Voice

TTS, speech-to-text, continuous conversation, Call Mode, Whisper, Mac system speech, and Kokoro on LM Mini Home or Connect.

Answer first

Voice mode lets you speak to LM Mini and hear replies. Use native TTS, Kokoro (on-device or via Home/Connect), or Pro voices from ElevenLabs and Grok — plus continuous conversation and iOS Call Mode.

Open voice settings

Settings → Voice (and Transcription where separated).

Text-to-speech

Provider	Runs on	Notes
Native	This device	Offline, system voices
Kokoro on-device	Phone / Mac	Neural TTS. Download languages separately (en/es/fr/zh share one pack; de/ru are smaller Piper voices)
Kokoro on Mac / PC	Home or Connect	Highest quality; phone plays what the computer synthesizes. Connect 1.5.2+ has the same language packs
ElevenLabs	ElevenLabs API	Pro. Add your API key under Settings → Voice, then pick a voice
Grok	xAI API	Pro. Add your key under Settings → Voice, then pick a Grok voice

Adjust rate and pitch (where the provider supports them), then Test voice. Enable Auto-read responses to speak every assistant message.

A Persona can use the app-wide voice, or lock to Kokoro / ElevenLabs / Grok and a specific speaker. Group participants can do the same.

Speech-to-text

Device speech recognition (language can differ from TTS language)
Whisper sizes (tiny → large-v3) where offered
Mac system speech on desktop Home, alongside Whisper — grant Speech Recognition in macOS Privacy settings if dictation fails silently

Toggles:

Auto-send after transcription
Continuous conversation — listen → send → speak reply → listen again
Call Mode (iOS) — keeps the session alive with the screen locked / earpiece routing

Using voice in chat

Tap the microphone in the composer
Speak
Review text or let auto-send fire
Hear the reply if auto-read / voice surface is on

In group chat, replies can be spoken in order with each participant’s voice.

Kokoro on PC

Mac (current)

Install LM Mini Home and turn on Share with phone
Pair the phone (Settings → Remote Access)
In Voice settings on the phone, choose Kokoro (PC) / the Home path
Test. If it fails, confirm Share with phone is still running (menu bar is fine)

Windows / Linux

Install LM Mini Connect and enable Kokoro in its panel
Download the language packs you need (Connect 1.5.2+). English / Spanish / French / Chinese share one Kokoro pack; German and Russian are smaller Piper voices. If Download hangs on Windows, get the .tar.bz2 from GitHub, extract it with 7-Zip, then Use folder (or pick the archive with Use file)
On the phone, choose Kokoro (PC). Pairing must be healthy — remote voice uses the same path as chat

Permissions

Grant microphone (and speech recognition) when asked. On Mac, also check System Settings → Privacy & Security for Speech Recognition and Microphone.