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Voice & Audio

Talk to AI, and make AI listen for you.

AI Foundations · Beginner · 9 min read · 4 quiz questions

By Ronan Liedmeier, fractional head of growth and course author · Reviewed 13 October 2026

What you will learn

  • Voice mode: full spoken conversations (mobile-first)
  • Dictation vs. voice mode — the difference and when each wins
  • Thinking out loud: walking meetings with an AI interviewer
  • Transcription: turning any recording into text
  • From transcript to value: summaries, action items, quotes

Lesson preview

Voice unlocks two different superpowers: talking to AI in real time (voice mode) so you can think out loud, and having AI listen to recordings for you (transcription) so meetings and podcasts turn into text you can search and summarize. Both save time by letting you use your mouth and ears instead of your fingers and eyes. Voice mode is a genuine two-way spoken conversation with an AI — you talk, it talks back, in real time, no typing involved. It's mobile-first because it shines exactly when your hands are busy: walking, driving, cooking, commuting. The experience is different from typing in ways that matter. Speech is faster than typing for most people, and it's also less filtered — you tend to think out loud more freely when speaking than when carefully composing a message. That makes voice mode particularly good for brainstorming and processing, not just dictation. A good way to start is to treat it like a conversation with a very patient colleague who has infinite time and no opinion about how long you ramble. The value comes from the back-and-forth, not from a single spoken question. Dictation is speech-to-text: you talk, and your words appear as typed text, which you might then edit or send. Voice mode is a live conversation: the AI responds by speaking back, and the interaction continues. Dictation wins when you know exactly what you want to say and just want to avoid typing it — a text message, a quick note, an email you've already composed in your head. Voice mode wins when you don't yet know what you want to say and need to think it through out loud with something responding to you.

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Key terms in this module

Speech-to-text (AI transcription)
Speech-to-text is technology that turns spoken audio into written text. AI transcription models do this for recordings such as meetings and calls, so the words can then be searched, summarized or turned into tasks.

Frequently asked questions

Who is "Voice & Audio" for?
This Beginner module in AI Foundations is for people who are new to AI tools and want practical, everyday results without jargon. It takes about 9 minutes and ends with a 4-question quiz.
Do I need to code?
No. Everything in this module works in tools like ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini through a normal chat window.
What comes before and after this module?
Before "Voice & Audio", take "Working With Images" (module 15 of AI Foundations). Afterwards, continue with "Video With AI".

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