If there are two things we can say for sure about ChatGPT, they are these: it's becoming increasingly difficult to access the site, and the projects that use it are multiplying. Recently we managed to connect ChatGPT to the web, and now it's the turn of Talk-to-ChatGPT, which enables voice recognition and the ability to hold conversations, even in Spanish.
I must admit I started working on this article a little later than usual, and the reason is simple: I couldn't get into ChatGPT. If we consider that it took only two months to reach 100 million users, it's logical to assume that its infrastructure is on fire. As if that weren't enough, the number of applications that use ChatGPT keeps growing, and basically everyone wants a piece of that artificial intelligence in their projects.
One of the most recent is WebChatGPT, which removes the connectivity restriction and lets the chatbot present current information, accompanied by links. However, the idea is to converse, and the next evolutionary step is none other than incorporating voice recognition to sessions. That's the job of the extension Talk-to-ChatGPT, compatible with Google Chrome.
Talk-to-ChatGPT: Use your voice to chat with ChatGPT
After installing the extension, we must log into ChatGPT with our account. A new floating window called Talk-to-ChatGPT will appear in the upper right corner of the interface, accompanied by the version number, and four commands: Activate/deactivate voice recognition, activate/deactivate text-to-speech, skip the text being read by the bot, and access to the configuration section.
There we can select the voice and language for the chatbot's responses, and define the language for voice recognition. It's important to configure this section correctly, or it could lead to strange situations like a Spanish model trying to speak English. The rest of the options allow us to set keywords to stop or pause, change the speed and tone of the voice, and use a "trigger" to send our message.
Beyond the occasional interpretation error (something voice recognition can't fully escape) and the need to enable microphone access in the browser and in Windows, Talk-to-ChatGPT works quite well. The only major restriction is that I only got positive results with Google Chrome. Edge appears as "not supported" on the GitHub profile, and Ungoogled Chromium also failed. The creator of Talk-to-ChatGPT acknowledges that it's a matter of time before OpenAI installs its own voice recognition in ChatGPT, but until then, don't hesitate to experiment.
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