Speech Recognition

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: audio-podcast

Transcribe speech to text using the Speech framework. Use when implementing live microphone transcription with AVAudioEngine, recognizing pre-recorded audio files, configuring on-device vs server-based recognition, handling authorization flows, or adopting the new SpeechAnalyzer API (iOS 26+) for modern async/await speech-to-text.

What this skill does

Speech Recognition is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the audio-podcast sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/speech-recognition/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when implementing live microphone transcription with AVAudioEngine, recognizing pre-recorded audio files, configuring on-device vs server-based recognition, handling authorization flows, or adopting the new SpeechAnalyzer API (iOS 26+) for modern async/await speech-to-text.

Who uses this skill

The Speech Recognition skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/speech-recognition
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/speech-recognition/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/speech-recognition/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/speech-recognition/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/speech-recognition/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\speech-recognition\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.