Text to speech does not work on WSL (Terminal/VSCode terminal)
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 26, 2026 by gbbarroso Closed Feb 26, 2026
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What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.105.0
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.3-codex
What platform is your computer?
Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
VSCode / Windows Terminal WSL
What issue are you seeing?
Holding space for TTS does not work on WSL
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Start codex session via codex
- Hold space bar
- cursor just moves to the right - no signals of TTS (not even the animation)
What is the expected behavior?
- Start codex session via codex
- Hold space bar
- TTS happens
Additional information
I have voice_transcription added as a feature
codex features list | rg voice_transcription returns voice_transcription under development true
Still, nothing happens. Also could not find anything related in the codex_tui.log
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Exactly, this does not work for me as well
This feature is still under development and is not ready for use. We'll mark it as "experimental" when it's ready for use.