[BUG] Voice recording requires the native audio module, which could not be loaded.

[phoenixai-solutions]

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• I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

When trying to activate voice in ClaudeCode (Version 2.1.69) via Windows Powershell I get teh following error:
Voice recording requires the native audio module, which could not be loaded.

Trying to troubleshoot with Claude direct highlights:
The /voice feature on Windows requires a native audio-capture.node binary at audio-capture/x64-win32/audio-capture.node inside the Claude Code package, and it's completely missing from your installation.

I reinstalled Claude and issues remains so I cant use /voice.

What Should Happen?

I should be able activate the /voice command and use voice with Claude Code.

Error Messages/Logs

Output from Claude:
Bug: /voice command fails on Windows — native audio module not bundled

  Environment:
  - Claude Code: v2.1.69 (installed via npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
  - Node.js: v20.20.0
  - npm: 11.2.0
  - Platform: x64-win32
  - OS: Windows 11 Home 10.0.26100

Error message:
Voice recording requires the native audio module, which could not be loaded.

Root cause:
The audio-capture/ directory is entirely missing from the npm package. The code in checkRecordingAvailability() expects a native binary at audio-capture/x64-win32/audio-capture.node, but no audio-capture/ directory is shipped in the package. The vendor/ directory only contains ripgrep/.

On non-Windows platforms, the code falls back to SoX (rec command), but on Windows the only supported path is the native module — so there is no fallback and voice mode is completely unavailable.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Windows Powershell
2. Run Claude
3. Type /voice
4. Hit enter

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.1.69

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

PowerShell

Additional Information

No response

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [Bug] Voice recording fails with native audio module load error #30695
2. [BUG] /voice fails on Windows - audio-capture.node path hardcoded to CI build machine #30915
3. [BUG] /voice fails on Windows native install — "native audio module could not be loaded" #31025

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[MethCDN]

please solve it, we pay for it and we cant using it.

[selimoksuz]

Windows x64 - audio-capture.node missing from npm package

Running Claude Code v2.1.72 on Windows 11 x64 (installed via npm).

Issue: The audio-capture directory is completely missing from the npm package. The code in cli.js constructs the path as ../audio-capture/x64-win32/audio-capture.node relative to import.meta.url, but this directory does not exist in the package.

Verified workarounds that do NOT work:

• WSL2: Voice mode explicitly blocked (Voice mode is not supported in WSL because audio devices are not available)
• VoiceMode MCP with local Whisper: Fails on Windows due to missing fcntl module
• Setting AUDIO_CAPTURE_NODE_PATH env variable: No binary available to point to

Request: Please include audio-capture/x64-win32/audio-capture.node in the npm package distribution, or provide an official download link for the binary.

[materemias]

Platform: Linux (Arch Linux, kernel 6.18.9)
Claude Code version: 2.1.72
Installation: ~/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.72

Same issue here — no audio capture binaries are bundled in the installation at all. Running find across the entire Claude installation directory returns zero results for any audio*, voice*, or speech* files.

The /voice command doesn't appear as an available slash command, which I assume is due to the 5% rollout gate, but wanted to flag that even once it's enabled, the native module would be missing on this platform.

Would love to see Linux support included in the voice mode rollout.

[stanicio]

Same issue here.

• Claude Code version: 2.1.73
• OS: Windows 11 Pro Build 26200 (x64)
• Shell: Git Bash
• Error: Voice recording requires the native audio module, which could not be loaded.

The audio-capture.node binary is not bundled with the Windows distribution. Would appreciate a fix or a SoX/ffmpeg fallback as suggested in #32249.

[Promethia1]

Having this issue also on Windows! Please fix I'd love to have this option.

[aditya-MHA]

Is this happening only for Windows?