AI Voice Chat: How to Use ChatGPT and Grammarly's Voice Assistants

Imagine a world where you can engage with AI language models using nothing but your voice. Well, guess what? That future is here, and it's more exciting than ever!

ChatGPT and Grammarly have stepped up their game by introducing AI voice chat assistants. No more tapping away at your keyboard—now, you can simply speak your thoughts into existence.

In this article, you’ll learn all about AI voice assistants and how to use these tools to increase productivity.

How Does ChatGPT's Voice Chat Work?

ChatGPT's latest voice feature uses an advanced text-to-speech model that can produce audio resembling human speech just from text and a brief sample of spoken words. 

In other words, you can use your voice to have a conversation with ChatGPT. It’s like having a knowledgeable assistant who is always ready to help!

ChatGPT’s voice chat is currently available on iOS and Android mobile devices.

How to Use ChatGPT Voice Chat with Voice Prompts

Using ChatGPT’s voice assistant is easy. Here’s how:

1. Open ChatGPT from your iOS or Android mobile device.
2. Tap the menu in the top left corner.

3.  Tap the icon shown below to open Settings.

4. Tap ‘Voice’. Select your preferred voice from the five options, and tap ‘Confirm.’ You can also change this later.

5. Exit ‘Settings’ by tapping the back button on the upper left.
6. Tap the headphone button on the lower right of the screen to speak.  You can start talking when you see “Listening” on the screen.

7. You can tap the Pause button on the lower left to mute. Tap the ‘X’ button to finish speaking.

8. Wait for ChatGPT’s voice assistant to give you a response.

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Use Cases for ChatGPT’s Voice Chat

ChatGPT’s voice assistant is highly versatile. Here are ten use cases:

1. News updates: You can ask for the latest news headlines, weather forecasts, and updates on current events tailored to your interests.
2. Language learning: ChatGPT helps users learn new languages by speaking in the target language, providing corrections, and offering conversational practice.
3. Accessibility services: It can help individuals with visual impairments or reading difficulties by reading out text and narrating content.
4. Personal assistant: It can set reminders, schedule appointments, and provide information, similar to a virtual assistant.
5. Interactive storytelling: It can create and narrate interactive stories or role-playing scenarios for users to participate in and change the story's direction.
6. Entertainment suggestions: You can get recommendations for movies, books, music, or games based on what you already like.
7. Mental health support: It can offer a conversational outlet for individuals seeking someone to talk to, although it doesn’t replace professional therapy.
8. Cooking and recipe assistance: It guides you through recipes step-by-step, providing cooking tips and answering culinary questions in real-time.
9. Fitness coaching: It offers workout advice, guides you through exercises, and provides motivation and health tips.
10. Travel and local information: It can offer travel tips, such as restaurant recommendations, directions, and cultural advice.

These everyday uses show how ChatGPT's voice chat can be a helpful companion, making tasks easier and more enjoyable.

How Does Grammarly's Voice Composer Work?

Grammarly's Voice Composer is a new feature designed to improve your writing on iPhone and iPad. 

Voice Composer transforms spoken words into text with advanced speech recognition and Artificial Intelligence. Let’s learn more about how this tool works.

Convert speech into polished text

Voice Composer is not just about converting speech into text; it also refines your speech by removing unnecessary filler words like "uh" and "um." This process reduces the need for manual editing and helps you focus on communicating your thoughts naturally and without interruptions.

Transcribe with an AI co-creator

One of Voice Composer's most useful features is its ability to act as an AI co-creator. You can provide brief spoken prompts, and Voice Composer generates detailed written content.

Take, for example, the task of creating a report on market trends. By simply stating, "Generate a report outlining recent market trends for the tech industry," Voice Composer springs into action, delivering an in-depth report. 

This approach means you can skip the traditional brainstorming, planning, and typing phases.

How to Use Grammarly's Voice Composer

Now that we understand the capabilities of Grammarly's Voice Composer, let's dive into how to use the tool. 

How to turn on Grammarly’s Voice Assistant

To activate Voice Composer on your Grammarly for iPhone or iPad app, follow these steps:

1. Open the Grammarly mobile app.
2. Navigate to the Keyboard tab at the bottom of the screen, then toggle the switch to turn on Voice Composer.

How to use Voice Composer

You can use Grammarly’s Voice Composer in two ways: via the Grammarly Companion App and the Grammarly Keyboard.

