wispr

Control Wispr Flow (the AI voice dictation app) from the command line on macOS via its registered wispr-flow:// URL scheme. No keystroke simulation, no Accessibility permission, no API key — just open.

The main use case: let an AI coding agent (Claude Code, or any tool that can run a shell command) turn Wispr Flow listening on and off for the user — e.g. the user says "start dictation" and the agent fires the start deeplink so they can speak their next prompt hands-free.

Requires the Wispr Flow desktop app installed and running, with Microphone permission granted.

Start listening (hands-free / toggle mode)

open "wispr-flow://start-hands-free"

Starts hands-free dictation — Flow keeps listening until stopped (unlike push-to-talk, which you hold). Dictated text is typed into whatever window currently has keyboard focus, so put the cursor where you want the text before triggering.

Stop listening