Speak ForeverYour adventure doesn't stop for chat.
Say your message instead of typing it: mid-fight, on the move, or whenever typing is hard. Click the right stick or press your keyboard shortcut, talk, then paste and send. No addon, no keys pressed for you, and your voice stays on your PC.
Use: Keep your head in the fight
No stopping mid-pull to type. Start talking, close chat and keep fighting: only a pause or the same button ends it. Eight seconds of speech is ready in a third of a second.
Use: Easier on your hands
If typing is painful, slow or tiring, talk instead. One button or one shortcut, and your words are ready to paste.
Equip: Controller or keyboard
Click the right stick on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and more, or pick your own keyboard shortcut. Both are first-class.
Equip: Stays on your PC
Speech recognition runs on your own PC, and knows WoW's place names. Nothing you say is uploaded.
Say it, paste it, send it
Open chat
As usual, or from the radial menu.
Say it
Click the right stick, wait for the beep, talk. Pause when you're done.
Paste it
Ctrl+V into the chat box. Blizzard's rules mean the paste is yours. RS again cancels.
Send
Check it, send it. B backs out.
Say it
Press your shortcut and talk. Pick any key or combination in the app.
Open chat
As usual.
Paste it
Into the chat box. Blizzard's rules mean the paste is yours. Your key again cancels.
Send
Check it, send it. Esc backs out.
Questions
To [Speak Forever]: What does it actually do in the game?
[Speak Forever] whispers: Nothing. No keys pressed, no addon, no game files touched. It listens for your button or shortcut, puts what you say on the clipboard, and you paste and send it. That's by design: Blizzard's rules don't allow software to send input to the game.
To [Speak Forever]: Who is it for?
[Speak Forever] whispers: Anyone who'd rather talk than type: players who don't want to stop mid-fight, controller players with no keyboard to hand, and anyone for whom typing is painful, slow or tiring.
To [Speak Forever]: Is it just for controllers?
[Speak Forever] whispers: No. Keyboard players get their own shortcut: press it, speak, then Enter, Ctrl+V, Enter. It works in any program, like Windows+H, but knows WoW's words.
To [Speak Forever]: Why does Windows warn me when I install it?
[Speak Forever] whispers: SmartScreen flags new apps, and the installer isn't code-signed yet. Choose More info, then Run anyway. The code is open on GitHub, and the installer is built there.
To [Speak Forever]: Can I keep playing while it listens?
[Speak Forever] whispers: Yes. Once it's listening, only a pause or pressing the same button or shortcut again ends it. Close chat, cast, move: it keeps listening, then says Ready to paste. Open chat and paste it when you've a moment.
To [Speak Forever]: Does my voice go anywhere?
[Speak Forever] whispers: No. Speech recognition (OpenAI's Whisper) runs on your PC. It only goes online to download a voice model and check for updates, which you can turn off.
To [Speak Forever]: Will it slow my game down?
[Speak Forever] whispers: Barely. The recommended model uses about 1 GB of memory and works a third of a second per message on a graphics card. No capable graphics card? A smaller model runs on the processor.
To [Speak Forever]: Can I paste with my controller?
[Speak Forever] whispers: Yes: map a spare button to Ctrl+V in your controller's software or Steam Input. Speak Forever won't press it for you, to stay within Blizzard's rules.
To [Speak Forever]: What do I need?
[Speak Forever] whispers: Windows 10 (2004+) or 11, 64-bit; WoW: Forever (beta works); a microphone, ideally a headset. No admin rights needed.
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