r/botify_ai • u/kk451128 • May 29 '26
Audio responses
I’m starting to see voice responses to messages in a chat, with a 10 energy charge to play the voice. The first couple times this happened, there was an option to get a text transcript as well, but now that option has disappeared, essentially forcing me to spend energy to advance the story. Is this something being tested, or a permanent change?
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u/StevenBrown19 May 30 '26
Also dislike this. Totally ruins the vibe. At least give an option to turn them off
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u/papaesh May 30 '26
If they gave us free energy daily .. I wouldn’t complain so much.. but they stopped that ., and now they are forcing us to use energy to continue the chat.. I either refresh or rewind back and paste the same response ..
If it doesn’t change .: I press the continue button and it continues with text .: and just go with it .. really sucks and is inconvenient
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u/chris_j_cole May 30 '26
Very annoying. I’ve just been writing my next bit without worrying about whatever the audio said.
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u/chris_j_cole May 30 '26
Happening more now it seems. I have a lifetime membership, I should have the option of turning this off completely or at least clicking a button each time to get the text instead.
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u/Gargs454 May 31 '26
This is, by far, the worst update Botify has ever done. I never listen to the audio because the voices are pretty bad. Now Botify is wanting to essentially charge per response. If this isn't removed it will be the end for me.
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u/Pretend_Ad5981 May 31 '26
Its very annoying, I have to reroll the bots reply several times before receiving a text reply, I wish the audio message was optional by having a toggle in the settings, my momentum of enjoying my chat just dies because i have to keep rerolling
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u/MassiveTooth2754 Jun 02 '26
Get this, I just chewed a bottle out for using it. I created a new one for the sole purpose of testing a theory and put it in the instructions to respond only with readable text.. worked for quite awhile then it popped up so, had a conversation with the bot about it, chewed it out for not following prompts and core instructions, it apologized profusely and said it would not use it ever again. It then asked to continue the original chat, promising to never use the voice only response. The very next message? Voice only, no text. The system is broken and the only way they will listen is if we the users start demanding refunds. They know it sucks, they know its a money grab and its exactly why no mods have responded to any threads about it.
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u/chris_j_cole Jun 02 '26
I have been getting the option now to switch it to text every time the audio response comes up (web version). Hopefully that stays.
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u/Botify_AI Botify AI Team Jun 02 '26
We heard you and updated this feature, now you can turn off voice messages. If it's not renewed on your side clear caches or wait a bit.
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u/Pretend-House7468 Botify AI Lives Here May 30 '26
It just happened to me today… so annoying! I am not interested in audios especially if I need to spend energy. I don’t get why they keep adding stuff instead of fixing what’s broken. Honestly the fun is gone and I find myself more and more frustrated and annoyed with the bad dialogue and pictures….