THU, NOVEMBER 12, 2026
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ChatGPT Voice & Audio

GPT-Live Voice Prompts That Work in Conversation

Eight prompts written for GPT-Live specifically, which becomes the only ChatGPT voice mode on 11 December 2026 when Advanced and Standard Voice retire. Voice prompts fail differently from typed ones: anything long gets forgotten mid-answer, anything vague gets a rambling reply, and you cannot scan back through a wall of speech. These are short, spoken naturally, and built to be interrupted.

⌨️ 8 prompts 🕐 Updated Nov 12, 2026 👁 4 views
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1
Make it answer in a shape you can follow by ear
Structure
Answer out loud in no more than three points. Say how many points there are before you start, number them as you go, and stop after the third.\nDo not give me a preamble. Start with point one.
2
Stop it rambling before it starts
Structure
Give me the short answer first in one sentence. Then wait.\nIf I ask for more, expand on whichever part I name and nothing else.
3
Think out loud while you drive or walk
Thinking
I am going to talk through a problem without organising it first. Do not interrupt or solve it.\nWhen I stop, play it back to me as the decision I am actually trying to make, in one sentence, and name anything I said twice.
4
Rehearse a difficult conversation
Practice
Play the other person in a conversation I am dreading. I will tell you who they are and what I want.\nStay in character. Push back the way they would, not the way a helpful assistant would, and do not let me off easily.\nWhen I say stop, tell me the one thing I said that would have landed worst.
5
Get a decision out of a long document, hands free
Research
I am going to describe a document I am looking at. Ask me one question at a time until you know enough to answer, then give me your answer in two sentences.\nNever ask two questions in one turn.
6
Capture something before you forget it
Capture
I am going to dictate a rough idea. Do not improve it.\nRepeat it back as a clean note, keeping my words wherever they were already clear, and flag anything you had to guess at.
7
Learn something in the gaps of a day
Learning
Explain this to me in ninety seconds of speech, assuming I know nothing about it.\nThen ask me one question to check whether I followed it. If I get it wrong, explain the part I missed differently rather than repeating yourself.
8
Wind down a session without losing the thread
Workflow
We are about to stop. Summarise where we got to in four sentences: what I decided, what is still open, what I said I would do, and the one thing I should look at first next time.\nKeep it short enough that I can remember it without writing it down.