Agentic Voice
Talk to Vato to open, create and send conversations hands-free, and learn how pauses, wake words and your monthly voice limit work.
Agentic Voice is a voice call with Vato Desktop. You speak, Vato answers out loud and carries out your request in the app: it finds a conversation, prepares a prompt, sends it or changes the model.
Start a call
- Click the blue orb, Agentic Voice, in the rail on the side of the window.
- Allow microphone access if your system asks.
- Speak. The Voice panel shows the call status and a transcript of what you both say.
Audio is sent to OpenAI during the call.
In the Voice panel:
- Mute microphone stops sending your voice; Unmute microphone turns it back on.
- End call hangs up.
Hiding the panel or switching screens doesn't end the call. The orb stays lit while the call is active.
What you can ask
| You say | Vato does |
|---|---|
| "Open the conversation about X" | Finds and opens that conversation. |
| "Create a conversation in project X" | Creates a new conversation in a project known to this computer. |
| "Write this prompt: …" | Prepares the draft without sending it. |
| "Send it" | Sends the prompt from the conversation's composer. |
| "Switch to model X with high reasoning" | Changes the model or reasoning of the conversation. |
| "Rename this conversation to …" | Renames it. |
| "Stop this agent" | Asks the agent to stop. |
Voice doesn't touch your files, the terminal, permissions or deletion. If your request is unclear, Vato asks you to clarify.
Pause after silence
When Vato has finished answering and you don't speak, the call pauses after about 3 seconds. The status shows Paused · click to resume, or Paused · say "Hey Vato" to resume when voice activation is on.
A paused call keeps its connection. Click Talk to Vato, or say the wake phrase, and Vato picks up right where you left off.
Wake it with your voice
- Go to Settings → General → Voice activation.
- Turn on Listen for "Hey Vato". It is off by default.
- Say Hey Vato on its own, then wait for "I'm listening." before you give your command.
The first time, Vato downloads a local voice model of about 41 MB. After that, wake detection runs offline on your computer. No audio is sent until the call starts.
Languages
Wake phrases depend on the language of the interface:
| Interface language | Wake phrase |
|---|---|
| English | Hey Vato |
| French | Salut Vato |
| Dutch | Hallo Vato |
Vato's spoken replies follow Settings → General → AI response language. With Auto (request language), it answers in the language you speak.
Your monthly voice limit
Voice time counts toward a monthly limit on your account. When you reach it, the panel says You have reached your monthly voice limit. It resets on the first day of the month at 00:00 UTC.
Limits
- A call lasts up to 30 minutes, and you can have one call at a time.
- Agentic Voice runs in Vato Desktop only. The mobile app and the web have no voice commands.
- If you see Agentic Voice is not configured on this server yet., voice isn't available for your account yet.