Features
Voice Companions
Overview
Voice Companions let you have a spoken conversation with Torki. You talk, and Torki answers out loud in the voice of the companion you picked. Everything you say on a call goes through the same chat engine as a typed message, as you, so Torki can search the web, use the apps you have connected in Toolkit → Connectors, look things up for research and use what it remembers about you in Memory.
How it works
- You click Voice in the message bar and allow your microphone.
- Torki opens a new chat for the call and starts listening.
- You speak; when you pause, your words appear in the thread as your message.
- Torki answers out loud in a sentence or two. Anything long — code, lists, sources, a report — goes below a line in its reply and is shown in the chat, not read aloud.
- The reply appears in the thread once Torki has finished speaking and writing.
What it needs
Available on every plan. Voice is in beta. It runs in Torki on the web, and on Home in Torki AI for Mac from version 1.10.7.
A spoken turn counts as one message against your ordinary message allowance; there is no separate voice meter. Calls always use Orbit, whichever mode is selected in the message bar.
Get started
1. Click Voice
The control is a three-bar waveform icon next to the word Voice, with a purple BETA badge. It only appears when the message box is empty and nothing is streaming.
2. Allow your microphone
The first time you use it, your browser asks for permission; in the Mac app, macOS may ask as well. Allow it and the call starts straight away. There is no setup wizard.
3. Talk
While the call is live that same button turns your companion's colour and reads Listening, Thinking or Speaking. The edges of the screen glow in the companion's colour while Torki answers. If Torki needs a moment, for a web search say, it tells you so rather than going quiet.
4. Hang up
Click the same button again to end the call. A call also ends on its own after 30 minutes; the button then reads Stop. Click it, and start a new call to carry on.
Good to know
Your microphone stays open for the whole call. There is no push-to-talk and no mute, so start a call somewhere quiet — Torki works out that you have finished from a short pause.
You can interrupt: start talking while Torki is speaking and it stops and listens. What you said over it, and the answer you cut off, are not added to the thread during the call. Torki normally still finishes writing that answer, and both are in the chat when you open it again from the sidebar.
A voice call always goes into a new chat of its own, even if you start it from inside an existing conversation, so Torki does not see that conversation — and the new chat only appears in your sidebar after you refresh the page.
There are no live captions: your words appear once you pause, and Torki's reply appears once it has finished speaking and writing.
To keep a call moving, Torki takes at most two tool steps, such as web searches, for each thing you say, and a call never runs Deep Research. If you ask for deep research, Torki answers in a sentence or two and writes a full report from what it found into the chat. For a Deep Research report, switch Research on in text chat.
Speak English, Hindi or a mix of the two; Torki answers in the language you use.
The seven voices
Each companion has its own voice and its own personality, and on a call Torki answers as the companion you picked:
- Torki — the default assistant. Versatile, for anything from quick questions to big projects.
- Elli — the Creative Writer. Warm and expressive, for storytelling, blogs, poetry, screenplays and other creative writing.
- Poppy — the Business Buddy. Energetic and focused, for strategy, planning, productivity and business writing.
- Eywa — the Code Companion. Calm, precise and methodical, for writing, debugging and reviewing code.
- Kalli — the Social Guru. Trendy, analytical and creative, for social media strategy, content and brand voice.
- Pooline — the Research Pro. Thorough and analytical, for data analysis, research and fact-checking.
- 61 — the Support Hero. Patient, clear and systematic, for troubleshooting, tutorials and how-to guides, broken into easy steps.
Choose yours in Settings → Voice, where Preview voice plays a short sample. The choice is stored on your account, so it follows you to another device.
FAQ
Why can't I see the Voice button?
It hides while there is text in the message box or while an answer is streaming. Clear the box and it comes back.
I clicked Voice and nothing happened.
If the button reads "Stop" and Torki never starts listening, either the microphone was refused or the voice service could not take the call just then. Click Stop, allow the microphone for torkiai.com in your browser's site settings — in the Mac app, turn on Torki AI in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone — then reload the page and try again in a minute.
Can I use voice in the Mac app?
Yes, on Home, from version 1.10.7. macOS may ask for microphone permission the first time.
Can I use voice on my phone?
Open torkiai.com in your phone's browser, sign in and click Voice as above.
Where did my voice conversation go?
Into a new chat, which keeps what you said and Torki's full written answers. Refresh the page and it will be at the top of your sidebar.