On iPhone and iPad you can talk to Vincent instead of typing, and have replies read back to you. Voice mode is hands-free — useful standing in front of the rack, or cooking.
⭐ Voice draws on the same Vincent allowance as text. A free collection gets one conversation, so if you have already used it, voice mode offers plans instead of listening. See Meet Vincent, your AI wine assistant.
Hands-free voice mode
Tap Speak under Vincent - Your AI Sommelier on the home screen, or the microphone on the Ask Vincent anything bar above the tab bar
Talk normally — your words appear on screen as they are recognised
Stop talking. A short pause ends your turn and sends it automatically; there is no button to press
Vincent's answer appears and is read aloud
Tap Reply to speak again
Anything you can type, you can say — "what should I drink tonight", "which of my wines is ready", "what pairs with grilled fish". Wines Vincent mentions appear as cards you can tap.
Dictate into the chat instead
In the text chat, tap the microphone beside the message box to record, then the tick to finish. The recording is transcribed into the message box, where you can edit it before sending — so a misheard producer name is easy to fix. Recordings are short, and a long one is cut off and transcribed automatically. Tap + to abandon the recording.
Hearing Vincent read a reply
Every reply in the text chat carries a play button — tap it to hear that answer, and tap again to stop. Voice mode reads every answer aloud without being asked.
Spoken replies are a separate setting from voice input. Open the chat menu icon → Settings and turn Voice off to hide the play buttons; it is on by default, and the setting lives on that device only. Hands-free voice mode still speaks either way.
Vincent speaks in your app language, so switch the app's language and the voice follows.
If the microphone will not start
Voice input needs two separate iOS permissions — Microphone and Speech Recognition — and the app asks for both the first time you use it. Denying either stops voice working, with a message naming the one that is missing. Grant them again in iOS Settings → InVintory, where both appear as their own switches.
Two other messages are worth knowing:
"No speech detected. Tap Reply to try again." — nothing was picked up, so nothing was sent
"Speech recognition is unavailable. Check your internet connection." — recognition needs a connection
Android and web
Talking to Vincent is on iPhone and iPad for now. On Android and at app.invintory.com you type, and each of Vincent's replies has a play button so you can still hear the answer.
Home → Speak → ask your question → pause → Reply
Next steps
How to ask Vincent about your collection — what to ask, out loud or typed
Meet Vincent, your AI wine assistant — what Vincent can see and change
How to fix Vincent's memory and responses — when an answer stalls or cuts off