The Problem Was My Habit of Typing Short
When I assign work to Claude Code on my Windows device, I usually type one short line, like 「check the translations」. Claude then asks which file, and how far to look. So I ran a small one-week experiment.
How I Tested It
• Typing on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; voice dictation on Wednesday and Friday
• Same kinds of tasks throughout (draft writing, file cleanup, translation review)
• One metric only: how many times Claude asked me a follow-up question
Result
On typing days Claude asked about 5 questions a day on average. On voice days, about 2. The reason is simple. When you speak, background and reasons come out on their own, such as 「this goes live tomorrow morning」. Those are exactly the sentences I skip when typing because it feels like a chore.
Steps Anyone Can Follow, No Coding Needed
1. Click the Claude Code input box.
2. Press the Windows key + H to open the dictation window.
3. Say one sentence each for three things: the goal, the target, and what counts as done.
4. Skim what was written, then press Enter.
This is for an article going out tomorrow morning, so I need a translation review.
The target is the four language files I made today,
and it is done once you list only the terms that differ, in a table.
Things to Watch
English terms and proper nouns are sometimes transcribed wrongly. Give the text one quick look before sending. Even so, saving three follow-ups a day was well worth it. If the keyboard feels slow today, try giving one instruction out loud.