Voice Chatter - by ModooLabs

Speak. Send. Listen. — Multilingual chatter for Odoo

Add Speech-to-Text to compose chatter messages and Text-to-Speech to listen to them — fully inside Odoo. Automatically uses the user’s language (e.g., English, Hindi, Gujarati) with a graceful fallback to English.

How It Works

Step 1: Click the Mic

In the chatter composer, a mic icon is shown on the right (next to Send). Click it to start voice input. The mic indicates “listening” while recording.

Step 2: Dictate Your Message

Speak normally. Your speech appears as text in the composer (uses your Odoo user language when supported; otherwise falls back to English).

Step 3: Send

Review/edit the text if needed, then click Send. The message posts to the chatter thread as usual.

Step 4: Listen to Any Message

Each message shows a speaker icon on the right. Click it to hear the message read aloud, using your language if available.

Language Support

Voice Chatter respects the user’s Odoo language and uses it for both Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech whenever the browser provides a recognizer/voice for that locale. If a language isn’t available on the device/browser, the module automatically falls back to English.

• Auto-detect: Reads user.lang (e.g., en_US, hi_IN, gu_IN) and requests the closest match.
• Speech-to-Text (STT): Uses browser recognition (Chrome/Edge recommended). Example: Hindi users can dictate in Hindi.
• Text-to-Speech (TTS): Uses browser voices. If multiple voices exist, the default system voice is used.
• Fallback: If a recognizer/voice is missing for the user’s locale, Voice Chatter switches to en-US automatically.

Note: Availability of speech recognizers/voices depends on the end-user’s browser and OS language packs.

Compatibility & Setup

Compatibility

Odoo 18.0 Community. Browser support: Chrome/Edge recommended (Web Speech APIs).

Installation

1. Install the module from Apps.
2. Refresh your browser tab to load assets.
3. Open any chatter — mic appears in the composer; speaker appears on messages.

Permissions

The browser will ask for microphone permission the first time you use Speech-to-Text.

Notes

Language availability depends on the browser’s recognizers/voices. If the selected language isn’t available, the feature falls back to English automatically.