> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.textql.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Voice Input

> Dictate prompts into the chat composer instead of typing them

Click the microphone icon in the chat composer, speak your question, and Ana transcribes it into text in the composer, no typing required. This is speech-to-text dictation only: there's no text-to-speech or audio playback of Ana's responses.

<Info>
  **Availability:** Voice Input is a **Beta** feature. An admin must turn it on for your org under **Settings → Features → Beta**. It also requires a transcription provider (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or your deployment's managed proxy) to be configured on the deployment; if none is configured, the microphone control doesn't appear even when the feature is enabled.
</Info>

## <Icon icon="gears" iconType="solid" /> How It Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start Recording">
    Click the microphone icon in the composer. Your browser prompts for microphone access the first time.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Speak">
    Speak your question or instruction. Recording stops when you click the icon again or the maximum duration is reached.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Transcription">
    The recording is sent to the configured transcription model and converted to text.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and Send">
    The transcript appears in the composer as editable text. Review or edit it before sending, just like a typed message.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Limits

* **Recording length:** up to 5 minutes per recording.
* **Upload size:** up to roughly 4.8 MB per recording.
* **Audio format:** whatever your browser's microphone capture produces (WebM/Opus, Ogg, MP4/M4A, MP3, WAV, or FLAC). No separate conversion step is needed.

<Note>
  Recording stops automatically once the duration limit is reached, and what you recorded up to that point is still sent for transcription. A recording that comes in over the upload size limit is rejected before transcription; split it into shorter clips instead.
</Note>

## Billing

Transcription usage is metered in ACUs, based on the audio processed and the transcript produced. See [Pricing](/core/admin/pricing#voice-input-transcription) for current rates.

## Limitations

* Dictation only. Voice Input doesn't let Ana speak responses back to you.
* If your browser denies microphone access, the composer guides you to re-enable it in your browser's site settings; there's no in-product fallback recording path.
* Turning the feature off in **Settings → Features** removes the microphone control for the whole org; there's no per-user opt-out while it's enabled.