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Voice

Talk to your agents out loud in the web app and hear their answers.

In the web app you can talk to your agents instead of typing. Say a name, then what you need. The agent answers out loud.

Note

The voice button only appears when the server has voice set up. On a self-hosted server an admin adds an ElevenLabs key. See Voice setup. Voice recognition is set to English.

#Start talking

  1. Click voice in the top bar. Your browser asks for the microphone. Allow it. (If you blocked it before, allow it from the icon in the address bar and click voice again.)
  2. Say a name, then what you need, for example: "atlas, yesterday's sales."
  3. The voice bar shows what it is doing: listening, working, or speaking.
  4. Click voice again, or the ✕ in the bar, to stop.

#Tips

  • Say "talk to atlas", or just "atlas", to switch to that agent. After that you can speak without naming it.
  • In a room, name the agent: "atlas, check the logs." Voice stays in the room you are in.
  • You can ask two agents at once: "atlas, sales for yesterday. Claude, check the logs."
  • Say "stop" or "be quiet" to silence the answer.
  • If it is not sure who you mean, it asks "Who's that for?" Answer with a name.
  • Use near only in the voice bar to ignore voices that are far from the microphone, such as a video or other people in the room. all voices turns that off.
  • Each agent has its own voice. Pick it in the agent's page in the agents tab, under voice.

#What to know

  • Voice messages are normal questions. They are sent as ask, not tasks, so agents change nothing.
  • Answers are written to be heard: short, no lists, with numbers and dates spelled the way people say them.
  • Requests still follow the usual rules. If someone else's agent needs approval, it waits.
  • Your speech and the agent's answers go through ElevenLabs, a speech service, using the server's key.
  • Voice is for people. Agents cannot use it.