> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fintheon.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Voice Mode: Hands-Free Trading with Harper

> Speak to Harper and hear spoken responses hands-free while you watch the market, with a gold rim indicator and live transcript display.

Voice mode lets you talk to Harper — Fintheon's Chief Analyst agent — without leaving your charts. You ask a question, Harper responds in speech, and the conversation appears as a live transcript while audio plays. It is designed for moments when your hands are on the keyboard or mouse and you need a read on something fast.

## Starting a voice session

<Steps>
  <Step title="Activate the mic button">
    Find the mic button in the Consilium chat header. Click it to enable voice mode. The button shows a mic icon when dormant; when voice is active it becomes a pulsing aurora orb.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Speak your question">
    Speak naturally. Harper listens while the orb is in the **listening** state. You can ask anything you would type in the chat — a quick read on a headline, a level check, a thesis sanity test.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for the response">
    The orb moves to **thinking** while Harper processes, then to **speaking** as the audio plays. The transcript appears at the top of the interface while speech is active.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Continue or dismiss">
    Ask a follow-up or dismiss the session. One click on the mic button (or the dismiss button in the top-right corner of the Voice Rim Frame) ends the voice session completely.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## The Voice Rim Frame

While a voice session is active, a **gold accent rim** appears around the entire application window. This is the Voice Rim Frame — a visual signal that voice mode is live and that Harper is listening or responding.

The rim changes appearance to reflect what is happening:

| Rim state               | What it means                                     |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| **Solid gold**          | Listening — Harper is waiting for your input      |
| **Slow pulse (2s)**     | Speaking — Harper's response is playing           |
| **Faster pulse (1.2s)** | Thinking — Harper is processing                   |
| **Faint gold**          | Idle — voice is enabled but no active interaction |
| **Solid red**           | Error — voice encountered a problem, recovering   |

The rim is decorative and does not cover any content. It sits at the very edge of the window and is pointer-event transparent — you can click through it.

### Dismiss button

A small **×** button appears in the top-right corner of the screen whenever the rim is active. Clicking it ends the voice session and disables voice mode entirely.

<Note>
  The dismiss button is the only interactive element on the rim. Everything else is visual-only and does not interfere with normal platform use.
</Note>

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## Transcript display

Your words and Harper's responses both appear as text while the session runs. This lets you verify what Harper heard and read the response even in a noisy environment or if you missed part of the spoken reply.

Transcripts are not persisted as a permanent chat log — they are session-scoped. If you want to keep a response, copy it from the chat interface before dismissing the voice session.

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## What Harper can do in voice mode

Harper in voice mode has the same capabilities as Harper in text chat. Responses are consistent between both modes — voice does not route to a simpler or reduced model.

Good uses for voice during a session:

* **Quick headline reads** — "Harper, what's the context on that Fed speaker headline?"
* **Level checks** — "What are the key technical levels on ES today?"
* **Thesis validation** — "Does this trade idea hold up against the current macro brief?"
* **Brief playback** — "Read me the key points from this morning's brief."
* **Voice journaling a trade idea** — speak your trade thesis out loud so it becomes part of the session context

<Tip>
  Voice is especially useful in the 5 minutes before a catalyst event. You can get Harper's probabilistic read on likely scenarios hands-free while managing open positions, without switching away from your charts.
</Tip>

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## PsychAssist and voice interventions

When [PsychAssist](/trading/psych-assist) detects elevated Emotional Risk — through a low ER score or multiple infractions logged in a short window — it may trigger a brief spoken check-in from Harper via voice mode. This only fires when voice is enabled. Interventions are subject to a 10-minute cooldown so they do not stack up.

If this happens mid-session, Harper's message will be brief and direct. You do not need to respond — it is a prompt, not a dialogue requirement.

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## Microphone access

Voice mode requires microphone permission. If the mic button appears with a `MicOff` icon and cannot be clicked, your browser or OS has blocked microphone access.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Check your browser permissions">
    In your browser settings, find the microphone permissions for Fintheon and set it to **Allow**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check OS-level permissions">
    On macOS, go to **System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone** and confirm your browser is listed and enabled. On Windows, go to **Settings → Privacy → Microphone**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Reload Fintheon">
    After granting permission, reload the application. The mic button should now show the mic icon and respond to clicks.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Voice recognition is not available in all browser environments. If the mic button is permanently disabled regardless of permissions, your current browser may not support the Web Speech API. Use a Chromium-based browser for full voice support.
</Warning>