Talk to Orsola out loud

It works in any conversation

Talking to Orsola is not a separate place you go. It is part of the message box, so you can start speaking in whatever conversation you are already in — and everything said becomes part of that conversation like any other message.

It is on every plan, Free included. There is nothing to upgrade first. What it needs instead is an active subscription and some credits in the balance — which is why it stops when a subscription lapses or the balance hits zero, and starts working again as soon as either is fixed.

Because it is per-conversation, the agent you are in still applies: start speaking in a conversation with your own agent and it follows the same instructions it always does.

Start talking

1. Open any conversation.
2. Choose the microphone in the message box.
3. Allow microphone access when the browser asks — the first time only.
4. When it shows it is listening, just talk. There is no button to hold down.

Orsola replies out loud and you answer back. A timer runs while the call is going.

Interrupt, mute, and end it

• Interrupt by talking. You do not have to wait for Orsola to finish a sentence — start speaking and it stops to listen. This is the thing most worth knowing, because sitting politely through a long answer is the main reason people give up on voice.
• Mute when you need to say something to somebody else in the room. It stops listening until you unmute.
• End it when you are done. Leaving a call open and listening keeps costing credits.

What it costs

Spoken conversation is among the most credit-hungry things Orsola does — it is audio, and audio is the expensive kind. It shows under Audio & Transcription in check your balance and usage.

A few minutes of talking costs meaningfully more than the same exchange typed. Worth knowing before a long session, not worth avoiding.

What is kept afterwards

The conversation is kept like a typed one. You can scroll back through what was said and carry on in writing later, with all the context intact.

Anything Orsola actually did while you were talking — a reminder you set up out loud, for instance — exists in its own right afterwards, exactly as if you had typed the request.

When it will not start

• The browser has no microphone permission. A refusal is remembered and the prompt does not come back; you have to allow it in the browser's settings. See Orsola can't hear you?
• Something else is using the microphone. A video call already holding it will stop this from starting.
• The connection dropped. It needs a steady connection throughout, and on a weak one it ends rather than degrading.

Where to go next

Choose how Orsola sounds picks the voice you hear, and Orsola can't hear you? is the page for microphone problems.