> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getsoundcloud.app/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Voice assistant > Loli plays music by voice: how to turn it on, call it and what to say. Needs STAR > [!NOTE] > > The assistant arrives in the app with the next update: [how to update](https://docs.getsoundcloud.app/en/install/update.md). > [!NOTE] > > Needs [STAR](https://docs.getsoundcloud.app/en/star.md). Without it **Settings -> Voice** shows only an offer and a voice sample. The assistant is off by default. ## Turn it on **1. Open Settings -> Voice** The **Loli** card is at the top. **2. Press Turn on** Or flip the **Voice control** switch. If the models are not on the computer yet, the button reads **Turn on · size** and downloads them at once. When everything is ready you see **Models ready**. **3. Pick the voice language** **RU** or **EN** on the right of the card. Commands are understood in the chosen language. **4. Say a command** Press **Talk**, hold the key or call it by name. To try it, the card has a **Type a command** field and a **Send** button. While the assistant is on, the player at the bottom shows a microphone button, **Talk**. ## How to call it Everything is in **Settings -> Voice -> How to call**. | Way | How it works | | - | - | | **Talk** button | In the player and in the **Loli** card. Press and speak. **Stop** ends listening, **Cancel** cancels | | **Push to talk** | Ctrl+Shift+Space by default, Shift+Cmd+Space on macOS. **Hold**: speak while you hold. **Tap**: press, speak, pause | | **Headset button** | **2×** or **3×** presses in a row. **Off** disables it. **Test** shows whether presses arrive: **Works** | | **By name** | Off by default. Turn the switch on and the assistant answers to its name (see **Responds to**: **Sound**, **Loli**, for Moriarty **Mori** and **Moriarty**). Name first, then the command | The wake word is recognized on your computer. Sound from the microphone does not leave the computer. ## What to say Speak in your own words, for example: * "Play Billie Eilish" * "Volume 50" * "Like it" The assistant can do this: | Group | What | | - | - | | Play | **Play** an artist, track, album, playlist, **My wave**, **My likes**, **Similar**; **Add to queue**; **Add to playlist** | | Player | **Pause**, **Resume**, **Next track**, **Previous track**, **Seek**, **Volume**, **Playback speed**, **Shuffle**, **Repeat** | | Track | **Like**, **Lyrics** | | Queue | **Queue**, **Clear queue** | | App | **Search**, **Open page**, **Settings**, **Change setting** | | Mistake | **Undo** reverts what was done | Several actions fit in one phrase. If the assistant is not sure what to play, it asks: **Which one?** Press an option, press 1 or 2, or answer by voice. Nothing found: **Not found**, and **Search** opens the search. To stop a reply, press **Hush**. If it understood wrong, press **Undo** on the pill or in **Settings -> Voice -> History**. When people nearby talk to someone else, the assistant usually stays silent. ## Conversation A phrase that is not a command goes to the conversation: the assistant answers by voice and text. It is controlled by **Talk with the character**, on by default. What is sent, and how to change the voice, address and role: [Voice, address, memory](https://docs.getsoundcloud.app/en/use/voice-settings.md). ## Privacy Audio from the microphone never leaves your computer: recording and recognition run on it. | What | What leaves the computer | | - | - | | A command with a name | The text of the name, to find it in the catalog | | Conversation | The text of your phrase, what is playing and queued, and the remembered facts: to our server and the model provider | | Spoken reply | Nothing. With **Voice from our servers**: the text of the reply | Details: [privacy policy](https://getsoundcloud.app/en/privacy). ## Not working > [accordion] It does not hear me > > 1. **Settings -> Voice -> Microphones**. It says **No microphone access**: press **Allow** and enable the microphone for the app in the system settings. > 2. It says **No microphone found**: plug one in and press **Rescan**. > 3. Each microphone has a level bar: say something, it should move. It does not: pick another microphone. In **Chosen** mode switch on the one you need. **Where I speak** and **All** listen on several at once. > 4. **Microphone is busy**: close the program holding it (a call, a recording). **Microphone disconnected**: reconnect it. > 5. Bluetooth headphones: **Headphones switch to call quality**, sound gets worse. Use the computer microphone instead. > 6. **Needs models**, **Model damaged**: **Settings -> Voice -> Models**, finish the download or press **Download again**. > 7. **Didn't catch that**: say it again. Still nothing: check the language (**RU** or **EN**). > [accordion] It wakes from music or from talk > > * **Settings -> Voice -> Microphones -> Echo cancellation**: set **Auto** or **On**. Without it the name fires from music: under the **By name** row there is a warning and a **Turn on** button. > * Under the **By name** row move the slider toward **Rarer**. Next to it is the count of false wakes for the last 24 h. > * You do not need the name: turn **By name** off and use the key. > [accordion] It understood the wrong thing > > * Say it again or pick an option on the **Which one?** pill. > * Not found: press **Search** to open the search. > * In **History** hover the row and press the flag **Understood wrong**: the row gets crossed out. Or **Undo** if the action is already done. > * A hard artist name: type the command in **Type a command**. > [accordion] No voice reply > > * **Settings -> Voice -> Reply voice**: the **Reply by voice** switch is on. > * **Speak on**: check it. **Device**: pick speakers or headphones from the list. > * It says **Couldn't speak the reply**: try **Voice from our servers** or check the models in **Models**. > * Music too loud: move **Music level** under **Music under voice**. > [accordion] It says voice comes with STAR > > **Voice comes with STAR**: [what STAR gives](https://docs.getsoundcloud.app/en/star.md). You have STAR but the assistant is locked: [what to check](https://docs.getsoundcloud.app/en/star/not-active.md). > [accordion] Catalog unreachable, Can't answer right now > > Commands search through our servers, and so does the conversation. 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