Voice Mode
Set up voice providers to enable Voice Mode for your Nexus instance
Availability depends on your school's enabled tools, provider setup, and account permissions. These settings are managed in the web workspace. A class policy may restrict a feature described here.
The Voice Mode action allows your users to have spoken conversations with Nexus using speech-to-text and text-to-speech providers.
Setting up Voice Mode#
Navigate to the Voice Mode Dashboard#
Click your user profile icon and select Admin Panel, then select the Voice Mode tab in the sidebar.
Set up Speech-to-Text (STT) provider#
Configure a provider to transcribe user speech into text.
OpenAI Whisper#
Get an OpenAI API key#
Navigate to the [OpenAI dashboard](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys) and create a new API key,
or reuse an existing OpenAI API key already configured for your LLM provider.
Enter the API key#
Click **Connect** and enter the API key.
Azure STT#
Get Azure Speech credentials#
Navigate to the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com) and create a Speech resource.
Copy the API key and region.
Enter the credentials#
Click **Connect** and enter the API key, region, and target URI.
ElevenLabs#
Get an ElevenLabs API key#
Navigate to the [ElevenLabs dashboard](https://elevenlabs.io/app/settings/api-keys)
and create a new API key.
Enter the API key#
Click **Connect** and enter the API key.
Set up Text-to-Speech (TTS) provider#
Configure a provider to convert AI responses into spoken audio.
OpenAI TTS-1#
Get an OpenAI API key#
Navigate to the [OpenAI dashboard](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys)
and create a new API key (or reuse the one from Whisper).
Enter the API key#
Click **Connect** and enter the API key.
OpenAI TTS-1 HD#
Get an OpenAI API key#
Navigate to the [OpenAI dashboard](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys)
and create a new API key (or reuse the one from Whisper).
Enter the API key#
Click **Connect** and enter the API key.TTS-1 HD provides higher quality audio than TTS-1 but may have slightly higher latency and cost.
Azure TTS#
Get Azure Speech credentials#
Navigate to the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com) and create a Speech resource.
Copy the API key and region.
Enter the credentials#
Click **Connect** and enter the API key, region, and target URI.
ElevenLabs#
Get an ElevenLabs API key#
Navigate to the [ElevenLabs dashboard](https://elevenlabs.io/app/settings/api-keys)
and create a new API key.
Enter the API key#
Click **Connect** and enter the API key.
Once your TTS provider is configured, select a voice from the dropdown or input a voice ID directly.
Set Default Provider#
If you have multiple providers configured, make sure to Set as Default for both your preferred STT and TTS provider.
Make sure your users have microphone access enabled in their browser to use Voice Mode.