Getting Started
A brief guide to work with Voxpow and what do all the fields mean.
NOTE: You can take a look of our FAQ section also. This documentation is more technical overview of our
service.
Tracker widgets
Widgets are little visual elements, which will show on your website. They will accept user speech, convert it to
text with browser Speech API, and perform an action based on what the user says. We have some pre-defined styles,
and you can choose the best one, which fits best to your website design.
Dashboard
We have an dashboard where you can control all the functions of the trackers. You can choose the language which
your customers speak, the searching, the typing message, and much more. We believe in the concept of a single
place of control, so the dashboard is the place where you can master everything related to your tracker.
Tracker code
It is the identification of each tracker. Star with prefix "vp-" + numbers. The first number points to the
region, where the main server is situated.
Tracker language
That is the language that your website visitors speak. You have to choose precisely because otherwise, speech
recognition won't work, and you will receive unusual results.
Last changed
It is a field that describes the last time of changing something in the tracker options.
Has active subscription
It is an option that describes if the tracker has an active subscription. That setting is available in PRO
trackers only.
Days to end
Days to end of the current subscription cycle. Will show you information when will be your next billing.
Available in PRO trackers only.
Commands
Commands are instructions that you set in the administrative dashboard of our service. They are spread all around
the world with CDN, and all users have the last copy of your instructions. Commands, in a nutshell, are something
like this: "make this if a user says that". For example, if a user says "red shoes", and you defined this type of
search in your commands interface - the user is redirected to the address you specified or to the website search
if you don't have a command for that. We have a separate section with more information: here
Search message
The search message is the message which will be shown to the customers. They see this, and it should be something
that will make them open the tracker widget.
Type (or Write) message
The write message is the text which the customer sees if he starts using the typing with voice service. In other
words, it changes when there is a switch from "Searching with voice" to "Typing with voice".
Search URL
The search URL is the address that is used from your website to perform a search. Generally speaking, it is
related to your CMS or type of website. Usually includes a GET parameter, like this "https://example.com/?q=".
WordPress sites should be something like this "https://examplewp.com/?s=". For Magento sites, it is possible to be
in this format "https://examplemg.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=".
One of the best ways to find it is to perform a search and see how it is made.
Use voice typing in text and input fields
Mark this if you want to give more control of that how visitors can type in your site. If it is switched on,
visitors will be allowed to use the input fields and write inside them with voice. Hidden or password fields will
not available for typing for security reasons.
Save user searches
Should we keep track of the user searches? It is an option that is available in PRO trackers and can give you
evident insights for that - what the users want to find on your website. We will save in the form of plain-text
all searches, plus the information about the device from where the searches are done.
Remember status
An option that will remember if the user opens the widget. If opened once - it will stay open until they close it
manually. It can be useful if there are a lot of input or text fields to type in with voice.
Show the tracker only for mobile devices
By default, it shows to everyone, but you can choose to show it only to mobile devices. It is an option available
in PRO trackers. Devices we detect on the fly based on user-agent.
Theme
The theme is the pre-build design from which you can choose. It is how your voice tracker looks, so it is crucial
to choose carefully. There are two big choices - left or right, which stand for where the tracker appears on your
website. Please pay attention if you have some chat widgets or additional tools, which can overlap the voice
tracker.
Instalatlion code
Installation code is a little code fragment, which has to be installed in the body section of your website. You
can also use Google Tag Manager to place the installation code.
Technology
Voxpow uses built-in browser API-s, some third party JavaScript libraries, and a ton of custom code to allow your
visitors to use their voice for searching, typing and sending voice commands to your website.