# Voice

Canonical URL: https://docs.perisclaw.com/voice

Sometimes it's faster to talk than to type. Perisclaw understands voice two ways.

### Send a voice note

Speak an instruction naturally and let Perisclaw work from it like text.

### Send one back

Ask Perisclaw to deliver an approved message as audio instead of text.

### Talk live

Hold a hands-free conversation with a transcript and natural interruption.

## Voice notes in chat

Send a **voice note** to any chat (your self-chat or, with `/claw`, another chat) and Perisclaw listens, understands, and acts on it just like a typed message. Dictate a reminder, ramble through a task, or think out loud; it figures out what you need.

> Record *"remind me to call the dentist tomorrow morning and move my 2pm to Thursday"* and your assistant handles both.

It also **reads voice notes other people send you**. Ask for the gist of a two-minute ramble in a group, or a verbatim transcript of what a client said, and you get it back as text. Same for photos and PDFs.

* *"What did Priya say in that voice note?"*
* *"Transcribe the last audio in the vendors group and translate it to English."*

## Voice notes Perisclaw sends

It works the other way too. Ask for a **voice note** and Perisclaw speaks the message instead of typing it. Useful for people who'd rather hear than read, and the reason one of the most popular [automations](/automations) is a morning voice note to a cook or a driver.

> *"Send my cook a voice note with today's menu."*

You'll see the wording first, the same as any other message it sends for you. It's the delivery that changes, not the [approval step](/chat-modes).

## Live voice conversation

For a hands-free, back-and-forth chat, open the Perisclaw chat from any signed-in
dashboard page and start a live voice session from the composer. It listens as
you talk and replies out loud, like a phone call.

You don't have to wait for it to finish, either. **Talk over it any time** and it stops and listens, the way a real conversation works.

The transcript on screen is just an aid during the call; it doesn't become a
separate conversation. When you end the call, any follow-ups land in your
WhatsApp self-chat as usual. This is handy when you're on the move or have a
lot to work through and don't want to type it all out.

## Walk your tasks by voice

Live voice also lives right inside your [**Tasks**](/track-commitments-and-tasks) page. Tap the mic on a task and go through your work hands-free. As you land on each one, just say what to do: *"mark that done,"* *"snooze it till tomorrow,"* *"skip this, I'll come back to it later,"* or *"send them a quick follow-up."* Perisclaw acts on the task you're looking at and keeps you posted as it works.

  Voice is just another way to give the same instructions: everything you can
  ask by typing, you can ask by speaking.

### [Learn the everyday basics](/use-cases)

Talk to it in your self-chat, with /claw in any chat, or by voice.

### [Walk your tasks hands-free](/track-commitments-and-tasks)

Clear, snooze, or delegate tasks by speaking on the Tasks page.

### [Send a daily voice note](/automations)

One of the most popular automations is a morning voice note to a cook or driver.