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Vox

MIT-licensed extension that lets you talk to a GitHub Copilot session out loud: your microphone feeds the active session and replies are spoken back, with an orb showing the listening state.

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What it does

Vox is an extension for the GitHub Copilot CLI that adds a voice panel. Running /vox opens a window with a listening orb. Your microphone is streamed to the active Copilot session, the turn is sent after a short pause (or when you tap the orb or press Space), and the reply is read back to you. It also reads aloud replies to turns you type in the CLI, and the same panel renders inside the GitHub Copilot app. The orb changes colour for resting, hearing you, thinking and speaking, and live captions show your speech as you talk. You can interrupt a spoken reply by tapping the orb or pressing Esc, open a transcript panel, and switch between several live sessions from a dropdown. The commands are /vox, /vox-stop and /vox-who. It is pure JavaScript with no build step and installs with a one-line command on Windows, macOS and Linux. It needs the Copilot CLI, Node.js and git, and opens its window in Chrome or Edge app mode so the browser's Web Speech APIs work.

Capabilities

  • Voice in and voice out for a running Copilot CLI session
  • Reactive orb and live captions
  • Interrupt a spoken reply by tapping the orb or pressing Esc
  • Transcript panel and switching between live sessions
  • Pure JavaScript with a one-line install on Windows, macOS and Linux

When to use it

  • Talking to Copilot instead of typing your requests
  • Hearing replies read aloud while working elsewhere
  • Running several Copilot sessions and moving the voice between them