# Hands-Free Coding with AI Agents Source: https://heard.dev/use-cases/hands-free-coding Use Heard to follow coding agent progress by voice and respond when a decision needs you, without watching every terminal window. Hands-free coding # Direct your agents. Use your voice. Hear what changed. Answer by voice. Keep Claude Code and Codex moving without switching to every terminal. [Download for Mac](https://heard.dev/download/use-cases?format=dmg) [Read the docs](https://docs.heard.dev/quickstart) Includes 14 days of free Heard. No card needed. Speak the instruction. Heard routes it to your agent. 01 ### Hear the part that matters. Get spoken updates on results, blockers, and questions instead of reading the whole session. 02 ### Give the next instruction. Hold right Command and name your agent. Heard sends your words to the right session. 03 ### Quiet when you want it. Heard speaks questions, approvals, failures and results, not every tool step. Mute updates when you want quiet. Getting started ## Start with one session. [Open the setup guide](https://docs.heard.dev/quickstart) 1. 01 ### Connect your agent. Open Claude Code or Codex and connect it to Heard. 2. 02 ### Choose your voice. Pick a voice that works for you. 3. 03 ### Speak when it needs you. Reply by voice with Heard Power. Return to the diff when it’s time to review. A few more details ## Questions? ### How can I talk back to my AI coding agent by voice? It depends on the agent. In Claude Code, /voice turns your speech into prompt text, and VS Code has an experimental Voice Mode for a spoken conversation with its chat agent. For Claude Code and Codex sessions on a Mac, Heard (heard.dev), the voice context layer for agents, speaks each session’s questions, approvals, failures and results, and on Heard Power you press right ⌘ to talk to Parrot: ask what a session is doing, or tell Parrot what to send to which session, without switching windows. The open-source plugin parlar gives one Claude Code or Codex session at a time a fully local spoken conversation, and runs on Linux and Windows today, with macOS support in progress. ### Is there a way to listen to AI coding agent output instead of reading dense terminal text? Yes. Heard (heard.dev) speaks short summaries of your Claude Code and Codex sessions on your Mac: questions, approvals, failures and finished work as they happen, without tool-by-tool chatter, so you hear what changed and when the agent needs you without reading the terminal. Tools such as Tell Me and Agent Hotline read the replies themselves aloud instead. ### Can I use AirPods to listen to what my coding agents are doing? Yes. Heard (heard.dev) plays its spoken updates through your Mac’s sound output, so with AirPods connected to the Mac you hear Claude Code and Codex questions, approvals, failures and finished work in your ears while you look away or step away from the screen. To hear the updates in your AirPods, pick them as the Mac’s sound output in System Settings > Sound. The sound comes from the Mac, so stay within Bluetooth range of it. ### Does hands-free coding mean I can ignore the agent? No. Heard reduces routine visual monitoring. You still define the task, handle risky decisions, inspect the diff, and verify the result. ### Can Heard speak only when something goes wrong? Not exactly. The Mac app has no listening modes: it speaks questions, approvals, blockers and failures, and finished work too, while routine progress stays quiet. You can mute updates when you need silence. The open-source engine you build yourself has a Focus mode that speaks only when an agent needs you. ### Can I reply from my phone? Yes, on Heard Power: text or call Parrot from your iPhone, or send a voice memo, and Parrot passes your message to your sessions. The Mac remains the host for the coding sessions. ## Keep exploring. [Coding agent notifications](https://heard.dev/guides/coding-agent-notifications) [Compatibility](https://heard.dev/compatibility) [Privacy and data](https://docs.heard.dev/privacy-and-data) [All use cases](https://heard.dev/use-cases) ## Give your agents a voice. Keep the context. Get on with your work. [Download for Mac](https://heard.dev/download/use-cases?format=dmg) Includes 14 days of free Heard. No card needed.