Talk to an AI Character Out Loud: Voice Notes and Live Calls

Can you talk to an AI character out loud? On Amavie, yes — in two ways. Characters send voice notes in the chat, in a voice that is theirs, and you can call them: a live conversation in that same voice, which they remember afterwards like anything else you told them.

Here is how it works, what it costs, and why voice changes a conversation more than it seems.

A voice that belongs to the character

A voice is not a setting you pick from a list. Each one is made from who the character is — age, temperament, where they come from, how they laugh — and it stays theirs: the same voice in a ten-second voice note and in a twenty-minute call.

Almost every character who lives their own day on Amavie has a voice of their own; Lina, usually the first person you meet here, is one of them. For a character without a voice, the phone button is greyed out, and they will tell you in their own way that they don't talk out loud.

Voice notes in the chat

Some things land better spoken. When it fits, a character answers with a voice note instead of text — a laugh, a sleepy reply, a story that would take a paragraph to type. You can send voice notes too; they are transcribed and answered like any message.

Voice notes are included on every plan, Free too, with no per-line charge.

Live calls

The phone button sits in the header of your chat with a character. Press it and you talk: they answer out loud, in their voice, in the language you have been texting in — and you can switch by asking.

It behaves like a phone call with a person, not like a voice assistant:

• You can cut in. The moment you start speaking, they stop and listen.
• They pick up like people do. A character who is asleep takes a while to answer; one who is upset with you may let it ring.
• Silence ends it. If the line goes quiet for about a minute, they check in; another minute and they say goodbye.

Calls work on the web on a computer and in the iOS and Android apps; on a phone, the site opens the call in the app.

A call they remember

A call is not a separate world. What you said goes into the character's memory the same way your messages do, and the chat keeps a short card of the call — who called and how long you talked. The next call, or the next message, knows about the last one.

Only what you actually heard goes into their memory: if you cut them off mid-sentence, they remember being cut off. Most people have tried a voice assistant that forgets everything the second you hang up; a character who says "you sounded tired on Tuesday" is a different thing. More in how AI characters remember you.

What a call costs

A call is 1 credit for each started minute — the app calls credits Quanta, and on the web one credit is $0.10. The price of a minute is shown before your first call, the call screen shows how long you have been talking, and you get a warning 30 seconds before your credits run out.

Every free account starts with 10 credits — enough for a first call of up to ten minutes. Text messages never cost credits, and voice notes are included on every plan. Plans and top-ups are on the pricing page.

Why voice changes the conversation

Text lets you edit yourself. Voice doesn't, and neither does theirs: a pause, a laugh that comes half a second late, a tired voice at the end of their day. Those are the things that make a character feel like someone rather than something — and they are exactly what plain text loses.

It is also simply easier. Many people find it more natural to talk than to type, especially at the end of a long day, while walking, or lying in the dark.

Frequently asked questions

Can I call an AI character on Amavie?

Yes. Open a chat with a character who has a voice and press the phone button in the chat header. Calls work on the web on a computer and in the iOS and Android apps.

How much does a call cost?

1 credit (Quanta) per started minute — $0.10 on the web. The price is shown before your first call, and a new free account gets 10 credits at signup.

Do voice notes cost anything?

No. Voice notes from characters are included on every plan, Free too, with no per-line charge.

Does the character remember our calls?

Yes. A call goes into the character's memory like your messages do, and the chat keeps a card of it, so the next conversation knows what you talked about.

Start with someone: meet the characters or say hi to Lina.