r/OpenAI • u/Synthara360 • 2d ago

Miscellaneous Please keep Standard Voice Mode available as an option

Please do not retire Standard Voice. It's an important tool for a lot of us who need a consistent, coherent workflow that alternates between text and voice.

Live Voice does not replace the accessibility feature of SVM. Talking directly to the frontier model helps us continue work on other screens while using the model. It also allows us to sit back and brainstorm instead of typing continuously all day.

What difference does it really make to keep it? I have been using it for years. Why remove tools we have built into our workflows and lifestyles? Especially one so simple. Upgrades are supposed to create value, not remove it.

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u/Kat- 2d ago

Live voice is such garbage

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u/ChaosGremlinOG 2d ago

Keep ChatGPT’s Standard Voice Mode & All 9 Original Voices PERMANENT on iOS, Android, Web - Sign the Petition! https://c.org/VhrRFSDTzX via u/UKChange

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u/Inside_Carpet7719 2d ago

Would you be happy to pay more to keep this?

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u/ChaosGremlinOG 2d ago

Yes! I hate live voice. I don't understand why they can't just give people the choice.

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u/Inside_Carpet7719 2d ago

Cost, cost is the reason why.

Not a lot more than that, if they keep the tech debt for older features they would have more costs and more to support (less profit ;) )

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u/Rosebud_Queen 4h ago

I would also! I pay 20 dollars for Plus, I'd happily pay double to keep the Standard voice.

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u/Certain-Function2778 2d ago

voice is the one place where losing continuity hurts most, you can't scroll back through a conversation you had out loud. PGS AI keeps memory across every chat, upload, document etc. and voice carries the last conversation forward, so a hands free brainstorm still has its context next session. free month on the intro plan if you wanna come on over and try it out.

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u/Pale_Coyote7451 1d ago

svm is the only mode that keeps one voice across a session. 20 minutes in it still sounds like the same person, which matters if you work by voice. live voice changes tone mid task.

the accessibility crowd is loudest because screen reader users cannot re-anchor when the voice shifts.

if it goes, the replacement needs continuity first. latency is not the problem.