Heard is a macOS app that listens to your coding agent's events and turns useful parts into concise, natural speech.

Which coding agents does Heard support?

Heard wires into Claude Code or Codex.

What are the listening modes?

Heard offers three modes: Co-pilot (short hooks while working), Companion (fuller briefings when away), and Focus (quiet until something needs you).

Can I use Heard on my phone?

Yes, with Heard Power, you can pair your phone and listen, approve, and reply by voice while the session runs on your Mac.

Is Heard open-source?

Yes, the engine is Apache-2.0 and can be self-hosted with your own keys and a local Kokoro voice.

What are the pricing plans?

Heard offers a Free plan ($0), Pro ($12/month billed annually), and Power ($24/month billed annually).

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What is Heard?

Heard is a macOS app that listens to your coding agent's events, understands what matters in context, and turns the useful parts into concise, natural speech. It offers multiple listening modes (Co-pilot, Companion, Focus) and supports multi-agent awareness, allowing you to follow parallel sessions with distinct voices. Heard also includes Heard Power for mobile pairing, enabling you to listen, approve, and reply by voice while away from your Mac. The app is open-source (Apache-2.0) and offers free, Pro, and Power plans.

What can Heard do?

Narration with judgment
Turns agent events into concise, natural speech, e.g., 'Tests are green...'
Listening modes
Co-pilot, Companion, and Focus modes switchable from menu bar.
Heard Power mobile pairing
Pair phone to listen, approve, and reply by voice; works with screen locked.
Multi-agent aware
Follows parallel sessions, voices priority, and provides compact summaries with distinct voices.
Custom personas
Choose from four personas (Aria, Friday, Jarvis, Atlas) or write your own in Markdown.
Self-host option
Apache-2.0 engine with your own keys and local Kokoro voice.

Who is Heard for?

Developers: Turn a coding agent's terminal activity into concise spoken updates so you can step away without falling behind.
Claude Code & Codex users: Pair a phone once to listen, approve, and reply by voice while the session keeps running on the Mac.
Developers running multiple agents: Follow parallel agent sessions with distinct voices while Heard voices the priority and rolls the rest into compact digests.