Configure voice settings for a chat assistant

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title: Configure voice settings for a chat assistant
description: References to voice mode within the doc was removed because Sudhanshu said it's not GA for Oct. '26Turn voice dictation on or off for an assistant on the Voice experience page.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/manage-chat-voice-exp.html
release: australia
product: Virtual Agent
classification: virtual-agent
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-10-01"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create a chat assistant, View assistants, Configure assistants overview, Create assistants, Virtual Agent, Conversational Interfaces]
---

# Configure voice settings for a chat assistant

Turn voice dictation on or off for an assistant on the **Voice experience** page.

## Before you begin

See [Manage an assistant chat experience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/manage-assistant-chat-experience.md).

Role required: virtual\_agent\_admin or admin

## About this task

Voice settings are supported only on certain chat experiences, as shown in the following table.

|Assistant|Voice dictation|
|---------|---------------|
|ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent|premium chat only|
|ServiceNow Otto panel - Platform|all chat experiences|

For more information about ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent premium chat, see [Premium chat](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/nava-integrated-chat.md).

For more information about ServiceNow Otto panel – Platform assistant chat experiences, see [Standard chat](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/intelligent-experiences/now-assist-panel-standard.md), [Enhanced chat](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/intelligent-experiences/now-assist-panel-enhanced.md), or [Premium chat](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/intelligent-experiences/now-assist-panel-premium.md). Azure Speech Service is used for standard chat and enhanced chat and Cartesia for premium chat.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to the assistant that you need to configure and select **Voice experience**.

    -   To let users talk to Otto using voice dictation instead of typing, select **Allow voice dictation**.
2.  Select **Save and continue**.


## What to do next

See [Review chat assistant settings](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/conversational-interfaces/virtual-agent/review-assistant-settings.md).