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# Voice Chat

Talk to your agents using voice — speak your message and hear the response read back.

## How to use voice chat

1. Open **Chat** from the sidebar
2. Click the **microphone icon** in the input bar
3. Speak your message
4. Your speech is transcribed and sent to the agent
5. The agent's response plays back as audio

You can also read the text response in the chat thread — voice doesn't replace the text interface, it adds to it.

## Voice profiles

Manage how your agents sound when they respond.

Go to **Settings → Voice Profiles** to:

* Browse available voices
* Preview voice samples
* Set a default voice for your workspace
* Create custom cloned voices (upload a voice sample)

## Audio playback

Voice responses generate a playback link. Click the play button next to the agent's response to hear it again. Audio is delivered via secure, temporary URLs.

## Tips

* Voice chat works best for quick questions and status checks
* For detailed code review or long-form tasks, text chat is usually more efficient
* Voice transcription supports multiple languages
* You can switch between voice and text at any time in the same conversation

{% hint style="info" %}
Voice chat requires the voice service to be running. Check **Settings → General** for voice service status.
{% endhint %}

## Related

* [Chat](/user-guides/chat.md) — main chat interface guide
* [Routing & Auto Mode](/user-guides/chat/routing.md) — how messages are routed to agents
* [Settings → Models](/user-guides/settings/models.md) — configure the LLM behind your agents


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