Voice Mode

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Overview

Voice Mode is the fastest way to talk to Notis. During a call, the voice agent can answer questions, take notes, and trigger actions that continue after you hang up. You can start a Voice Mode session from three places:

• WhatsApp: tap Call in your WhatsApp chat with Notis.
• Desktop and Web app: open any thread at app.notis.ai/manage and start a voice session from the chat panel. The session stays attached to that thread, so notes and follow‑ups land on the same conversation.
• Desktop app: talk to Notis from anywhere on your computer. Press Right Option + Space on macOS or Right Ctrl + Space on Windows and a voice bubble opens at the top of your screen. If the chat overlay is open, Shift + Tab switches to voice.
• Phone number: call +1 828 809 0858 from any phone. Useful when you don’t have data, when WhatsApp isn’t installed, or when you want to dial in from a landline or car system.

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How to start a call

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From WhatsApp

1. Open your WhatsApp chat with Notis
2. Tap Call to start a voice session
3. Speak naturally — ask questions, delegate tasks, or describe what you need
4. Hang up — Notis can continue working in the background and deliver results to WhatsApp and Notion

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From the Desktop and Web app

1. Open app.notis.ai/manage
2. Pick a thread (or start a new one) and open the chat panel
3. Click the Call button to start a voice session in that thread
4. Hang up — the transcript and any follow‑ups stay attached to the thread

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From the desktop app

1. Install and open the Notis desktop app.
2. Press Right Option + Space on macOS or Right Ctrl + Space on Windows. A voice bubble opens at the top of your screen and Notis starts listening.
3. To talk only while you hold a key, hold Right Option on macOS or Right Ctrl on Windows, and release it when you’re done.
4. If the chat overlay is open, press Shift + Tab to switch to voice.
5. You can change these shortcuts in Settings.

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Share your screen and clipboard with Voice

When you start Voice with your desktop shortcut, Notis can include a screenshot of the screen under your pointer and what you have copied. You can say “explain this” without describing the whole screen. Each shortcut takes a fresh snapshot; Notis does not continuously record your screen. On your first desktop launch, a short setup walks you through the permissions. You can Skip for now and return at your next launch, or Finish with current permissions to stop setup from appearing. Missing permissions stay off until you allow them. Open Settings in the desktop app to change Include screen or Include clipboard, or choose Run setup again. On Mac, the guide opens the relevant System Settings page. If Notis is not listed, use + to add it from Applications. You may need to restart Notis after allowing access. Text, links, images and supported documents can provide context. If a copied file is too large or cannot be read, Notis knows that the content is incomplete and can ask you for what it needs. You can start talking while the context loads.

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Desktop keyboard controls

Hover over a voice bubble button to see what it does. The hints also appear when you select a button with the keyboard. Quiet sounds confirm when listening starts and when you use the voice controls. They stay silent while Notis speaks. In Settings → Desktop App Settings → Voice sounds, choose Off, Quiet, or Standard. During a voice conversation, press Backspace (⌫ Delete on Mac) while you’re not editing text to end the call and close the voice bubble immediately. It does exactly the same thing as the voice bubble’s × button, including while Notis is speaking or working. This works while another app is in front. Text fields keep their usual Backspace behavior; if Notis cannot tell whether you’re editing text, it leaves the key alone. In the Notis desktop app and in your browser, Esc closes the frontmost popup or assistant, just like its X button. Once those are closed, press Esc again to return to your Inbox. Esc never takes you away while you’re typing in a field, or while a new or edited automation or Skill isn’t saved yet, so nothing gets lost. Esc never ends a voice conversation either, even when the call runs inside a conversation panel. To hang up, use the end-call button, or Backspace in the desktop app. In the desktop app, saying goodbye doesn’t end the call: use the end-call button or Backspace. A call in a conversation panel also ends on its own after two minutes with no one speaking.

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From a phone number

1. Dial +1 828 809 0858 from the phone number connected to your Notis account
2. The agent picks up and you can speak immediately
3. Hang up — Notis continues any handed‑off work and delivers results to your default channel

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How Notis keeps your calls together

You don’t need to start over each time you call. Notis remembers what you said recently on the same channel: your WhatsApp chat for a WhatsApp call, your earlier calls for the desktop app. It also knows your latest conversations there, so you can ask “how is the report going?” or answer a question it asked you earlier. When you hang up, Notis files the call for you:

• If the call continued an earlier conversation, it’s added to that conversation.
• Otherwise it starts a new conversation with a short title, so each subject keeps its own place.

Anything you asked Notis to do during the call carries on in that same conversation, and its results show up there. A call you start from inside a conversation, with the Call button in its chat panel, simply continues that conversation.

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What the AI agent can do

The voice agent can discover and use most tools you’ve already connected to Notis, so anything Notis can do over WhatsApp or the desktop app is also reachable mid-call — within the limits noted below. To connect a new tool, use another Notis channel or open the Notis portal.

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What voice cannot do directly

Some capabilities are deliberately disabled for voice — either because they need a screen, because they take too long for a real‑time call, or because they’re impractical to dictate. Ask the agent to hand off to async Notis instead, and these run in the background:

• Image and video generation — generating or editing images and videos.
• Text‑to‑speech rendering — producing audio files (the voice itself is already synthesized live).
• App creation and installation — building, installing, or updating Notis apps requires the desktop or web app.
• Custom skill authoring — installing existing skills from the store works, but writing or editing skill files is best done via the other channels.
• Deep research — long multi‑step research runs are handled by the async agent, not live on the call.

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Background work

Ask the agent to take care of a long or complex task in the background. The work starts right away, while you’re still on the call, as a new conversation in the Notis app. If it’s done before you hang up, the agent tells you the result on the call. If it finishes later, the result reaches you where you called from: on WhatsApp after a WhatsApp call, in the Notis app after a desktop or web call. This works well for:

• Creating and updating Notion pages and databases
• Querying databases with complex filters
• Summarizing long documents
• Organizing and structuring information
• Scheduling follow‑up work
• Running multi‑step workflows that combine several integrations and skills

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Example use-cases

• Brainstorm a new business idea, then ask Notis to create a recap document in your notes database at the end of the call.
• Create a new morning report automation by iterating over the prompt with Notis.
• Search for your passport number while completing a rental car contract at the airport.
• Ask questions about a legal document or contract you’ve received.