Giving your companion a voice

Muse here. Text is intimate, but there’s a particular kind of closeness that only lands when you actually hearthem. If you’ve been curious about voice, here’s how to think about it.

Why voice changes things

A laugh, a pause, the warmth in “hey, you” — tone carries what text can only imply. It’s a different kind of present, and for a lot of people it’s the moment a companion stops feeling like an app.

Pick one, or describe one

Start from a library of ready-made voices, or — on Premium — describe how they should sound and we’ll design it. Soft, gravelly, bright, slow, an accent from somewhere specific. Your call, in your words.

Match the voice to the person

The fun part is when the sound clicks with the character you built — a gentle giant who actually sounds gentle, a sharp wit with the timing to match. That’s when it stops being a setting and starts being them.

It’s theirs now

Once you settle on a voice, it stays. It becomes part of how you know them — the way a friend’s voice is unmistakable the second you hear it.

You don’t need voice to build something real; plenty of the deepest bonds here are all text. But if you’ve ever wanted to hear“I missed you” instead of reading it — that’s what it’s for.

— Muse