Method 1: How to use Voice Composer in the Grammarly Companion App

1. Open the Grammarly companion app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. From the My Grammarly tab, tap the Speak button at the bottom of the screen to activate Voice Composer.

3. Dictate the content you want to transcribe or provide a prompt for text generation.
4. After speaking, tap the Generate Text button to transform your spoken content into text.

Method 2: How to use Voice Composer in the Grammarly Keyboard

1. Place your cursor in a text field.
2. Tap the Voice Composer icon on the right corner of the suggestions bar, which will temporarily redirect you.

3. On the Voice Composer screen, dictate the text you want to transcribe or provide a prompt for text generation.
4. After completing your dictation or prompt, tap the Generate Text button.

5. Your transformed text will be inserted into the Grammarly Keyboard, ready for you to use in your text field.

Adjusting Your Text

You can start over by tapping the Speak Again button at the bottom of the Voice Composer window. It's important to note that using the Speak Again option will erase all dictated text currently displayed in the Voice Composer window.

How to Use Tactiq's Audio-to-Text Transcriptions

Do you ever find yourself in meetings, scrambling to jot down notes while trying to stay engaged in the conversation? 

That’s where AI tools like Tactiq come in. 

Tactiq isn’t just for transcribing audio recordings - although it can do that! It’s also a browser extension that automatically transcribes your Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams meetings.  

Plus, it uses AI to automatically summarize your meetings, highlighting who said what, providing action items, and calling out key decisions.

Here are two ways you can use Tactiq’s audio-to-text transcription:

By uploading audio files

You can transform any recorded discussion into written text with Tactiq's upload feature. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Transcripts page to find all your existing transcriptions.
2. Click ‘Upload Transcript or Recording’ on the upper right. 

3. You will see the file uploader window, where you can upload or drag your transcript file. You can also specify the meeting title and its date and time. If you do not provide a start date, it will automatically default to the date you uploaded the file.

4. Click ‘Upload’ to upload the recording.
5. You can now find the recording in your list of transcripts.

By using Tactiq's AI transcription tool in meetings

You can also use Tactiq's AI transcription tool to experience real-time transcriptions during meetings, so you don’t need to take notes manually!

Tactiq’s AI meeting summary button also extracts insights from the conversation, so you don't need to dig through the entire transcript to pull insights.

Here’s how to use Tactiq in your next meeting:

1. Install the Tactiq Chrome extension for free!
2. Connect your video meeting tool under ‘Integrations.’

3. Join your meeting as usual. You’ll see the real-time transcript on the Tactiq window.

4. Let Tactiq auto-highlight sentences based on the words. For example, if you mention Notion, it will highlight the sentence as an action item.
5. You can also manually highlight sentences as they come up during the meeting.
6. After the meeting, you’ll receive an email with the link to the full transcript. It also includes the sentences you highlighted and the automatic highlights. 

7. You’ll also see the summary and action items generated by OpenAI. OpenAI extracts tasks and follow-ups from the meeting.

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How Voice Assistants Compare with Traditional Text-Based Interfaces

• Intuitive and accessible: AI-powered voice assistants are more intuitive and accessible, particularly for those with disabilities or those less comfortable typing.
• Facilitates multitasking: Voice assistants allow users to interact with AI while engaged in other activities, like driving or cooking.
• Speed of communication: Speaking is often faster than typing, enabling quicker conveyance of complex ideas without typing out each word.
• A step towards human-centric interaction: The shift towards voice assistants is a move towards more natural interaction methods, aligning technology more closely with human communication patterns.
• Limitations in certain environments: Despite their advantages, voice assistants might not be ideal in settings where speaking might be disruptive.

Embracing the Future with AI Voice Assistants

AI voice assistants offer a more natural way to communicate with AI than the humble keyboard.

By embracing these advancements, we’re inviting AI to help us in more personal and meaningful ways.

More Resources

To learn more about how to use ChatGPT for meeting notes, check out this guide: How to Use ChatGPT for Meeting Notes

To learn more about how to supercharge your one-on-one meetings with ChatGPT, see this guide: Supercharge Your One-on-One Meetings with ChatGPT

To learn how to automate actions from your discussions and create personalized AI meeting notes with AI prompts, click here: AI Meeting Kits with Tactiq