Mac Voice MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 23 Sep 2026.
Talk with your AI assistant out loud on a Mac, with on-device speech recognition (whisper.cpp).
We read the source, 1 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
const child = spawn(recorder.bin, args, { stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"], windowsHide: true });
(d) => path.join(home, d, "whisper.cpp", "models"),
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We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mac-voice-mcp -- npx -y mac-voice-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"mac-voice-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mac-voice-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.mac-voice-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mac-voice-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mac-voice-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mac-voice-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mac-voice-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"mac-voice-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
VOICE_MCP_WHISPER_MODEL (whisper.cpp model name (default base.en)), VOICE_MCP_LANGUAGE (Spoken language code, e.g. en, th, or auto), VOICE_MCP_END_SILENCE_MS (Pause length that ends your turn, in ms (default 1200)).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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