TL;DR: Warp is the terminal that speaks English, so voice typing for Warp is the most natural pairing in your toolbox: say the prompt, let Agent Mode run it. Warp ships a built-in voice input (checked July 4, 2026), but it is cloud-transcribed, lives only inside Warp, and still needs a hotkey or a mic-button click every time. Infina works in every app on your Mac, transcribes on-device by default, costs $99 once (at the time of writing), and runs the loop no built-in mic button can: lean back two feet from the desk, eat lunch, say "type fix the failing migration and rerun it", say "send", say "open Notes" to jot something down, then "open Warp" and keep going, all without touching a key.
Warp already speaks English. Speak back.
Warp leaned into AI harder than any other terminal. As of July 4, 2026, its Agent Mode takes plain natural-language requests ("find what is eating disk space and clean it up"), runs multi-turn conversations, and can drive whole coding tasks, with multiple agent conversations open across tabs and panes.
Which means the thing you type into Warp all day is no longer du -sh * | sort -h. It is English sentences.
And English sentences are exactly what dictation is best at. You speak roughly three times faster than you type, so every Agent Mode prompt, every follow-up, every "no, keep the old config keys" correction is faster said than typed.
That logic applies to any terminal, and we cover the general case in voice typing for terminal. Warp is just the terminal where it pays off hardest, because Warp itself was built for natural language.
Does Warp have voice input built in?
Yes. As of July 4, 2026, Warp includes a voice input option: a mic button in Agent Mode plus a configurable hotkey, with transcription powered by Wispr Flow in the cloud, per Warp's official docs. The docs note voice data is processed in real time rather than kept as a recording, and that voice usage has fair-use limits.
Credit where due: Warp adding a mic is a sign the whole industry knows prompts want to be spoken.
Here is what that built-in option leaves on the table, and why we built Infina differently:
| Warp's built-in voice (checked July 4, 2026) | Infina | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it works | Inside Warp's own input surfaces | Every app on your Mac: Warp, Cursor, browsers, Slack, docs |
| Where audio goes | Processed in the cloud by Wispr Flow | On-device by default; audio never leaves your Mac |
| Trigger | Mic button or hotkey, each time | Hold Option, or fully hands-free with no key at all |
| Sending and switching | Your hands | Say "send", say "open [app]" |
| Price model | Bundled with Warp, subject to usage limits | $99 one-time license, dictation is unlimited and yours |
If you only ever dictate into Warp, and you are happy with your audio going to the cloud, the built-in mic is fine. But your prompts do not stop at Warp's window edge, and neither should your dictation.
Voice typing for Warp with Infina: two minutes to set up
Infina types at the OS level, so to Warp it looks exactly like your keyboard. No plugin, no integration, nothing to enable inside Warp itself.
- Install Infina and grant the microphone and accessibility permissions it asks for.
- Focus Warp's input, in Agent Mode or the classic prompt.
- Hold Option (⌥), speak your prompt, release. The words land at your cursor.
The output is raw by design: what you said is what gets typed, with no autocorrect layer "fixing" a branch name or a flag into something prettier. Transcription runs on your Mac's Neural Engine, works offline, and hits 95%+ accuracy on clear English speech.
One safety note that applies to any terminal voice input: dictation only types text. Nothing runs until you press Enter yourself, or deliberately say "send" in hands-free mode. A misheard word just sits on the prompt line like a typo.
The hands-free loop no mic button gives you
Every dictation option for Warp, including Warp's own, shares one assumption: you are sitting at the keyboard, pressing something for every utterance. Infina's hands-free mode drops that assumption, and this is the part no other tool does.
Double-tap Cmd (⌘) to toggle hands-free on (it ships off by default). Then, from 2 to 3 feet away:
- Say a sentence starting with "type": "type profile the build and tell me the slowest step". Infina types it into Warp.
- Say "send". Infina presses Enter and the agent runs.
- While it works, say "open Notes" to capture a thought, or "open Terminal" to feed a second agent session, then "open Warp" to come back.
Prompt, send, switch, repeat, with your hands on your lunch instead of the keyboard. Dictation apps and built-in mic buttons stop at typing text; Infina completes the whole loop by voice.
That loop is what makes running several agents at once practical instead of theoretical. We show the full multi-session workflow in hands-free Claude Code, and it drives Codex sessions exactly the same way, because Infina does not care which agent owns the focused window.
Honest limits
- English only in the base product. The optional $10/month cloud add-on adds more languages, sharper cloud transcription, and LLM-polished output, useful when the same app handles your emails and docs.
- Mac only, Apple Silicon required for the on-device models. Warp runs on Windows and Linux too; Infina does not.
- Raw output by design. Ideal for prompts and commands; for publishing prose you would want the add-on's polish.
- Hands-free is our newest feature and labeled experimental. It likes a reasonably quiet room. Hold-Option push-to-talk is the mature fallback that always works.
FAQ
Does Warp terminal have voice input? Yes, as of July 4, 2026 Warp includes a built-in voice option with a mic button in Agent Mode and a hotkey, transcribed in the cloud by Wispr Flow according to Warp's docs. It works only inside Warp; a system-wide tool like Infina dictates into Warp and every other app, on-device by default.
How do I dictate to Warp with Infina? Focus Warp's input, hold Option, speak, release. Infina types at the OS level, so no Warp plugin or setting is needed. In hands-free mode you skip the key entirely: say "type" plus your prompt, then "send".
Is voice input to a terminal safe? Yes. Dictation only puts text on the prompt line; nothing executes until you press Enter or say "send" on purpose. You review a spoken prompt exactly like a typed one.
Does Infina send my Warp prompts to the cloud? No, not by default. Transcription runs entirely on your Mac's Neural Engine and works offline; your audio never leaves the device. Cloud processing is strictly an optional $10/month add-on you can ignore forever.
Can I run Warp Agent Mode completely hands-free? Yes, that is Infina's signature loop. With hands-free mode on, say "type" plus your request, say "send" to submit it, and say "open Warp" or "open [any app]" to switch windows by voice, from a couple of feet away.
What does Infina cost compared to subscription dictation? $99 one-time at the time of writing, every 1.x update included, with a 7-day money-back guarantee. Subscription dictation apps charge around $12 to $15 every month forever; Infina's only subscription is the optional $10/month cloud add-on, if and when you want it. Details on pricing.
The bottom line
Warp bet the terminal on natural language, and it was right. The moment your terminal takes English, the fastest input for it is your voice.
Warp's built-in mic gets you part way: cloud transcription, inside one app, a button press per utterance. Voice typing for Warp with Infina gets you the whole thing: every app on your Mac, on-device and private by default, and a hands-free loop that types, sends, and switches windows while you lean back.
$99 once at the time of writing, 7 days to prove it on your own Warp sessions, risk-free.