propose how to add retry with exponential backoff for Stripe webhook failures. Don’t edit anything yet.
Copy that. Pasted into Cline
Cline has no voice input anymore. It had a mic button that sent recordings to Cline’s transcription service using account credits, and removed it in February 2026 (PR #9511, “Remove voice mode UI and disable dictation”). macOS Dictation can be used instead, but saying “new line” sends the message rather than adding a line break (#14514).
As of October 2026.
- No Cline credits spent on speech: transcription runs on your Mac with Whisper.
- Works in Cline for VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI and Cline Desktop: it pastes into whatever is focused.
- One button on your phone or watch instead of a hotkey, and you can talk from across the room.
- Line breaks stay line breaks: the text is pasted, not typed key by key, so nothing gets sent early.
- Push.
One button on your Apple Watch or iPhone.
- Talk.
Say the prompt, anywhere, on any network.
- Paste.
Your Mac transcribes it and pastes it into Cline.
- Does Copy That work with Cline?
- Yes. Copy That pastes your transcribed words into whatever app is in front on your Mac, so it works with Cline with no plugin or setup inside Cline.
- Does Cline have voice input?
- Not anymore. Cline had a credit-based dictation feature and removed it in February 2026 (PR #9511).
- Does dictating into Cline with Copy That use Cline credits?
- No. Transcription runs on your Mac with Whisper, so no audio or credits go through Cline.
- Do my iPhone and Mac need to be on the same Wi-Fi?
- No. Recordings go through your own private iCloud, so your phone can be on cellular in a café while your Mac is at home. The Mac just needs to be awake and online.
- Where is my voice transcribed?
- On your Mac, with Whisper. Audio passes through your own iCloud account and is never sent to a speech-to-text service.
- What does it cost?
- The iPhone and Mac apps are free. The Apple Watch app is a one-time $4.99. There is no subscription.
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