Voice Assistant

The Voice Assistant lets you have a natural, real-time spoken conversation with Aide. Instead of typing, you speak — the AI listens, processes your speech, and responds with both voice and text.

Accessing the Voice Assistant

1. Click the microphone icon in the input bar of the main chat interface.
2. Or navigate to /voice directly.
3. Allow microphone access when your browser prompts for permission.

How It Works

The Voice Assistant uses RTVI (Realtime Voice Interaction) — a bidirectional audio pipeline that processes your speech and streams the AI’s response back in real time.

1. Click Connect or the microphone button to start a session.
2. Wait for the status to show Ready or Connected.
3. Speak your question or prompt clearly.
4. The AI processes your speech and responds — both spoken aloud and as text on screen.
5. Continue speaking to keep the conversation going.
6. Click Disconnect when you’re done.

Status Indicators

Status	Meaning
Connecting	Establishing the voice connection
Connected	Ready — you can start speaking
Listening	AI is capturing your speech
Responding	AI is generating and playing its response
Disconnected	Session ended

Tips for Best Results

• Speak at a natural pace — not too fast, not too slow
• Keep background noise to a minimum
• Wait for the AI to finish responding before speaking again
• Use a headset or headphones to prevent audio feedback

Tip

The voice assistant is great for hands-free use — ask questions while taking notes, reviewing material, or doing other tasks at the same time.

Caution

If the connection drops mid-session, click Disconnect and reconnect to start a fresh voice session. Conversation context from voice sessions is not automatically carried into text chat.